Originally Posted by
IQuitEagle
Actually, it IS different at other airlines. For example, at my last company (Eagle), every month there was a "bid vacancy announcement", and you bid for what you wanted. It the bid came out about the 15th EVERY month, and it closed at the end of the month. Awards posted a few days later. So yes, an airline CAN know when a base will open, plan for the near future, etc. But this assumes that management actually PLANS, fulfills its obligations, and communicated with its pilots.
Colgan is Colgan. Don't assume it is the same everywhere else. It isn't.
Colgan is a small regional. Eagle is what, the 7th largest airline in the world? You can not expect them to be the same. Now if you compare Colgan to another small regional you will see that small regional does not have all the bells and wistles that Eagle does as well.
Colgan has always ran as a small company. With the PNCL buy-out they are starting to learn they will have to update how they do things in order to grow and become a big boy regional airline. Colgan never needed to do a bid vacancy report because all you would do is call either Mikey and Dot and ask.
As for Shamrock, I do not know what to say. I know you are upset but what can they do? When you were hired they probably told you that you could hold PVD in 3 months. Well, hiring has slowed and most likely stopped. CA's are not moving on right now so upgrades will slow down a bunch right now as well. How were they to see this back in August when you were hired? Should they displace someone senior in PVD for you? Should they give you PVD and have you work a reserve line and get paid 75 hours a month for hanging out?
These are tough times in aviation and they will be getting worse. Colgan has many problems but you have job security in what is a scary market. Keep flying and check back every few months on PVD.