The -200 rocks. As a pax, ever since I was a 9-year-old obsessed with airplanes I look forward to that unique push to the seatback even old -200s give you, and the steepest climb anywhere (I still got to fly 'em new when they could do that, and the Lufthansa guys in 1980-81 were fond of hauling @$$ out of FRA for the short DUS flights, or vice versa). It was a great thrill ride, and I'm glad we still have a lot of 'em here in Mexico flying for charter and regional lines... a little creative Internet booking can assure you a place on a -200 almost anywhere in the country.
It's a funny thing that so many Mexican airlines rely on them now (AVIACSA, TAESA when it was in business, Global, Nova, etc.) because in the 70s there were no 737s in Mexico but for the 2 the Air Force operated as VIP transports. The state carriers didn't buy any, and in those years private airlines were not allowed, so one had to go to Europe or the USA to fly in a -200... the benefits of "savage" capitalism ^_^
Greets
H. Averdung
MMMX