Originally Posted by whtever

Another useless program from Colgan management, Aircraft Appearance Program. It is good in theory and probably needed, but am I wrong in thinking this won't change anything? Along this line, do we not deserve increase in pay with more workload? A random assignment from management should lead to a discussion of compensation. As Captains, I agree there is higher degree of responsibility, as it should be, but when is enough enough? Should pay not parallel repsonsibilty/ workload? When is the time to actually fly the airplane safely, our main duty? I hope the flying doesn't interupt our paperwork! Besides, the current procedures and forms are ineffective at best. Forms are consitently lost and do not make their way to management anyway. If they are received without completing more than once, nothing is done to remedy the problem anyway. The disconnected communication at Colgan does not allow for successful implementation of policies like these. During my phone conversation explaining why I was 5 minutes late out of the block after an aircraft swap with a scheduled 20 minute turn, is the ever increasing paperwork a viable excuse? I hope this isn't seen as whining, just a thought provoking post. I realize this is probably not comapny specific, but what's next for us as pilots?