It's hard to gauge how an entire pilot group is going to bid from viewing comments on a message board. I think less than a tenth of the whole Colgan group got awarded a jet slot, so it is true that the majority of us are just fine staying in current position. There will be much more disappointment to come in this career, this I promise you.
Everyone and their mother at Colgan has Captain spots listed as #1. That's why there were tons of Saab awards, and the most junior Captain is a may 2010 hire. A majority of the Colgan captains that were awarded Saabs and Qs were not their #1 choice, in fact, for a majority it was their #10 (or higher) position. What this means is that these pilots all have the RJ Captain positions first, and then Q and Saabs. So you are INACCURATE when you say the majority are "just fine" in current position. Obviously they are not, which is why the award # category matters. And anytime a Colgan pilot is awarded a prop Captain position and the "to # number" shows greater than 10, it means these pilots have all the RJ Captain positions as #1-#9. Nice try, but facts speak for themselves.