I know Colgan would have tried, that's for sure, but I can't believe they would have been able to entice enough street captains. I say "can't believe" in the sense that they would be taking pilots with no Q400 experience and placing them in the left seat. Essentially, they would have launched the Q400 program, which is the new bread & butter at Colgan, with street captains and newhires who have little experience in the aircraft and the company.

If that's not a recipe for disaster, then I don't know what is.
Again, I agree with you guys about not putting it over on Colgan Management to pull off a stunt like this.