Well guys and Galls if ya'll look at Colgans senority list you will see that over 90% of F/Os on the Q were hired in 08 which means they were hired for that aircraft and not transitioned from the saab. Most of the other F/Os were displaced from the removal of the mighty Beech from airframe inventory and sever down sizing on the US Airways Saab ops. Colgan had policy in effect that said no transitions to to or from the same paygrade. Hence the no F/O to F/O. I dont know if this is still in effect or not.

Now to go back to the original question since no one has answered it. Most Captains enjoyed the transition. This is not the first time being trained in a new aircraft so you are more at easy. If you are coming from the Saab its simpler. They seemed to try and rebuild the Saab with pointless numbers and system knowledge that goes way beyond most maintenance personel. The Q was very cut and dry. Yes it also looks better on a resume to show aircrafts at 65k weights as apossed to 29k or 17k depending on what you have flown.

Having spent many years in the Saab Id have to say that it was a much stronger aircraft than the Q but they both have their strenghts. An FMS is nice but they don't call it a gotcha airplane for nothing!