As a Ryanair pilot I'm very pleased to see this thread on the venerable 200, or 737 Jurassic as some call it! It is the first jet aircraft I have flown and I really enjoy flying it. I feel very fortunate to have been able to start my career on the 200 and to have logged a couple of thousand happy an noisy hours in the book before we retire them.
Pilots in the company who have gone across to the NG may enjoy the glass cockpit and lower workload courtesy of the better autoflight systems, but they all miss the sweet hand flying of the 200! As my first jet it will always be a special aircraft for me!
(Oh and by the way that wasn't my landing in Dublin...honest!)
