Originally Posted by
ChipChelios
Yes, that is true for most flight crews at Colgan as well. You can't tell me that your management is any better then any other airlines management including Colgan.
I'll agree with you, only in regards to JO, and his squad (there are about 5 of them).
I work at Mesa, and the folks in the training dept., the check airmen, and the chief pilots, are fantastic folks. These are the guys who run the day to day operations.
JO and his buds are too busy playing golf, spending money, and more recently, doing BK paperwork to know or care how long of a duty day I had yesterday. Not much regarding pilots cross these guys desks, ever. They seem to think they're above it.
In the end, its better that they stay out of it.
Chuck Colgan, however, still runs the hiring process personally. He calls and sets up interviews with applicants. That's a job a administrative assistant does at every other airline.
His hands are on everything, and it shows.