Did Boeing Make The 757-300 Too Long? 

I’m a coordinator. I work at United Airlines, we usually work on the 757-200, until a week ago. I had to service one. But this one was particular, it was longer, and it seemed like it took forever to walk down the aisle. At that moment, I realized that this particular aircraft was the 757-300. I was so amused, it looks like a flying pencil😃😃🙆🏽‍♂️

I think the B-757-300 is one of the most beutiful aircrafts ever made!

As far as the 757-300, I've got nearly 1,100 hours of pilot in command time on this version of the 757. The other 7,679 hours of 757 time were flying the -200 over the course of a ten year period. I have to say, both are wonderful airplanes and as far as the length, it's really hard to distinguish between the two in terms of flight characteristics. When the -300 is heavy, it doesn't have quite the climb performance as the -200, but once level at cruise altitude, mostly indistinguishable. Now in turbulence, the -300 is nicer, no doubt about it. It just seems to take it better; it's more flexible. Also, in a crosswind landing, the -300 is very nice because the rudder is so far back there, it seems quite a bit easier to de-crab; there's just less pedal effort to produce the desired yawing movement. I almost forgot, there's some avionics and cockpit creature comforts I liked better than the -200s that might seem trivial to some people, but I liked them. As far as how the folks in the back liked it, well, I hope they do, but lot of that depends on how nice the flight attendants are, the service, the food, if you're on time, etc. Whether it's good or whether it's bad, well, that can go a long way towards the overall experience to the point that their not really thinking about the length of the airplane anymore.

Ah yes the flying pencil,I actually love it tbh

Hated?! I love the 300!

We called it The Slave Ship when I was a flight attendant..lol It reminded us of a Roman Barge! It was hard to work since it was sooo long.

757-300 was such a classy lady while the -200 was the rockin’ rocket!

The 757 is a great airplane. Every time I've flown on one, it seems it has a gentle take-off without a scary vertical, hold-onto-your hats, feeling. It's just a nice lift-off with a moderate climb. I tend to agree that an updated 757 or similar design would be good for Boeing. For a long time, it was the most fuel-efficient jetliner in the skies. What did Boeing have to replace it? I think their thinking was the Max-10 would be the answer, which would have been accurate at the time.

I have flown on both. The passenger experience on the 200 vs the 300 was negligible. I even sat at the back and noticed no difference, possibly because I wasn't paying attention to that, but also because my focus was getting to destination. The 300 works just fine for me.

I flew the 757-300 about 2100 hours. I loved the airplane and since I never rode as a pax I don't have an opinion on comfort. I also flew the DC-8 63/73 in the late '80's till 1999 so I guess I was used to long airplanes. One memorable point of my career was I went to Seattle with my 757 fleet manager to pick up a brand new 757-300. Boeing really gives customers the royal treatment when you bring the big check.

Loved my experience on United 757 300 first class to SFO from DCA and back. Daddy long legs, what a sight upon landing at gravelly point! So much better than a 737 experience

Wanna hear a airplane joke? Sorry it’s too long

I love the 757-300, It is my second most flown aircraft!

I was a flight attendant at Northwest when they ordered them (now Delta). God we hated working these things. Sooooo many pax crammed in there with that one (extremely) narrow aisle.

I love the Condor-757-300. 298 Passangers fit in it. That alle delivered 757-300 are still in service is a good sign that who has it in its fleet loves it. Actually there are no really alternatives to this plane.

Then 757-300 is just so incredibly long!

I flew -300 with continental airlines from lax-Iah in first class. I remember looking down that single aisle thinking “man this thing is loooong”. My favorite!

The 757-300 is the one and only the "✏️ Jet" Before you say, the i know the DC-8 and the A340-600 is the other pencil jets

Love the 757.300 in Business Class. Thats one I flew on to SFO in my profile pic! I'll never change it....

I’ve flown on these multiple times. Nice smooth flight.

I have flown a lot of 757 many times like United AA and US Airways, ATA & AWA (America West Airlines) 😊

My favorite plane to watch take off is the 757-200 especially lightly loaded. They get airborne so fast. We would watch from the Dynair Hangar at Sky Harbor. (Years ago)

I flew on the 757-300 today from Denver to Houston. I was so excited as I had never been on the aircraft before, have to say I love it!

Tried it with Icelandair. Damn thats one long nr 2 pencil

I agree Boeing should reintroduce the 757-300. I love all the shots from PDX

I remember flying to Maui from Los Angeles in this thing; the plane took ages to load, and forever to deplane. It was very remarkable looking; just a tad..... unconventional, which meant unusual quirks that irked too many

I flew the 300 on Delta last October from San Diego to ATL. Sat on row 43 (I think) waaaay in the back. Loved the plane and the flight!

One of my favorite flights ever was coming back from Orlando on ATA after a snowstorm at Midway. To say that the pilot had to stick the landing on that one is a major understatement.

Flew one of these out to Tenerife with Thomas Cook a few years back! I was so excited to be flying on what is a pretty rare type in the commercial aviation world. Quite honestly I didn’t notice any real jump in waiting times and because the flight is only 4 1/2 hours there wasn’t any issue. Such an awesome aircraft!

It definitely is more sleek. I did fly it Vegas to JFK many times. It feels a lot faster than a wide body for some reason but looking down the long isle , you can see the aircraft pitch so clearly it’s crazy.

Great vid. Been flying since 1980 and the 757 - 200 remains one of my favourite aircraft and carries many wonderful memories. As a UK resident I am sure I have never flown on the 300 variant however, most experiences of the 200 being through single config. charter flights (Air Europe / Air 2000 / Monarch / Britannia)

The amazing thing about is that despite it’s length being just shorter than the DC 8 Super 70’s it had excellent takeoff run for its size like the baseline -200 variant

As a former ATA Airlines (American Trans Air) employee, I've flown on the 300 a lot. We were the launch customer in North America!

Thank you for the caption. Love it 😍

Count me as one of the people that HATED this aircraft. Way too long to board and deplane. I'm sure the 12 in first, with thier own door thought it was great.

Flew a United (former Continental bird) -300 from DEN to ORD in January 2019. Had a first class seat so I thus I got to turn left when boarding as the jet bridge connected to the second set of doors.

Flown many times on B757's with Delta.. other than the OLD ones that have the old video TVs down the middle of the aisle, I love them.

I was a Chicago based flight attendant and I LOVED working on the 757-300. I liked it much better than the 757-200. The 200 felt cramped but the 300 felt roomy.

I flew on one from San Francisco to Maui, loved it sat at the back which was bacically empty.

I’ve had the opportunity to fly the 300 on at least 2 occasions. The routes were DEN-ORD and SFO-DEN. Both flights had only about a 50-60 percent load factor, so I didn’t notice the long service and boarding times. The -300 flights were with United, and the cabins were a little tired looking. On my DEN-ORD leg I was sitting in the aft economy section, and I remember a rubber trim piece on the overhead bins suddenly falling down. Nonetheless I really enjoyed the -300. I’ve been partial to the stance of the 757, and I felt privileged to fly on such a unique and rare version of the 57.

Went on one of these in the Continental days, they used to use it to upgauge popular Newark routes like Orlando and even paired some domestics through Newark with transatlantics on the same flight number. They were very flexible but since United took over they're mostly on the West Coast now.

I was a passenger riding in the back part of the -300 cabin one time. I remember that as the airplane maneuvered to turn onto the runway we really got a sense of being swung around as we were at the far ind of the arc of its movement. WHOA! We were really being slung around back there.

I flew in one from Los Angeles to Honolulu and back and felt it exactly alike the -200. No big deal with boarding. Great airplane. It should be built again with new engines and avionics.

I flew twice on a 57-300 series.. we got tail seats and it was amazing to look to forward seats how far they seemed..

I was a structural engineer on the team that installed the retractable tail skid on the 757-300. The 757-300 for a long time was the most efficient airplane available as measured by Cost per Available Seat Mile (CASM). It has only recently been supplanted by the A321LR according to Arkia which operates the type. It proved to be a very good replacement for the Northwest/Delta DC-10s which were primarily used to fly to Hawaii. The 757-300 was essentially a victim of the 9/11 crisis as the airlines who would have otherwise bought the airplane to augment their existing fleets of 757-200s were not in a position to do so. Boeing had averaged 40 orders and 45 deliveries per year in 2000 and 2001. The 757 only received seven (7) orders after 2001.

Love the 757, takes off like a rocket. Flown the -300 with Condor from LGW - ACE and Thomas Cook from ACE - LGW in 2017. Flew same route a few years earlier on the -200.

Northwest used the 753 to replace the dc-10 on the Minneapolis-Seattle route. I didn’t know the -300 existed until I found myself sitting in one and looked at the safety card. I was thrilled!

Been on a Titan 200 and Condor 300 in last 3 years. Love them both can't really comment on any 300 boarding issues as was near the front door so sat quickly. Wasnt that long to board though. Love the powerful takeoff and those RB211s.

I've flown on a -200 series a few times from Atlanta to Costa Rica, and despite being shorter than the -300, it still took much longer for the flight crew to perform meal service than on most other planes of comparable length due to the single aisle configuration. Another downside of single aisled planes is not being able to get to a lavatory when meal service is being performed due to the aisle being blocked by food carts and crew. At least on wide-bodied aircraft you can go out the other side (if you're sitting in the middle section).

I remember sitting in the back of a 757-300. When the aircraft taxied to the runway and made that 90 degree turn to line up for take-off, we really felt like we were swinging at the end of a whip almost. It was really amazing,

My first flight was on a Condor 757-300. Sat in the last row... I still remember that take-off :D

I flew in a United B757-300 one time from Chicago to Dulles. I really, really loved it. It was definitely one of the best domestic flights I've ever had.

Sat near the back both ways Phoenix - Maui. Nearly showroom new and a very smooth ride.

Flew 2 times, on 2010 with Arkia on their 757-300, 4X-BAU and 4X-BAW, I had a good experience.

Yes from New York to Reykjavik. In Icelandair. Really I'm enjoying a lot. But yeah is a very long cabin.

The Flying Pencil. I flew aboard one of Arkia's then-753s from Tel Aviv to Eilat (and back a few days later) in 2013. Both have since been sold to Icelandair.

I fly it a lot, as Condor still uses the 757-300 although they are 23 years old. It's very nice, and I like it. Although it's very loud during take off when you sit in the front area.

Yes I have already flown on the 757-300 and it was the best flight in my whole life. It was a night flight out of Frankfurt to Palma de Mallorca in a Condor 757-300 and it was on my 18. birthday the day itself was unforgettable but the condor crew did everything to make it even better. It was such an experience to fly on this aircraft on that day and it was so exiting to be in the cockpit look around and asking all questions an avgeek could think of. Not the aircraft itself, it’s engines and the cockpit is awesome, the memories which I have about this aircraft are as well. Personally my favorite aircraft next to the 747-8i

I flew the 757-300 out of Eilat"s old airport (6500 foot runway) many times in temperatures above 40 degrees celsius going to Tel Aviv on one of the two aircraft owned by Arkia. I was sorry to see it go to Icelandair. Loved the short 40 minute hop and max takeoff thrust!

Greatest power to weight ratio of all commercial jets. Even at KSRQ's relatively short runway, it rotates only 1/3rd the way on takeoff. I love both these planes and will search for a -300 to experience on an upcoming flight.

I've been on it many times with Delta and United! I absolutely can't get enough of them!

Had a trip on a Condor 757-300 from Nürnberg to Mallorca and back again. I'm an aircraft mechanic and I always wanted to catch a flight on one of these birds. Sadly, Condor stuffs 275 people in there. I'm 2 meters tall, so Economy Class in this plane is just a nightmare. And I totally agree, that boarding takes very long, especially when the aircraft is boarded on the apron without a jet bridge. So people with seats in the front start to board the plane from the rear entry and people with seats in the rear board the plane from the front entry. So the whole aisle is jammed with people while boarding. Never seen such a chaos before. :D

I rode on the 757-300 several times. Boarding is an experience. When you enter from the boarding doors ahead of row 12, it looks and feels just like any other 757. Then you turn right and say, "Wow, that's a long aisle." You keep moving past the first overwing exit, the second set of doors, underneath the overhead rafts, and then you come to your first mystery: a second set of window exits, but this one with no wing. Turns out the 757-300 is so long that Boeing was required to add another set of overwing exits, but there's only one wing, so they installed the airliner equivalent of a suicide door. Airlines don't mind because they can upsell the exit row seats. As you pass the 12th set of doors, you realize that you're back in first class somehow. The airplane is so long that it has actually looped back around on itself. You make your way back down the aisle and finally find your seat: 137A. That's when you look up and realize what a lucky SOB you are. There's another 2/3rds of a plane back there.

Girl: "So, how long is it 😜" Me:

In some spanish-speaking countries, the nickname for the 757 is "la flaca" which means "the skinny woman"; I really love the figure of the 757-300!

Who could possible HATE such a beautiful plane!?

I have never been on a -300, but they have always one of my favorites (second only to the Queen of the Skies). I’m scheduled to fly one in July with United, but as of now, they have been grounded due to the current unpleasantness. Hopefully they get flying again before then!

I did... couple of times... United had a fly Houston - Bogota.... first class is really good Such a nice aircraft 😍😍

It's a beautiful aircraft. I had the pleasure on flying it from RHO to HAM some months ago.

I believe I use to fly the UAL 757-300 quite often from Newark to LAX (or may have been JFK to LAX when UAL still served JFK). UAL had a flight that was almost entirely Business Class, I forget what they called it, but it had a small 1st cabin up front, and the tiny rear cabin was economy, the entire remainder of the plane was business. I really enjoyed those flights in business class, and it was very easy to get upgraded as a premier.

I have flown both the 200 & 300. For some odd reason whenever we start the engines on the 300 there is always a strong fuel odor in the cockpit. The 200 does not have that anomaly.

It's nice to know that they are still in service.

VERY NICE VLOG!! Much knowledge and info. The 757s loss is the 321 xlri's gain. The 757 did not do well in export market. Wonder why. Any reasons???

I loved this aircraft as well. Somewhat reminiscent of the Super DC8's back in the 60's and 70's that Delta flew.

I flew on Icelandair's 757-300 (TF-FIX) from London to Keflavik back in 2008. On the way back flew on their 200 (TF-FIO). Coincidentally, my first RU-vid video upload was of the landing in that 757-300.

I flew on a 757-300 when I was 14 y/o. It was my first non 737 ever and I experienced the smoothest landing ever, from IAH-LAS (SJC final). My grandfather and I got moved from economy to first class, and I still don’t understand why that happened. Unfortunately my mom was left in economy and we also missed our connecting flight.

The 757-200 was my favorite narrow body to work, the DC 8. was my second.

What a great story, l flew on. UA 757 back when they first came out LGA to ORD. First time seeing a glass cockpit....

The 757 is my favorite Boeing aircraft. What's your favorite guys?

I’ve have been on flights on the 300 from Vegas to minny when I worked for northwest before and after it became delta. It was a very smooth flight

I flew on the 757-300 to San Diego CA from Atlanta GA IT was nice

The 757 design was originally known at Boeing as the 727-300. United wanted a longer 727 in the 1970's, but Boeing created a 727 fuselage with a new wing, high-bypass ratio engines, and a new FMS cockpit. That is what the 757 is.

I'm a captain for united airlines and fly the 757-300 often. From a pilots point of view there are almost no differences except on takeoff and landing due to longer body and tail strikes. The difference is the 200 is a sports car and the 300 is a mini van. Passengers are not so keen on the 300 for the reasons you mentioned in the video.

Flew on a Boeing 757-300 from Atlanta to Tampa... lovely aircraft, lovely flight!!!

Another great video! It made me think. I fly on United and avoid the -300: it’s often on LAX/ORD or other hub-to-hub runs. Conversely, I love-really love the -200: it’s my favorite plane after the B789: again, my experience is with United. As I think through why I don’t like the -300, there are two reasons: the ratio of first class to coach is low, so upgrades are rare. I’d take a B737 any day over a -300. United (actually Continental) got many of its -300s from ATA, so the inflight entertainment doesn’t compare to the B752. It’s a curiously attractive aircraft. I like watching it slink around taxiways, but I don’t like being a passenger on the B753.

worked on both as a Crew and Amazing plane to fly on, ok indeed service is a nightmare on them, but we had a couple overpowered ones, and god where they fast on take off. and the gadgets they had. as the 300 were that long, they had installed a camera on the senior's PA station, so once one started to speak, your face would appear on all screens hung from the ceiling, and remember having it storage spaces in the most strange places on board. really every MM was used/is used on them. OCR, rest lol they were dangerous and most uncomfortable to rest in let alone to get in and out. And 20 years later still remember the day we overran in EHAM and ended up nose down tail up in the grass. Got fixed and 6 weeks later she was back up and flying again, got sold and still flying for NZRAF.

I flew on the 757-300 and 757-200 both on Delta. I personally liked my experience on the 757-300 more because Delta placed newer seats, IFE screens, and a new bathroom in the plane, but it took forever to board. When I was on the -200, it took much shorter to board but the plane was not nearly as nice. On the -300, it was really cool to walk to the back of the plane because there is a galley towards the rear, but that is where the -200 would normally end, so you could see the extra seats on the -300. It looked like someone stuck a tail onto the -200.

I love working the 300 over the 200. But it feels like it goes on forever too. The amount of flex on this baby is really nice, very visible especially when seated on the 2L JS.

“Too long” that’s what she said 😅

Took the -300 from ATL to SLC one summer. Fell in love with the aesthetic of the plane! Shame they’re being fazed out. They should’ve redone the 757 instead of the 737

I have been flying on Codors 757- 300 several times. And I really do like it. I think in the end it comes down to your own expectations regarding service and why you are flying.

I’ve flown in one of this 757-300 back in 1999 operated by Condor Airlines from Paris to London, that’s when I realized that this stretched 757 existed in just one class configuration.

A 757-300 neo xlr with premium heavy config will be very popular in transatlantic and asian markets

I did the weight and balance program for our company when we bought the 757-300. We already operated 757-200s, which were wonderful airplanes. The 757-300 was nearly 20,000 pounds heavier and just didn’t work well in our company. We’d have been a whole lot better off buying more -200s.

Saying they're all still in service because it's so flexible and can serve smaller airports disputes the claim you made that it was "hated".

The 757 both the -200 and -300 are among my favorite aircraft. I have flown in both models and had nice experiences.

I know the 757-200 the shirt varient with the RR engine was an absolute beast! wasn't as long as the 300 and it had a unique body to wing shape that made it almost like a smaller Learjet rather than larger commercial jet. Or a long pencil like the 300. The 200 also had longer lander gears from what I remember, i may be wrong. From the front it looked like a hawk, super athletic looking. The 200 carried on average of about 25 to 30 less passenegers and some of 757-300 were able to carry upwards to 289 passengers! Boeing figured just extend the 757 200 and call it day. They even kept the same engines. The b757-200 had engines that were so powerful that combined with the unique shape of its wings cause wake turbulence so powerful it bring down several planes and almost bring down a 747-400 and it consequently cause the FAA to space out planes taking after it add several minutes of time difference. I my self have been on a renewed overhauled model in Miami 4 years ago! The weather was rainy and stormy and some passengers seemed nervous and were asking the flight attendent about saftey and if there were any fighter later on or if they be transferred to another flight later on. caption gets on the pa to introduce him self and the second officer and then says " I'd like to welcome you on this newly overhauled and mighty powerful B 757-200. It's been equipped the latest and newest upgrades, as well as two updated engines and overhauled prat and Whitney that will send get this amazing bird to cruising atltitude much faster than any other plane in its size and seat configuration and given its unique wing shape and power to weight ratio well maneuver around the clouds very easily" he gives the passengers the option to get off which really wasn't warranted but i think he wanted to remind them that it was an option. Ill NEVER FORGET THE EXPERIENCE. IT ROCKETED ALL THE WAY UP TO 10K FEET AT A PITCH THAT MADE IT VERY HARD TO LEAN FORWARD ANYTHING MORE THAN A FEW INCHES! YOU CAN FEEL THE PRESSURE, IT WAS SOMETHING G THAT I NEVER FELT ON A PLANE BEFORE. HE WAS DOING THAT WHILE BANKING A FEW TIMES!! It had to be close a rate of 4,500 per minute. Which may not seem like alot but when you consider that it was full, bad weather and it maintained that rate close close to 20k feet! It probably leveled off to 3900 fpm at 15,000 feet. But yeah, that's my rant and fondest memory of a commercial airliner.

I’ve flown on Delta’s B757-300 from Seattle to Kona with my brother and my dad . Me and my brother were in first class from Seattle to Kona

Both the 200 and 300 variants of the 757 are excellent as a passenger. They handle turbulence extremely well, are spacious, quiet, and really awesome during takeoff and landing. It'll be a very sad day when they go out of service.

I was cabin crew for Thomas Cook UK. We had two in the fleet reg no’s G-JMAA & G-JMAB but I never never liked it and will always prefer the 200. Please Boeing bring back the 757-200🙏