Guys, I think you're overreacting a little bit. Countless airlines have had terrible accidents in the past and haven't changed names or gone out of business. And lets not forget you're owned by Pinnacle, home of the most embarressing accident in the history of this biz flight 3701. (that's my opinion anyway)

Keep in mind it's not just Colgan that is being scrutinized by the public. All regionals are getting these "regionals are unsafe" comments. There's not a trip that goes by that I don't hear something to that affect.

And how long do you think it will be before people will forget about this altogether? Ask some random people if they remember when 737's were falling out of the sky due to the rudder problem. They'll look at you cross-eyed and confused. Ask them about the MD-80's horizontal stab that malfunctioned and sent an Alaskan Airlines plane nose first into the ground. Ask them about Tenerife where a company check airman captain with thousands of hours of experience took off without a clearance and slammed into a Pam Am 747 creating, to date, the worst accident in our industry's history.

This too shall pass.... learn from it and fly safe