Originally Posted by
highnpressurizd
I agree whole heatedly, my problem is with the method of information dissemination. Insulting peoples judgment, experience, character, and overall person completely destroys any possibility of a useful message reaching the end user. Even more so when the person doing so has never even worked for Colgan. A conversation with a current Colgan pilot who can answer questions candidly and explain things (no growth, no upgrade, not worth the sacrifice to work there), is much more useful than some self righteous jerk looking to elevate his self image by putting others down. However, were I a Colgan pilot, I would be hesitant to post for fear of endless flaming. If the information seeker does not know any Colgan pilots, the flamers have shut down what may be a one of the few resources a young pilot has for seeking useful information. I'm not in defense of poorly operated airlines, just the poor guys looking for work.
Concur as it seems that these young pilots are being fed lies after lies about the Regionals from the beginning at the BIG schools especially and they basically don't know any better; yet when someone comes on here looking for information they are basically assaulted. Of course as bias as the flight school's information is, so might the information being passed out like candy on Halloween on an anonymous internet message board. It seems that people like to badger more than help. I've been guilty of this myself some in the past, especially when the answer has been given a hundred times before (like most questions on this board) or once advice is given and then argued with. Don't like someone's opinion about something that you asked for advice on - attack the person giving the advice. Sheez.
highnpressurizd - I like your approach.
USMCFLYR