Originally Posted by
Riddler
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.
First off the last four threads are getting off topic as usual leading this horse to contaminated water..
With regards to the fellow at Conti Mainline who went to riddle
Four good friends of mine currently are line holders at Continental on the 737 and two can hold 757 cruise FO what they all have in common is they started at Colgan. If you talk to any of them they will encourage anyone to go to Colgan even now! I understand your frustration of being furloughed but to say that a majority agree with you (granted 4 ppl are not a majority either) is making an assumption backed up by ????
I'm not at Colgan nor do I have plans to go to Colgan but being on the corporate side IF I were on a hiring board I rather hire a guy from Colgan than a bitter mainline pilot who's out to screw others! One last thing A SCAB is A SCAB this is not the bible there are no modified definitions or New World editions of this word.
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My former colleague who interviewed this past weekend said that they will be interviewing this upcomming weekend in LGA again and subsequently there after.