Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
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.
You make a good arguement but what is all this complaining going to do? Absolutely nothing.
These guys got awarded these positions and should be thankful and professional about it by not rubbing it in to SR FOs.
That said the SR FOs need to be professional as well towards these Jr CAs last time I checked the FOM doesn't say anything about the CA letting an FO fly. Could make for a very long 4 day if someone decides to be a D bag...
Complaining about this and dissecting the award in what is your own interpretation of Blochs decision ( you said FS gets to interpret Blochs award himself, but now you are) is pointless and does nothing for you or the collective whole. Time to move forward with this Bloch party