Originally Posted by
cfiguy11
Hello, this is my first thread so all of you take it easy on me.
But seriously, here is my question. I have a potential offer for the Colgan class in Jan. However, i have a Comair interview in Dec. I am trying to decide what the best route to take would be.
On one hand, i could go to Colgan, upgrade to Cpt. in 18 months or so and start building that precious turbine PIC time. Pilots there do not sit on reserve so they are flying hard from day one. In theory, 5 years down the road, have the PIC time to head to the legacys
On the other, hypothetically speaking, if i go the comair route, from what i read, i would be sitting right seat for 6-7 years. Also, from what i read, pilots are sitting on reserve up to a year at comair (XJT. Eagle, etc). The Upgrade times are alot longer here so it would take quite a bit longer to head to the majors.
I would love to hear from you guys who have gone through this process already. Thanks a bunch
If the bases work for you take the Colgan job. Comair is going to be a mess for a while. If the thing with US air goes down it is going to be a real mess.
You may sit reserve at Colgan, you will sit reserve at Comair. Current payscales at Comair don't mean squat so you can forget that. If you are looking to upgrade come to AirBig Mess, once you meet atp mins you will be in a Captain class if you want it. It ain't pretty and it ain't shinny but its pic this decade. You'll need to want to work without a you owe me attitude which seems to be going around. I have heard of guys flight instructing 3-5 years before and these cats with 500 hours think the first airline job should be with Mainline PAN AM. Them days is gone.
Either way good luck, don't pass on something you can make work for a couple of fans in the back of the plane.