The 717… one of my favorite commercial jets ever. On the ramp at KHSV
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CV880@reddit
Love them , I go out of my way to choose them at Delta . So far, I’ve flown Delta, Hawaiian, and AirTran.
icecream_dragon@reddit (OP)
Delta is my favorite airline, partly for the sole reason of flying on a 717. I fly Delta any chance I get but they do have some pricy tickets most of the time. Not even close to United’s expensive fares though.
chuckop@reddit
How could I go about finding a 717 flight?
icecream_dragon@reddit (OP)
Delta Airlines is probably your only bet there, or Qantas if you live in Australia.
CV880@reddit
We’ve been a Delta family. My uncle worked for Delta and earlier at Northeast Airlines. So we flew a lot of lucky tri-stars, DC-8s, 757 - the whole lot. I still really like the 717s, not as nice as the tri-stars.
badgerpointer@reddit
Delta and Midwest Express for me.
CV880@reddit
I would have loved to have gotten one of those Midwest. I would love to smell the fresh cookies on board.
Bdowns_770@reddit
The cookies…
bschmidt25@reddit
And the seats. We don’t realize how good we had it.
Bdowns_770@reddit
The best care in the air. However, food from Maders was not that great.
SafeAtFirstRN@reddit
Midwest Express was the best (care in the air). My first flight ever was on one of their DC-9’s back in the early 90’s, MKE to MCO. Pilots asked aviation trivia questions and I wound up scoring two dozen fresh chocolate chip cookies. The trip home was also fun for me as a young avgeek—we had to divert due to weather so I got to experience a bonus takeoff and landing. 🍪 💙
cheese01lg@reddit
The first airline I ever flew on was a Midwest express to fort Lauderdale. Grandpa upgraded us on the way back so there were two kids under 12 in first class lol.
SillyCubensis@reddit
As a pilot, the DC-9 was better.
AdDangerous729@reddit
Did you fly the DC-9? How about the 717?
SillyCubensis@reddit
Yes, both.
AdDangerous729@reddit
What allows the reversers to deploy on the 717?
SillyCubensis@reddit
Because the buckets are so big the 717 has an interlock where the nose gear has to compressed to allow them to deploy. The DC-9 didn't have that, so you could pop them whenever you wanted. Even airborne. SUPER cool feature.
icecream_dragon@reddit (OP)
Totally fine, but I just absolutely love the sound the BR715s
CT-1065@reddit
I'm a big fan of the 717 (and really all the other DC-9 + derived variants)
icecream_dragon@reddit (OP)
Fly Delta! They operate lots of their connecting flights on 717s. Not sure about hub-to-hub flights, but you can find plenty of connections on 717s. In my case, HSV-ATL and vice versa are actually mostly a 717 and occasionally on a 737. The flight is very short, less than an hour with no snack service.
CT-1065@reddit
I'll admit i've done research in the past and it'd be a trip to Florida, or somewhere else in that general south east chunk, where I can get one with Delta (just ""accidentally"" connect in Atlanta going to, for example, Melbourne FL). Flight length isn't a problem since I'm used to sub 1 hour service-less E175 flights.
CaydeTheCat@reddit
I made most of my first million miles on AA in the Mad Dog and -90s they had. Glad to see the line lived on for a while as the 717.
mcwobby@reddit
I've flown many 717s in my life as they were the workhorse of a route I flew daily in regional Australia. Mostly on Qantaslink; though I've also flown them on Bangkok Airways and Hawaiian at least. It's a pity to see them go as they've mostly been replaced on the routes I used them on by Q400s and Embraer 190s.
I flew a Comac C909 recently from Shijiazhuang to Hohhot, and it felt very much like coming home haha. Which is odd, because I absolutely loather the Fokker 70s/100s that are used around Australia!
Difficult_Camel_1119@reddit
You're lucky that you still got them. There aren't any left in Europe
icecream_dragon@reddit (OP)
Not for much longer, I think these are being phased out by the A220
DullMind2023@reddit
I’ll see your 717 and raise you an MD-95.
spddmn77@reddit
Idk how to describe it, but these always feel super cozy to fly on. Love sitting by a window on the 2 seat side
randomtask733@reddit
I love sitting in the seat and knowing that there are moving control cables beneath my feet.
FixergirlAK@reddit
I flew on my first one ever, HNL-OGG a couple of weeks ago.
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