Originally Posted by djrogs03

Not to take anything away from the thread but spin this off...just a thought that has crossed my mind. Since the Q's will technically be Mesaba's and since Mesaba is reducing the fleet...why not start training Mesaba furloughees on the Q, there is a need for staffing at Colgan i presume, and I'm guessing that several XJ FO's or Capts will be jumping over to the Q anyway when it becomes available...I'm guessing the only thing holding this back is having 2 seperate certificates and no SLI? I'm thinking when this contract gets put in place and everything becomes official you will see a recall at XJ...maybe...possibly