Originally Posted by
DeadHead
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.
I think there were a whole bunch of Mesa-JFK based-Dash drivers (read: much more experience w/ Dash's than any current CJC pilot) just chomping at the bit to make the move. I could be wrong, as this is just speculation on my part......but I'm certain the seats could have been filled without a single CJC pilot signing up. And that would've been just fine by mgmt. They've already proved seniority means nothing to them by hiring 1900 and 340 Capt's off the street. Actually, I think we have about 3-4 street CA's on the Q, as well.
MGMT IS NOT OUR FRIEND! Despite whatever lies they'll tell you to your face. (This is probably true of 95% of airlines...not just CJC) The sooner people start realizing this, the sooner we can work to improve the profession as a whole. I mentioned this in a different thread, but I think it hold true here as well. Mgmt cares about two groups of people....and pilots aren't one of them. It's themselves, and their bonuses, and shareholders. That's it, to think otherwise would be lying to yourself.
edit: This isn't meant as an attack on DeadHead.....just adding my $.02 to the conversation