Originally Posted by de727ups
"Colgan won't take or interview you with 460 hours."
Even if you have a MD90 type rating? What's this world coming to...
Thanks for the correction, though. Also, the whole point of Capt is to enter the industry quickly, with low time, and without having to CFI. If he wanted to instruct, he wouldn't have done Capt.
Yea even with the DC-9 type. Due to continued expansion Colgan needs to hire guys who can be captain's in 12 to 18 months. The insurance mins right now are about 2200 TT with 1000 in type for captain upgrade. There are many factors in the hiring process - insurance mins are just one of them. The DC-9 type is nice, but not necessary. Colgan does occansionally hire some low time guys from good programs, but they have too many right now. Also, at the moment, they are getting very good candidates with 800 plus hours or more, in part due to the quick upgrades.