Originally Posted by newarkblows

If you really think Colgan pilots have it so great i would love to educate you on how realistically they are basically working in a sweat shop.

When do they find out their schedules for the next month so they can plan their 18 days off? haha
Vacation policies?
Retirement accounts?
can they trade trips easily and possibly on their own computer without crew scheduling?
punitive sick call policies?
general respect for their employees?
good hotels or are they in Motel 8's next to a burger kind and a truck stop?
prior to the union how did the company help out pilots who were violated?(CJC threw a couple guys under the bus)
street captains?
per diem on day trips?
trip quality?

your damn right there is some room for improvement. How can you compare an airline like that to any respectable airline? the kool aid must have been pretty good if your still defending that circus.

Talk to someone at a better regional and ask them those questions and remember how you were treated at colgan. If you can HONESTLY tell me that those colgan people are "enjoying" their time off as they wait in the food stamp or welfare line then i will gladly shutup. Most of the colgan guys (especially on here) are so clueless that they are stepping in their own drool thinking about q400's in IAH that they cant even comprehend how badly they are being treated.