Pay rate at Colgan for the first year isn't the greatest. It equates to about 18-24K depending on how much you work. But you are getting some of the best experience out of it. You are flying the plane, not just putting an auto pilot on, you are flying in the crapiest wx you can get in the US, and you upgrade in about a year depending on your time and age. You are going to be sitting left seat within a year and a half and making double the money you initially did. You will be making high 30 to low 40K per year. That is not that bad for only having 2000 hours. Also, you stay there for about 2 more years, you have 2000 PIC Turbine over 20,000 lbs. That is what majors are looking for, PIC Turbine, not 6000 hours SIC in a jet. That doesn't mean anything. Also, think about the flow through to continental. An average of 5 capt a month are leaving colgan after only being there for 3-5 years and sitting right seat on a 75 or 767. At that point you just throw away the logbook.