Originally Posted by
ATLflyer2017
I have flown these aircraft quite a few times between ATL and BNA, CHS, SRQ and CMH. Just curious if others have experienced unbearable cabin temperatures while boarding and until you get in the air. I've had pilots make announcements regarding it and sometimes they don't. Sitting at the gate in 90 degree weather and the air conditioning seems to be nonexistent. I realize it's hard to keep aircraft cool, but this is an extreme.
This is an issue with all 739s. The gate-supplied air doesn't seem to help much, and the APU-generated AC helps only a little. I bought a neck fan last summer to deal with all of the short-hop 739 flights I end up on.