Hey everyone,
Just a quick heads up since this site has contributed to 7/8th of the knowledge I currently posess. I had a busy Thursday and Friday this week. On Thursday I drove from Boston to Teterboro to ATP to take my ATP written and was there all day and left with a 91%. That night I drove to LGA and stayed in a hotel for a Friday morning interview.

I interviewed with Colgan and was hired, it was my first and only choice and it fits my profile of what I was looking for. (no comments SAABROOSKI)

I am not going to training until late oct or so and I am expecting the SAAB but they are going to call me in a few weeks because I may be needed for the Q (again no comments about Q pay SAAB)

I am pretty set on the SF340 though because it has a great upgrade time and has a base 30 minutes from my house (MHT) when the Q will currently only be in EWR.

One of the only benefits to the Q is captain pay is 10 dollars more than the Saab and being in the first class would give me good seniority to pick a good line which would possibly make being based in EWR and having a crashpad better. But I really think there will be no substitute for the QOL that being based 30 minutes from home will provide.


So thats it...my news, over and out

 

congrats on the job srgt.

wont get to do any akro in the saab though... too bad. Closest thing you'll get to akro is the ILS 15 circle 22L into BOS sadly.

My condolences that it is colgan... but good luck with training.

why didnt you pick eagle?! dont you live near boston?

 

Because MHT is much closer to my house then BOS and as appealing as a 6 year upgrade is....Ill take the Tprop

Ill have 1000 PIC turbine before I would have even upgraded at Eagle.....even if I started there in 3 years from now!

Not to mention I have a few friends at Colgan and not one has said one bad thing about the place, they all fly a bunch and live within 45 minutes from base and are home everynight and one is looking at an upgrade time of just over 12 months

 

Good Luck Sarge!!!

 

Hey, man Congrats!!!! I fly with a bunch of EX BEX(business express) Saab guys and they say the Saab was great, a real tank. You're also starting at the best time of the year to fly a T-prop in NE. Thats winter, you'll get to fly in some fierce wx

 

Congrats on the job man. You think you're going to miss teaching?

 

I wont miss being a CFI. I am always a CFI and those ratings dont go away so I will continue to do a little here and there. BFRs IPCs and help people out along the way. It is a part of me now

 

Congratulations...

 

Good score on the test. I try for 90s on my writtens and usually get them, but have missed it a couple times mostly due to laziness. Now you can cram like a madman on CRJ systems.

I also have some happy news. Since I got a new job designing aircraft for the largest GA manufacturer in the world and it's not quite a flying job, I will keep a little bit low profile about it given the nature of this forum, but I got hired by my dream company and am going to Wichita to make airplanes. Ain't sayin' who it is but if you try you can guess (and you get only one try)!

It's a great thing to get your dream job.

 

Thanks but I dont think the RJ systems will help me out on the Saab