I haven't seen anything that calls Colgan's new hires "bad pilots." Some of these guys seem to have a very wide background flying a lot of different airplanes, and I'm sure that they're qualified.

The problem is that they're not legitimate jobs in my, and a lot of others, opinions. They're directly replacing furloughed guys at CAL, including myself. It's not officially a SCAB, but still it's a dishonorable way to get a job. My god, CAL new hires were making $30k/year, which is horrific in itself... now we have gobs of people literally throwing themselves at a sub-$20k job. Seriously?

Not that I'm ever going to be sitting on a hiring board, but I swear, if I ever see a Colgan FO hired in 2009-2010 apply at CAL, I know what my decision is. Something tells me that I'm not the only one who has this opinion. So to the folks using Colgan as a stepping stone: be careful what you're really stepping into. Have fun flying Q-400s for the rest of your natural life.