Colgan Air Hiring FOs for Saab 340 and Q400
01-18-2010, 05:04 PM
#71
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Joined APC: Sep 2007
Position: CRJ 200/700/900 CA & Instructor
Posts: 658
Got the same email. Responded and got a call 10 minutes later for an interview this weekend. Chuck seams like a nice guy. Cant wait to interview.
01-18-2010, 05:10 PM
#72
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Joined APC: Jun 2008
Position: Hawker 800XP/G280 PIC
Posts: 186
01-18-2010, 05:15 PM
#73
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Joined APC: Sep 2009
Position: N/A
Posts: 637
Anyone who takes serious career advice from a random person on an internet forum has no business flying airplanes for a living.
Let's cut all the bashing and get to the facts, not the facts plus your opinion. The facts should speak for themselves.
So,
I've heard IAD is pretty junior. I was just wondering what kind of trips are flown out of this base. I'd imagine it's mostly out-and-backs.
Let's cut all the bashing and get to the facts, not the facts plus your opinion. The facts should speak for themselves.
So,
I've heard IAD is pretty junior. I was just wondering what kind of trips are flown out of this base. I'd imagine it's mostly out-and-backs.
01-18-2010, 05:20 PM
#74
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Joined APC: Sep 2007
Position: CRJ 200/700/900 CA & Instructor
Posts: 658
01-18-2010, 05:21 PM
#75
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Joined APC: Jun 2009
Posts: 11
I do agree with you. If Pinnacle had not not bought bought Colgan there is no way it would still be in business.
01-18-2010, 05:24 PM
#76
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Joined APC: Nov 2005
Posts: 555
Anyone who takes serious career advice from a random person on an internet forum has no business flying airplanes for a living.
Let's cut all the bashing and get to the facts, not the facts plus your opinion. The facts should speak for themselves.
So,
I've heard IAD is pretty junior. I was just wondering what kind of trips are flown out of this base. I'd imagine it's mostly out-and-backs.
Let's cut all the bashing and get to the facts, not the facts plus your opinion. The facts should speak for themselves.
So,
I've heard IAD is pretty junior. I was just wondering what kind of trips are flown out of this base. I'd imagine it's mostly out-and-backs.
01-18-2010, 05:27 PM
#77
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Joined APC: Jan 2010
Position: Gear handle manipulator
Posts: 18
I currently work at Colgan. I am upset with the poor pay and the poor schedules. Some say we are bottom feeders, that may be true but that goes for every regional pilot out there then. We all work for less than we are worth. At least we are trying to fix our situation. Instead of hating us for taking the flying that the majors are giving away (something as pilots we don't even have control of). We should be working together as an entire pilot group. It doesn't matter what airline any of us work for we are all in the same boat!
01-18-2010, 05:30 PM
#78
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Joined APC: Jan 2010
Posts: 93
why would you assume that i couldn't help them get a fair contract? i am willing to fight alongside current colgan pilots. plus i really doubt they are going to have trouble finding applicants if i withdraw my stuff. i think by going there i could help a lot more than by simply boycotting colgan. now if you could convince every pilot in the US that is looking for work to do this? then i think we'd see some results. and please do not assume to know what career choices will do me any good, you don't know me or my current situation. how about some feedback from actual colgan pilots. would you guys have me pull my app out in hopes of getting a good contract?
The only way to get a fair contract at Colgan is for management to be put in a corner. No matter how great you think you are at negotiating, you are only harming the Colgan pilot group by going there. Good contracts are obtained through leverage. Leverage is gained by the Colgan group by you withdrawing your app.
You can't wait to interview? You can't wait to apply for food stamps too?
01-18-2010, 05:31 PM
#79
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Joined APC: Jun 2009
Posts: 11
It is tough to sit back a watch someone bash your job when they don't work there.
In the end we as pilots need to stop blaming each other for the contracts that managment signs. We all have bills to meet, you can't expect us to sit home unemployed because managment signed bad contract to get some flying.
01-18-2010, 05:31 PM
#80
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Joined APC: Jun 2008
Position: Hawker 800XP/G280 PIC
Posts: 186
Awesome now I'm a scab because I want a job.
