To reference calling in sick: I don't know of any regional airline where calling in sick isn't punished in one way or another, especially within two hours of show. Management will push us right to the limit-- 16hr days, 6 days a week, loss of off days, severe consequences and or interrogation from the DO for calling in sick and especially, for calling in fatigued. And then when something happens in the airplane, the pilots will be blamed for not calling in sick/fatigued/whatever. The reality on the ground is very different from what's on paper.

I don't work for Colgan, this is just my experience from my regional.