usmc-sgt

That is exactly why airlines have a sim eval. They want candidates who can lock on out of the box and fly a profile without a dry run. They are never looking for the beech 1900 masters, just someone who can maintain standards on the profile and not get themselves lost or balled up.

Special K

Maine in the wintertime is about as depressing as it can get. I can personally vouch for that one. The only thing you can do is drink and ski. Two things one probably would not be able to afford being an FO for a regional

Baronpilot

I hear you there! I've lived in ME my whole life and winter just gets harder every single year.

cvltdriver84

Don't let it eat you up... you may not here anything for a while. When Chuck finally called with a class date he thanked me for my patience/understanding.

I would assume they have a lot on their plate right now.

Stay busy, try not to think about it. :-)

Flyboyrw

Is Chuck serious?? This isn't the first letter he has sent me. But more importantly, he is writing a letter regarding a company HE runs, and expects people to really trust him and his company with this letter, and he can't even proofread his work and/or spell? Come on. I have no desire to work at such a place.
Here is the letter, no BS.

"9/1/2010
X X
Pilot Candidate

Dear X X,


Good Morning. I wanted to give pilots that have applied to Colgan Air a breif update and ask those pilots that are still interested in an F/O positions to contact us.


Despite an ecominic situation that has serviorily affected our industry Colgan Air has not only remains stable but is adding aircraft and expanding operations. The first of 15 new Q400's started service this week. As a result we are increasing our hiring and schuduling 3 classes a month. Two classes are planned for the Saab340 and 1 class monthly for Q400.


Your seniority will rise fairly quickly if you hired early in our hiring cycle helping you get a base assignemet and schedule that you may perfer. We are interviewing twice a month in LGA.

Colgan Air remains a stable, family orientated, and growing company that offers an opportunity for career development.

If you would like to be considered for interview or have any questions please update your application and contact me at [email protected].


Have a great day.
Chuck Colgan"

usmc-sgt

Maybe email writing is outsourced to a non english speaking country to save money?

Forward thinking...I like it.

FlyJSH

Hey don't nock it. I perfer an ecominic situation that support turboprops.

belliott

I support an economic environment that supports better mx and cooler planes....

AJDWINGS

I think before you make assumptions about a company based on a letter you need to know the facts. First of all Chuck does not "run" the company as you assumed. Although he is a Colgan his duties over the years have diminished and now I believe he is just a pilot recruiter. It's sad to see a letter like that yes, but not because it is indicative of the condition of the company it came from but because of the person it came from. Chuck has had quite a few very serious health conditions over the past few years and kudos to him for even attempting to come back to work. We all thought he was a gonner last year. Personally Chuck has never done wrong by me. He has helped me get a few friends onboard in the past. Yes everyone here has a favorite "Chuck Colgan" story that just makes you shake your head but seriously the guy is harmless. Cut him slack.

Just thought you should know a little about him before you form an opinion of "such a place"

Blueskies21

AJDwings, I'm just not sure how you can defend a letter like that actually being sent out. Chuck may have had health problems but how about his computer spell check, or his assistant. We don't get anywhere by defending stuff like this. The company might be the greatest thing since sliced bread or the worst thing ever, I'll reserve my judgement there but either way, you have to be able to put out a professional correspondence to your potential employees. Maybe they just want to see who doesn't notice or care about such errors?