dojetdriver

Well, XJT has been doing Mexico for quite some time. So I guess you could say that they have "experience".

But with that being said, would you say that XJT is always on it's "A game" when going down there? If you don't know what I mean, take it to PM's.

Glass houses and all.

xtreme

I thought beach fly by's were SOP.

JoeyMeatballs

first off, I fly for Expressjet, check my sig, secondly for some reason I can't PM, and third dont shoot the messenger.......

also I am well aware of our near misses down there

The Juice

It is true, Colgan pilots could never fly down in Mexico...not skilled enough.

They should stick to noncontrolled fields in the icy northeast, that stuff is cake. Especially the pilots we have that have winters on the B1900, you know those guys suck and not even skilled enough to fly in Mexico.

Sounds like you are pretty close to Larry K and getting all the good info (No Colgan in Mexico but yes in the northeast). You should ask him what plans he has for your own airline come later this year

JoeyMeatballs

I hear ya man, like I said dont shoot the messenger. I think it is a PR issue. I have flown with guys like M Woosley at Colgan who are the best sticks I have ever flown with, however in recent light of 3407 I think CAL might just want to wait until the hysteria disappears before they send the Q's down to Mexico.

Of course the peeps I heard this from could have heard it from a F/A, so ya never know

The Juice

I got ya, but since there wont be another Q for a year I think the hysteria will be gone. Public is stupid and they will be fixated on the next "Jon and Kate" by then.

dojetdriver

....double post.

dojetdriver

First off, I KNOW who you fly for.

Secondly, because of your tertiary statement you DON'T need to PM me, your final statement makes it clear you know exactly what I'm talking about.

But I'm not talking just about those types of things. I have more than one occasion recently where the person I was flying with for some reason didn't know what the difference between Transition Level, and Transition Altitude was. Usually, not that big of deal. But when your climbing out, and the clearance limit is "one eight thousand feet", and you actually reach 18,000 feet before being cleared for higher due to traffic, it can become a big deal. Remember, we've been going down there for YEARS, and we even receive training for ops down there.

Too bad they're not.

Exactly, won't be too long before the general public forgets all about it.

dashtrash300

Did US Airways also drop Colgan? The reason I ask is because Piedmont and PSA was given more flying until December.

ExperimentalAB

You mean possibly have reduced their flying, perhaps?