First get your facts straight... Colgan requires more than just a CMEL in fact right now competitive mins are 1500TT and 300ME.
Firstly, my post never said Colgan requires a CMEL. I was making reference to the 2007 hiring boom, I thought it was obvious that nobody would hire a wet CMEL in January 2010- perhaps I should have been clearer.
Whats wrong with flying a turboprop?
Nothing’s wrong with spending your career in a turboprop (I was making this point to a student just yesterday), but most hope to fly a Boeing product at retirement.
Just because people fly turboprops it doesn't keep them from moving on to bigger and better things
Correct, but my point was agreeing with mooney, who said
Originally Posted by
mooney
anyone who goes to any so-called lower tier/shady regional for the sole purpose of chasing quick upgrade at all costs has ZERO right to complain when the stuff hits the fan when the industry stagnates.
If I'm killing to fly the outsourced turboprop for poverty level wages, then there will be no mainline job at the end of my regional career.
Lastly, I’m not attacking Colgan pilots. I’m sure there are good folks there, just like anywhere else. People have their own reasons for flying for whatever company they pick. However, some people seem hung up about flying a bigger airplane...SJS. The size of the airplane is important, but not as important as the size of my paycheck. What good is it saying I fly a (Q400, CRJ, A320, 777) if the company isn’t paying me enough to support myself?