Originally Posted by
Wilbur
The further forward you sit, the quieter it will be, as described above. In first it is one of the quietest narrowbodies around in my experience.
You must not be very experienced. At cruise speed, I find the MD-80 in first class to be about the noisiest jet airliner around.
Sure, it's quiet on the takeoff roll but once you're above 10,000 ft and 250 KIAS that slipstream noise becomes loud, loud,
LOUD.
Given a choice between a flight on a 737 and a Mad Dog, I would choose the dog every time.
Noise notwithstanding, on that I agree. In coach, I would much rather be on an MD-80 than 737. 2-3 in slightly wider seats beats 3-3 every time.