Maybe their "industry average" pay of 23,000 a yr in one of the most expensive domiciles is the problem. NAH!!!!
Colgan management is used to treating its employees like they are flying small turbo-props. For years regionals treated small prop pilots like garbage because who cared if a Beech 1900 flight was delayed 6 hrs until they could deadhead a new pilot up to an outstation. they fired the offending pilot and life went on. 20 people with disrupted travel plans is not a big deal in the grand scheme of things.
Now they are flying a big airplane with double to almost quadruple the passengers. If a flight is delayed a few hours because of how you treat your employees or your empployees are "getting back" at their management... you just cost your mainline partner thousands of dollars in hotels from missed international connections, meal vouchers, compensation, ticket refunds, and left a bad taste in their passengers mouths. Let them cancel some flights for lack of crew. If they want professionals then they should have to pay for it.