iflyjets4food

Congrats. You'll make like number 300 behind me, and I've only been here for 3 months. You'll move up fast though. I've moved 60 spots in that time.

jeff122670

so tell me...why did you leave Colgan???????

specifics please...........

4N1flyr

KA,

where were you based?

What made Colgan such a bad experience for you?

(Asbestos fire suit? - check)

jeff122670

yeah i have my flame suit on too......but i really want to know...

why do people hate that place sooooooo much................??

KiloAlpha

Cons:
I was on reserve for 8 straight months
Flying between 2-4 airports gets very boring
Upgrade is not based on seniority; kiss ass to upgrade
No per diem, low pay, poor health insurance, non existant 401k
Shltty hotels (but have been getting better; perhaps due to the current union drive ?)
Aircraft are dirty and smell foul
I'm jealous the CP can come to work drunk everyday and I cant
Constant delays due to broken aircraft
Scheduling attemping to get you to break duty time reg on a normal basis
Long duty days with low credits (14 hour duty - 4 hour pay credit)
Only 50% DH pay
6 leg days with 4 plane swaps

It's just a complete Mickey Mouse operation
... the list goes on

KiloAlpha

LB told us there would be 120+ behind us when we get done with training

jeff122670

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i guess, Nuff said....ha.ha.

thanks for the info!!

4N1flyr

what equipment?

KiloAlpha

At Colgan: Saab 340

whodis

I'm sorry, I really wanted to stay out of this, but this list is inane.
If the list goes on, do the statements on it start getting true? Or do they stay as rediculous as these are?

Didn't you say you were in SCE? I talked to an SCE crew this week, and, the FO was new and said he got 90+ hours with weekends off on his first bid ever.
How exactly do you define poor health insurance? I've had nothing but good experiences with Anthem the couple times I've dealt with them.
We do have a 401K, so that is false. We don't have a match, was that what you meant?
Upgrade is based primarily on seniority. There are members of the alpa organizing committee on the upgrade list. How do you suppose they got there?
The last 3 hotels I've stayed in have been a Marriott, a Hilton, and a Radisson. Oh, and a Holiday Inn before that. So you're wrong there.
Jealous about the CP drinking? Are you trying to be funny, or do you actually live in such a cartoon reality that something like this could be true? I'll assume you're trying to be funny and ignore it.
How often are your A/C broken? You give a lot of generalizations, without many facts to back them up, so here is a fact for you: Since the start of March I have operated 140 flights. Of those 140 flights, I was delayed for maintenance once. That is 99.3% dispatch reliability. Now can you find a fact for me and tell me what the industry average is?
Please name a specific instance when scheduling has tried to get you to break a FAR. I've been here a lot longer than you were, and it's never happened to me.
I've never had a 14 hour day with only 4 hours of credit. Since the company pays 1/2 duty on long sits I find it unlikely that it ever will happen to me.
We do have only 50% deadhead pay, and the planes do smell sometimes. Those are true, I wish the lav wasn't so close to the cockpit.

It seems like you decided you were too good for Colgan pretty early on. I hope the grass turns out to be greener for you on the other side. Actually, that's not strictly true, I don't really care either way.
Congratulations on your lateral move, I hope the regional jets are as shiny as they have been in your dreams.