Colgan Hiring....one last time
01-28-2010, 04:02 AM
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I'm pretty sure they said they were having interviews this weekend and next, but I'm not sure if that was absolute or what it was contingent upon
cool. yea, it sounds pretty much like the legal "i"s and "t"s just need to be dotted and crossed, respectively
cool. yea, it sounds pretty much like the legal "i"s and "t"s just need to be dotted and crossed, respectively
01-28-2010, 04:30 AM
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First off the last four threads are getting off topic as usual leading this horse to contaminated water..
With regards to the fellow at Conti Mainline who went to riddle
Four good friends of mine currently are line holders at Continental on the 737 and two can hold 757 cruise FO what they all have in common is they started at Colgan. If you talk to any of them they will encourage anyone to go to Colgan even now! I understand your frustration of being furloughed but to say that a majority agree with you (granted 4 ppl are not a majority either) is making an assumption backed up by ????
I'm not at Colgan nor do I have plans to go to Colgan but being on the corporate side IF I were on a hiring board I rather hire a guy from Colgan than a bitter mainline pilot who's out to screw others! One last thing A SCAB is A SCAB this is not the bible there are no modified definitions or New World editions of this word.
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My former colleague who interviewed this past weekend said that they will be interviewing this upcomming weekend in LGA again and subsequently there after.
With regards to the fellow at Conti Mainline who went to riddle
Four good friends of mine currently are line holders at Continental on the 737 and two can hold 757 cruise FO what they all have in common is they started at Colgan. If you talk to any of them they will encourage anyone to go to Colgan even now! I understand your frustration of being furloughed but to say that a majority agree with you (granted 4 ppl are not a majority either) is making an assumption backed up by ????
I'm not at Colgan nor do I have plans to go to Colgan but being on the corporate side IF I were on a hiring board I rather hire a guy from Colgan than a bitter mainline pilot who's out to screw others! One last thing A SCAB is A SCAB this is not the bible there are no modified definitions or New World editions of this word.
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My former colleague who interviewed this past weekend said that they will be interviewing this upcomming weekend in LGA again and subsequently there after.
My issue is one of TIMING. All I'm saying is that Colgan's Class of 2010, while not scabs, appear to have the same motivations as CAL's scabs from the mid 1980s. CAL has plenty of skeletons in its own closet. Guys who would WILLINGLY and KNOWINGLY undercut a fellow furloughed union pilot are the same types of people who would act along the lines of CAL's own scab captains who volunteered to fly in the right seat while guys like me got furloughed.
That sort of behavior is reprehensible and should not be encouraged.
Riddler
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01-28-2010, 04:43 AM
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I have no problem with folks who get their careers started at Colgan. I have no doubts that CAL has plenty of well qualified professional pilots who started there.
My issue is one of TIMING. All I'm saying is that Colgan's Class of 2010, while not scabs, appear to have the same motivations as CAL's scabs from the mid 1980s. CAL has plenty of skeletons in its own closet. Guys who would WILLINGLY and KNOWINGLY undercut a fellow furloughed union pilot are the same types of people who would act along the lines of CAL's own scab captains who volunteered to fly in the right seat while guys like me got furloughed.
That sort of behavior is reprehensible and should not be encouraged.
Riddler
My issue is one of TIMING. All I'm saying is that Colgan's Class of 2010, while not scabs, appear to have the same motivations as CAL's scabs from the mid 1980s. CAL has plenty of skeletons in its own closet. Guys who would WILLINGLY and KNOWINGLY undercut a fellow furloughed union pilot are the same types of people who would act along the lines of CAL's own scab captains who volunteered to fly in the right seat while guys like me got furloughed.
That sort of behavior is reprehensible and should not be encouraged.
Riddler
Colgan picked up a few more Saabs for United in addition to the 15 Q;'s comming in the Fall. Looking at the facts Continental is a relatively new carrier for Colgan their ORIGINAL bread and butter lays with US Airways and United. Colgan Currently still flies under three Flags so to only look at one third of the house is simply misjudging the airline as a whole!
01-28-2010, 04:47 AM
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Riddler while I can see why you feel in such disposition you fail to look at the facts of this hiring stage. Colgan ( you can ask USMC or I can give you friends numbers who work for Colgan) is NOT hiring into the Q they are hiring due to current pilots being upgraded. Some current Colgan Saab Captains are moving into the Q as Captains, Some FO's are moving to Q FO's Some Saab FO's are moving to SAAB captains. The "NEW HIRES" as of right now are going to the Saab FO spots.
Colgan picked up a few more Saabs for United in addition to the 15 Q;'s comming in the Fall. Looking at the facts Continental is a relatively new carrier for Colgan their ORIGINAL bread and butter lays with US Airways and United. Colgan Currently still flies under three Flags so to only look at one third of the house is simply misjudging the airline as a whole!
Colgan picked up a few more Saabs for United in addition to the 15 Q;'s comming in the Fall. Looking at the facts Continental is a relatively new carrier for Colgan their ORIGINAL bread and butter lays with US Airways and United. Colgan Currently still flies under three Flags so to only look at one third of the house is simply misjudging the airline as a whole!
they said they had 4 new saabs needed for united out of IAD
01-28-2010, 05:01 AM
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I have no problem with folks who get their careers started at Colgan. I have no doubts that CAL has plenty of well qualified professional pilots who started there.
My issue is one of TIMING. All I'm saying is that Colgan's Class of 2010, while not scabs, appear to have the same motivations as CAL's scabs from the mid 1980s. CAL has plenty of skeletons in its own closet. Guys who would WILLINGLY and KNOWINGLY undercut a fellow furloughed union pilot are the same types of people who would act along the lines of CAL's own scab captains who volunteered to fly in the right seat while guys like me got furloughed.
That sort of behavior is reprehensible and should not be encouraged.
Riddler
My issue is one of TIMING. All I'm saying is that Colgan's Class of 2010, while not scabs, appear to have the same motivations as CAL's scabs from the mid 1980s. CAL has plenty of skeletons in its own closet. Guys who would WILLINGLY and KNOWINGLY undercut a fellow furloughed union pilot are the same types of people who would act along the lines of CAL's own scab captains who volunteered to fly in the right seat while guys like me got furloughed.
That sort of behavior is reprehensible and should not be encouraged.
Riddler
Many looking for hiring information, (not opinion), here are new to the industry, and to equate them with SCABs degrades the serious nature of a SCAB, (which you should know all too well since CAL has REAL SCABS still flying). Is that hot-chick gold digger a prostitute? Not unless she crosses a line. No Colgan pilot is crossing a CAL picket line, are they?
Something to think about...since your ERAU days, the industry has changed to Commuter pilots flying larger jets for turbo-prop wages. At least Colgan is a pure turbo-prop operation, and if all Regionals did that while saving the high paying jet jobs for the Majors, the industry would be a better place.
01-28-2010, 05:37 AM
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So, where's "Winglets" on this one? I'm sure, with Riddler and Rickair777's help, you could get this thread shut down too. Maybe ya'll could just start a thread to bash all "bottom-feeding" regionals and have a good ole time hammering Mesa, Gojet, Great Lakes, Cape Air, etc.
Many looking for hiring information, (not opinion), here are new to the industry, and to equate them with SCABs degrades the serious nature of a SCAB, (which you should know all too well since CAL has REAL SCABS still flying). Is that hot-chick gold digger a prostitute? Not unless she crosses a line. No Colgan pilot is crossing a CAL picket line, are they?
Something to think about...since your ERAU days, the industry has changed to Commuter pilots flying larger jets for turbo-prop wages. At least Colgan is a pure turbo-prop operation, and if all Regionals did that while saving the high paying jet jobs for the Majors, the industry would be a better place.
Many looking for hiring information, (not opinion), here are new to the industry, and to equate them with SCABs degrades the serious nature of a SCAB, (which you should know all too well since CAL has REAL SCABS still flying). Is that hot-chick gold digger a prostitute? Not unless she crosses a line. No Colgan pilot is crossing a CAL picket line, are they?
Something to think about...since your ERAU days, the industry has changed to Commuter pilots flying larger jets for turbo-prop wages. At least Colgan is a pure turbo-prop operation, and if all Regionals did that while saving the high paying jet jobs for the Majors, the industry would be a better place.
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