Disclaimer:: bear in mind that the following response is highly biased and others will have different opinions based on their own personal experiences with the company.
Originally Posted by
alexk1980
Why did you leave??
It wasn't one single event or annoyance that made me choose to leave Colgan, it was a combination of many. In no particular order:
a) Poor Pay (rates / no per diem)
b) Poor maintenance (countless engine failures every year among other things)
c) Aircraft are old, dirty, smelly, and overall just delapidated (spelling?)
d) Flying to the same 2-3 airports get quite boring
e) No union (mgmt does whatever the he11 they please)
f) Poor hotels (Worst Western in manassas comes to mind
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g) Despite what prop drivers will tell you, Jet experience is both more challenging and more valuable than TP time
h) Outstation basing (may be good for you?)
i) Lots of plane swaps
j) Junior manning
k) Min 10 days off per month
l) Irene, Gina, Dot, Tom B, Dean, and Mikey
m) Frequent pressure to break duty / rest regs
n) Scheduled reduced rest overnights .. what the hell?
Originally Posted by alexk1980
Where where you based??
United base then a newly opened Airways base in May.
Originally Posted by alexk1980
How did you leave the company knowing that you were under contract?
a) Employment at will
b) Thirteenth amendment of the Constitution (indentured servitude)
c) Considering a and b, I told the Colgans to to fu(k themselves
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DO NOT GO TO COLGAN, YOU WILL REGRET IT.
THEY ARE NO BETTER THAN MESA OR TSA. LAXROX, FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN. DON'T FALL FOR THE GET IN, GET YOUR TIME, GET OUT MENTALITY. UPGRADE IS AT 2 YEARS RIGHT NOW! DO YOU WANT TO RIDE SHOTGUN IN THE SAAB FOR 2 YEARS?