Read the entire decision. You will not be on reserve for the "rest of your career." Colgan has to maintain a minimum number of CA Saab and Q spots. Currently Colgan is under the Saab limit and way under the Q limit which means we have growth still in our own aircraft.

If a Saab vacancy were to come up tomorrow for recent attrition, it would be within the minimum Saab spots and Colgan pilots would have first shot at those. What would most likely happen is a Saab FO would bid the vacancy/award and be given it because it falls in line with the minimum CA spots. That pilots is an FO so would be junior to you and therefor give you another pilot below you.

Colgan is under the minumum Q CA spots by almost 45 positions. If Colgan keeps the same Q staffing this would provide as a fence for the first 7 or so new Q's that come. If Colgan decided to up the current Q CA staffing, all of those spots will come from Colgan pilots. Those pilots will be Colgan Saab CA's senior to you, they will move to the Q and your spot as a Saab CA will move up as well.

Everything is not doom and gloom. I know pilots like to roll around in their own misery and tears but lets be big boys about this, educate ourselves about the entire decision, and move on.