Can't you click on the yoke to get more leg space? 🤣

Had some good laughs in this video. I never go to the toilet on a shorthaul flight but the next time I am on a 737 I will make sure I do

I read what one former B 737 pilot said about its cockpit. He referred to it as a torture chamber because of its small size. He was currently flying the A 320 and loved the additional room he has in its cockpit.

That forward lav problem in the 737 is real. I'm a worker bee at an FBO and I fuel the occasional charter 737. As part of this, I have to stand in the aisle just outside the cockpit to talk to the pilots and exchange paperwork. Thus, I'm right beside the lav door and the stench is sometimes visible in the air. Besides this, the person who just committed the air pollution usually wants to get out of that cramped space as rapidly as possible for self-preservation and the door opens outwards right into where I'm standing. Thus, I get hit by the door. And the more the door is open, the more stench hits me. Thus, I've developed the habit of putting my back against the lav door and bracing my feet against the opposite wall when talking to the pilots. That way, I can hold the lav door closed until I've finished my very important business with the crew because, after all, the plane ain't flying until the fuel is right :)

It’s almost as if the 737 is still based off of the original 1960’s design and basically updated of the last 60 years.

You can hide the yoke in the efb setting

Never expected the last quirk! I've been in a 737 cockpit and it is incredibly cramped. The A320 one is a palace compared with this.

Ok .. note to self: If flying a 737 .. on the way to the airport stop by Walmart and pickup an SUV sunshade, a Husky floor liner, and a couple Glad air fresheners. Check 👨‍✈️👍

This is what you get when the company doesn't bother developing a new aircraft but instead keeps updating a 50+ year old airframe.

Thank you so much for this video. I will be able to finally just send it when I complain to my airbus friends. And yes, it’s very small but I have never been so happy and confident about being well below the average height. Enjoy your table for all of us!

2:18 over in the US, the 737 is often used for longer flights than the Airbus, commonly used on transcons that are 6+ hours, so yes the 737 is commonly used on some pretty long flights. Not to mention if you have a poor jumpseater in that "seat" if you could call it that.

7:28 _Toilet with Indian catering option intensifies_

RIP to the switch that emmanuel wasted because he tried to get out of the seat xd ;((

Now I understand a bit why there are so many 737 incidents with drinks spilled on the center console 😅😅

As a retired mechanic I can say that we also had great disdain for the Guppy. Aside from the cramped and uncomfortable cockpit if you get assigned to work on a 737 you are almost guaranteed to be working in the main gear well because pretty much every pump, valve sensor, switch or you name it is in there and it's absolutely the filthiest environment you can imagine. I don't miss it at all.

Interesting. Now I know why my buddy (current E145 captain) wants to fly the A320 and not the 737, lol.

Nice video Emmi! 😂 I am flying this aircraft in VR and I was always wondering if i would be comfortable in sitting in those chairs as they do seem to be very small in VR! I will now think twice before going to the forward lavatory 😉

Having been in the flight deck of the 737, I was a little surprised at the size of the windshield because I was convinced that the Kenworth T660 that I drove had a bigger windshield than that of the 737. As for getting in and out of the seat, I don't think I ever noticed that bar when trying to get in and out of the seat in the 737-800, however, I did end up having to use it on a 737-200.

Adventures of an airline pilot, could be a new movie series...thx certainly put a smile on my face though i have also realized now that i have not been flying in a realistic manner reclining my seat back sometimes 45 deg or more...jeje

Norwegian flies 6 hours flights, from Norway to the Canary Islands, with their 737-800’s 😊

Hello! Thanks for a nice video! Can you do the same video about Airbus? It would be very interesting, I think.

I keep seeing videos of people with home cockpits and wanting one, this is the first video to make me think "mayyyyyyyyyybe not the 737"

I have a happy fantasy alternate universe, where the 737 was replaced with a 757 derivative in the 1980s. Rear-engined, glass cockpit, commonality with the 757/767...

Interesting that all three comments are comfort related. But more importantly all three have safety considerations and I find it amazing that in over 60 years these have not been addressed. I am however thankful that one of the major failings of MSFS is that smells are not simulated.

CWLemoine, a USAF & USN veteran pilot who now flies 737s complained about all the manual pressurisation switches, which I agree. It is a hassle, and outdated architecture of the platform that can't just go away, much like its electricity power source switches. For me, 737s cockpit size looks alright. It is a small plane with small flight deck. I've been to 737-200ADV, 737-400, and 737-800 cockpits, and I think it might form up my "default" view. However, the 747s' are exceptionally tiny for such a huge plane. I've explored 747-400 flight deck during a tour of maintenance facility, and you can only stand straight in the middle of the cockpit gangway, as the overhead sides are adorned with protrusions. As a 175 cm 5'9" guy, 747 flight deck feels very small and cramped. The most spacious cockpit I've been to is Dc-10, even with that flight engineer seat blocking the way. It is very wide and feels spacious, even more so than Boeing 777 or Airbus A330. Fokker F28, F100 cockpits makes me wonder why airliners nowadays featured oversized pedestal panel - it is so much easier to move in and out of the pilot seats.

I change my boring desktop office work for your flight deck without any doubt😁

As a ramper I have seen the safety card jammed in the cracks of the windows. As someone who brake rides CRJs, ERJs, 737s, A320s, 777s and 787s I personally agree the 737 is tight. Even the ERJ feels roomy yes the CRJ is much tighter but that's a given.

LOL!!! Nice one. How about a top 5 of ur new Aircraft the A330?

Lol next RYR flight I am on I am going to eat some beans beforehand and lose some weight in the front lav.

Totally agree wtih the flgiht deck size, but in 2.5 years no toilet smell have ever come to me in the cockpit 🤷‍♂

I heard that the plane’s tendency to hit the barber pole in VNAV descent annoys many 737 pilots… true?

I always thought the cockpit had overpressure by supplying directly by the left pack instead by the mix manifold, i case you have smoke and to provide a constant supply of fresh air circulation but found a solution for the smell problem in the QRH 8.17 fumes source is confirmed to be on the flight deck: Caution! Window should not be opened unless the source is confirmed to be on the flight deck. Establish normal holding speed. High airspeed may prevent opening the window. ======Open the first officer’s sliding window========= greets 🙂

haha, I love this one 😂 and agree with all what you said . I'm so jealous about you table in 320

The VC10 had a toilet cubicle literally in the flight deck, right behind the FE's station...

Thanks Emmanuel!! Another awesome video!!!

I had a friend that broke his finger on the Speed brake lever. like, real fracture.

The title promised a funny video and it is Emanuel. However all those 3 quirks are really annoying, the slippery shoes in a cramped cockpit is dangerous at least and the last one... unbearable.

As a train driver whose company has trains with the lavatory right after the cab and with the lovely feature that its ventilation actually comes from that cab... I feel your pain!

I used to jump seat quite often prior to 911 and trying to balance a tray with a cup of coffee on it was so scary I stopped doing it and went hungry.

Wow! In effect the pilots have less space than a 737 economy seat with 30 inch pitch. Even if you have to put a tiny back pack under the seat in front you can move your feet around & so on.

I'll be sure to have beer and burritos next time I fly first class, LOL.

In the 777 and probably the A330 as well, the cockpit flow is higher than the cabin flow, ensuring a slight pressure difference between cockpit and cabin. This assures that all the offending odors remain in the cabin. Pretty neat.

Ah.. these pilots. What they do to get a coffee table... :D

I'd put a sing on the bathroom door saying that it's broken and only work for pee. Use the back toilet for #2. I assume there is a back toilet. Haha.

I had a life-long dream of becoming a pilot and flying the 737. After 4 years actually working in one, I can't wait to fly something roomier and modern and never ever come back to this old piece of airplane 😅

I’ll never do a number two on a 737 again!

I have never imagine the third worst thing 😅

The problem Boeing has with the 737 is not so much the aircraft itself as its two biggest customers, Southwest and Ryanair. They wanted the aviation equivalent of a unicorn: the efficiency increases a new engine would bring, along with no changes drastic enough to require any significant re-training of their pilots. Boeing went into the 737 MAX project with one hand tied behind its back by SWA and RYR, and the result was all too predictable. As long as SWA and RYR demand no changes and Boeing keeps rolling over to them like a golden retriever who wants a belly rub, the 737 will remain an anachronistic antique. There may come a point where Boeing will have to force the issue and tell SWA and RYR to go pound sand.

I had a go in a Staticbase 737 Sim a couple of weeks ago. For some months I'd been thinking the world scale in VR was too small, it isn't, I was amazed how tight a 'real' 737 cockpit is. Later I got up to go to the toilet, and you've probably guessed what happened next, I stood up and smashed my head on the overhead panel, it hurt; I don't get that in VR :)

Well crashing is definitely worse than any of the three annoyances that you mentioned.

Now I know why Ryanair pilots land quickly NO MATTER WHAT!

A few years ago as my passion for flightsimming grew, I built a full-size B738 cockpit simulator. I also added many other additional items found in the cockpit, such as the FCOM manual, a flight bag, and a fire extinguisher to add to the realism. It’s hard to imagine when sat in it that it fits 189 passengers behind. Thankfully, I’m of small stature and I can see why a 6ft odd Cpt or FO would get uncomfortable. It’s a blessing when I hear Channex##** no further ATC monitor Unicom bye bye. 😂

Next time I fly a 737, I will make sure to poop in the front lavatory. Thanks Emi!

Now i know why ive seen chicken tikka masala in a tech log

if you list everything about the 737, the one and only thing I like about the 737. That would be PMDG. The only comfortable seat is 1A but the best part of a flight is disembarking. They should have stopped at the killed off the 737 instead of the 757 and built or acquired an A220 type aereoplane. The only place the 737 should be is in the sim and built by PMDG.

This video begs for some follow-up: there are bound to be some stuff you loved about the 737 and then the same two video, but this time about the A330

friends of mine were getting kind of annoyed but every time the pros and cons of Airbus V Boeing came up my first point was _pilot comfort._ The yoke alone in my eyes is such a big point :'D

These quirks, especially the last one made me laugh!

Squeezy Cockpit - try the MD 80's! (Mad Dog) & the over head panel was a dog's breakfast.

Ive done 5h sector and 4h sector return with 25mins turnaround in this coffin😅

Just finished my endosment so many band aid solutions.

I've seen pilots also mention bashing or almost bashing their heads on overhead switches.

its old, the displays lack information,the VSD is a joke, the vnav its dumb especially in the max 9, its uncomfortable, there is no space for a proper flight bag or a briefcase if you use a normal size one, the seat cannot go back all the way to give you space to get on your seat, the air vents in the back of the seat are horrible, the cockpit is super short and my head has the irs and service interphone knob and switch marked in the skull and some others switches and knobs too, some really pilot-hating engineering from boeing decided to use the same button for the clock and the PTT and put them next to each other so you sometimes talk to the clock instead of atc!!! and in the max you can tell that someone in the software department hates pilots because the flight number deletes itself after landing so when you need it the most when exiting runway and taking to atc in chicago or any crowded airport you reach for the PTT and look at the blank space and just keep pressing the PTT tring to remember the number and frantically trying to get the flight plan to get the number!!!!! the overhead panel it's designed like someone puked all the switches and knobs all over, the landing gear in the NG its so far away from the left seat that you have to make and effort to reach it, and in some plane i hate that there's no automatic detection of ice, but its a good plane and it is awesome to hand fly!

Poop smells in the cockpit?? I am dang glad I only fly the sim version of the 737.... 😅😅😅

I’ve seen pilots get very creative with blocking the sun 😂

Have you ever had to abandon an approach because the sun was too bright in your face? Such that a safe landing by hand wasn’t possible?

I have been in a 737 cockpit sim and getting up from my seat I realized why pilots don’t wear hoodies and that I am too tall for this cockpit. Let’s just say they might be looking under the seat for the NAV switches for the next few thousand years…

This is amusing to me given the flip side, CURRENT Boeing flyers are always using the "tray table" issue as a way to pick on AB pilots. Basically as a way to imply AB pilots are "soft" because they trade their yoke in for a sidestick just so they can have tray tables/

The only cockpit i've ever been in is the 747's and dear lord is it absolutely TINY. I've only ever seen the 737's from first row and it gave me the impression of being slightly larger, if anything at least taller (after all you don't have to sit in the "bump" there)

For more flight sim immersion, fly next to the bathroom in your house. Wow had no idea.

Thank you for giving us your funny stories.

I have to admit to you that it’s been a secret revenge scenario of mine to kidnap the Boeing executive responsible for passenger seat sizes and to hold them for about 8-10 hours in a severely cramped box. Oh, how many hours I’ve sat there cramped and miserable on planes and relished the thought.

Use the daily newspaper as sunshade.

Tiny cockpit size seems to be a Boeing thing. I got to sit in the B-52 and I cannot imagine 12-24-hour sorties in that.

It was a conscious decision by Boeing not to update the 737 to current day standards, with only slight differences with the Max. All to keep type ratings easy. Sure that worked and was welcomed by airlines. Except, these days we see that most Max series will not see daylight because the types are not approved due to lack of safety and advisory systems of other current day airliners. With the choice not to change the designs over the years they took a risk and it's now biting Boeing in this segment of the market. There is currently a huge backlog on the production line for Airbus, Embraer sells planes like it never did before. it makes me feel sad to see Boeing grinding to a halt here for this segment and only sees a market in the 787 area. Boeing needs to step up and do something.

Time to pull that forward lavatory CB and make it INOP.

I even don't like that forward lavatory either, but not for the smell but security concerns; I don't want to be in there to use it and then finding out that the a pilot had been "trapped" in the cockpit and had an "accident" because they had to wait for a passenger to finish before being allows out (per protocol). I understand these planes were made well before 9/11; but during the D-Check teardown, can it be reconfigured - I mean the plane is down to its bear metal anyways. I say the cockpit should be bigger and have it own lavatory, and a "sally box" (to pass the meals without opening the cockpit door).

Can't believe that the cockpit was so cramped. Thought the pilots had the best seat. Wonder how the pilots flew it. Isn't there a safety issue in it somewhere?

Just click away the control column and you'll have more space, nearly like in the Airbus 😂

i saw an a320 air asia malaysia with only one toilet at the back if it help ? no more toilet smell in cockpit, but cramped as hell almost 190 pax

and then just imagine we (smartwings) used 737max for flight from Czech Republic to Antarctica... just image us being in the cockpit for flight to Antarctica 🤣

Caught myself laughing several times 😂. So those issues are what I'd call cosmetic and comfort issues. I could see how it'd get old if you were in the exact same aircraft type for 3 or 4 legs a day.

A good example of how the world is messed up. This is one of the most popular aircraft ever built, which helped its manufacturer and operators make massive profits, while ignoring the comfort of its staff. I wonder how much Boeing and its customers would lose if the cockpit was designed with an extra 50 cm space in the back!

ayo? 14 hour shifts, that sounds like it should be illegal definently

The Boeing is designed so that the pilots can wear cool steel aviators!😎😎

The 737 cockpit is a lesson in interior design and practicality. Specifically in what not to do.

Glad I've only flown economy which means I never could have bothered him lmao

@8:00 I suppose you could put on the oxygen mask lol.

At least on the 727 flight deck with a 3 man crew you could plausibly deny it was you that farted.

Uhhh i never knew those sunshades where there 🤓😅

People are gross. The only way I’m pooping on a plane is an unavoidable code brown situation.

Very interesting! I was convinced you were going to say the air conditioning, i believe you even sad in another video that its "total crap".

When you flew the 737, you should have messed with your FO by taking a giant 💩 in the forward lavatory and the after fraternize with the some passengers and the flight attendants for about 10 minutes while he soaks it all in 🤣

Same on the B777 (Sun shades)

I'm never going to use the front toilet in a 737 again :D

I was always a Boeing guy growing up, but after seeing what Airbus has done innovating and automating, it’s hard to fight for Boeing.

Well don't you think the lack of space to recline for the pilots was deliberate? Surely, the designers may not have wanted the crew to over-relax and potentially become too distracted to address a danger in time. Just my thoughts.

Wonder why the torturing jumpseat didn't make it on this list?

7:50 have you tried to open the window?

Surprised you didn't mention the lack of EICAS/ECAM. At this point the Boeing design is so old, they really need to design a completely new plane to replace the MAX when it gets old enough.