CAL dropping 9L rumors???
06-13-2009, 06:27 PM
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Colgan is doing 2100 flight for Airways this month, compared to 2250 for United and 5500 for CAL (Saab and Q). US Airways does not seem too involved at all at what Colgan does, they seem to care less about clean planes of MX cancels or anything.
06-13-2009, 06:46 PM
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Mike Woosley is a darn good guy and pilot. I flew with Mike on his FIRST day off IOE as a Beech Captain...And, my first day off IOE as 1900 F/O. Oh, and did I mention there was the remnants of a hurricane moving thru the area. Last, but not least...We were both flying routes we were unfamiliar with. AOO-PIT-BLF-BKW-PIT-AOO. Quite a day, but he was a
real gentleman and even let me fly a leg! I was scared spitless, but managed to make a good crosswind landing in PIT.
As for the rumors...I think that it is unlikely that CAL is going to dump Colgan. It is more likely that we will actually be given more flying on their codeshare. The economics of the Q-400 are a difficult argument, and putting the 3407 fiasco aside. We are slowly getting things straightened out, gaining more corporate and technical knowledge on the "Q" and IF and only if management is willing to work with the pilots it is possible to right this listing ship called Colgan Air.
real gentleman and even let me fly a leg! I was scared spitless, but managed to make a good crosswind landing in PIT.
As for the rumors...I think that it is unlikely that CAL is going to dump Colgan. It is more likely that we will actually be given more flying on their codeshare. The economics of the Q-400 are a difficult argument, and putting the 3407 fiasco aside. We are slowly getting things straightened out, gaining more corporate and technical knowledge on the "Q" and IF and only if management is willing to work with the pilots it is possible to right this listing ship called Colgan Air.
06-13-2009, 06:47 PM
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No, about a year ago Colgan wanted to drop some of the LGA flying because the pro rate was killing Colgan only flying 5 people at a time in there. Airways wanted to keep the spots into LGA so Colgan took those plane from LGA and United picked them up out of IAD.
Colgan is doing 2100 flight for Airways this month, compared to 2250 for United and 5500 for CAL (Saab and Q). US Airways does not seem too involved at all at what Colgan does, they seem to care less about clean planes of MX cancels or anything.
Colgan is doing 2100 flight for Airways this month, compared to 2250 for United and 5500 for CAL (Saab and Q). US Airways does not seem too involved at all at what Colgan does, they seem to care less about clean planes of MX cancels or anything.
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06-13-2009, 06:48 PM
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No, about a year ago Colgan wanted to drop some of the LGA flying because the pro rate was killing Colgan only flying 5 people at a time in there. Airways wanted to keep the spots into LGA so Colgan took those plane from LGA and United picked them up out of IAD.
Colgan is doing 2100 flight for Airways this month, compared to 2250 for United and 5500 for CAL (Saab and Q). US Airways does not seem too involved at all at what Colgan does, they seem to care less about clean planes of MX cancels or anything.
Colgan is doing 2100 flight for Airways this month, compared to 2250 for United and 5500 for CAL (Saab and Q). US Airways does not seem too involved at all at what Colgan does, they seem to care less about clean planes of MX cancels or anything.
06-13-2009, 06:54 PM
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Ok, I am sorry if this seems dumb, I am just trying to get a grip on this. If the rumor regarding CAL dropping Colgan was true...Airways and United only make up 4,350 of the 9,850 flights for Colgan in a given month. So that is 55.8% of their monthly flights gone. If that were true, I assume in the very near future we would see 55.8% of Colgan's pilot group hitting the street. This makes me think that this rumor might not be true.
But I thought some Captains you fly with said Colgan is done for, so who cares about the CAL flying, we are all done.
06-13-2009, 06:56 PM
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06-13-2009, 07:02 PM
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Mike Woosley is a darn good guy and pilot. I flew with Mike on his FIRST day off IOE as a Beech Captain...And, my first day off IOE as 1900 F/O. Oh, and did I mention there was the remnants of a hurricane moving thru the area. Last, but not least...We were both flying routes we were unfamiliar with. AOO-PIT-BLF-BKW-PIT-AOO. Quite a day, but he was a
real gentleman and even let me fly a leg! I was scared spitless, but managed to make a good crosswind landing in PIT.
As for the rumors...I think that it is unlikely that CAL is going to dump Colgan. It is more likely that we will actually be given more flying on their codeshare. The economics of the Q-400 are a difficult argument, and putting the 3407 fiasco aside. We are slowly getting things straightened out, gaining more corporate and technical knowledge on the "Q" and IF and only if management is willing to work with the pilots it is possible to right this listing ship called Colgan Air.
real gentleman and even let me fly a leg! I was scared spitless, but managed to make a good crosswind landing in PIT.
As for the rumors...I think that it is unlikely that CAL is going to dump Colgan. It is more likely that we will actually be given more flying on their codeshare. The economics of the Q-400 are a difficult argument, and putting the 3407 fiasco aside. We are slowly getting things straightened out, gaining more corporate and technical knowledge on the "Q" and IF and only if management is willing to work with the pilots it is possible to right this listing ship called Colgan Air.
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06-13-2009, 07:04 PM
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