Actually I am glad that I went to Colgan for multiple reasons. First and foremost like the first girl you slept with, your always gonna have a place in your heart for em Colgan hired me so for that I was thankful. Expressjet was always my first choice, I got two "no thank you" emails then decided ok I need to go get some 121 time, and Colgan was the first to hire me so I took it. I was so excited, to be honest It was badass the SAAB too, it was awesome and the flying was great. The company wasnt the best but the pilots I flew with were the best bunch of guys, I really do mean it too, they were great. If I could do it over agian (I know seniority is everything) but I would have becuase I really did learn how to fly, 6-8 legs a day down to mins in and out of LGA. I did break the contract and yes i got a bill in the mail, only after I questioned my last paycheck, wasnt so brilliant on my part but whatever, we learn from our mistakes. I luckliy have two employment lawyers in the fam and they say no worries very very expensive and hard to enforce, I will kepp you guys updated though. Honestly guys your first 121 gig is pretty awesome. I remember flying ABE-PIT on my IOE I thought that I was big pimp of the world, smile ear to ear, however slowly I realized that you know what, I (WE PILOTS) have a skill, a skill that requires alot of training and even more money. I begin to realize they were taking advantage of me and I should be treated with respect at the very least. Hell I was only flying a 34 seat turbo-prop, but still I was somehwat responsable for the
a/c and the people in it, I should be treated with some godamn respect and I should not have to call the VP of ops to get a hotel after a 14hr duty day and 8 hrs of 121 flying in snow & Ice. After a while I got fed up with stuff like that and I had ther experience so I applied and got hired at XJT. I am grateful to the Colgans for hiring me and for the CA's I flew with who taught me how to fly 121, I am also grateful becuase I will appreciate XJT that much more. I see it around the training center and in my class, a lot of arrogant kids that think cause they CFI'd for a few months they deserve to fly a jet! I wish some of them did what I did, worked a 16hr duty day then part 91 and airplane all over the northeast, built character for sure. Whatever you guys decide, just think long and hard about why you want to go to a certian airline, wether it be location, PIC, equiptment, pay whatever, but think long and hard, especially if you are going to go to GOJETS or MESA. Well if anybody has any other questions about Colgan or XJT PM I will do my best to help.

P.S. To they guy above that is trying to discredit me & my experience please don't it happened and it continues to happen.