Chimp man, what ever happened with your early contract termination? Pay it?

nah, havent heard a thing.......

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Check ur PM's

For those that have left without fulfilling the contract:

Anyone have their credit report affected by breaking the contract?

And what's the process/time frame after leaving in which the company comes after you?

How many of you have settled on a lower number out of court?

Colgan could be worse but I'm considering leaving and no one seems to be able to give me any concrete information on the consequences of leaving early. any help is appreciated.

Someone please tell me where the "if I don't like it, I can just walk away and forget that I signed a contract" clause is?

If you don't like the company (Colgan or otherwise), grit your teeth and do your time. Or leave and pay the remainder.

But, I guess it is no big deal... just like the people who signed a mortgage that was more than they could afford.

Except when you sign a for your house, you are told what you will pay, what the conditions are, and there is a two sided contract including your rights.

Colgan tell you what you will earn, how many days off you have, what your quality of life will be, but don't give you a contract, then make up changes to suit them as they go along. You have no rights when it comes down to it.

So why not change the training contract and elect not to pay? That would seam fair, but I guess the courts would see otherwise.

Oh well, its all a lesson in life isn't it.

I left about 1 1/2 months early on the training contract. Its been about 1 1/2 months since I left, nothing about a contract has come to my house. In fact, they even sent me a per diem check last month. :)

If only they kept up with there end of the deal........... I left becuase my everyday life there was miserable. You can only "grit your teeth" so long, enough was enough.

My question was aimed at those that had left early on the contract. I'm not here to debate who's right or wrong if you leave early from Colgan, I just wanted past experiences.

I left early on the contract, my sim partner left early on the contract, and I know of more people who have left early on the contract. The day I decided to leave was when I heard of airplanes flying around with both engines on derivative power and the FAA busting captains that accepted these airplanes to fly. Another side note. I went into debt WORKING for colgan because they pay so little. Even if I wanted to try and pay it back it wouldn't be possible. I am so much happier where I am and finally getting my head above water, so I have no regret about moving on. Good guys over there, enjoyed flying with most of the guys I flew with, just hope things get worked out with them.

"Hey I just got based up in Albany, NY for Colgan. Everything with COlgan so far has been pretty awesome, training, IOE, and all the guys I flew with or trained with have been awesome guys, so I was hoping if I can expect the same with Reserve. I am on Reserve the whole month of Jan and wondering if I can expect to fly alot, or a little any Colgan guys out there that have any info, please let me know, thanks, and for anybody thats wondering, SAAB 340 is an awesome airplane, so if your thinking about Colgan go for it, great bunch of people!"

You were so happy then

...yeah Whiskey Tango Foxtrot mate? Already throwing in the towel after a month and a half of being "on-line?"

hahah I know, I am seeing all the guys I used to fly with in EWR now, I miss those guys, they really were awesome to fly with

Im sorry this is off the topic, but does anyone know what bases are still open in NY? Wondering about mostly about BUF ROC SYR ITH. If ROC is closed are the pilots that are doing ROC-BDL coming from BUF? I see the BUF-BDL makes a stop in ROC and on the way back. However in the summer both BUF and ROC flights are non-stop's to BDL so where with the ROC-BDL pilots come from? Thanks

It shouldn't be this way in this profession, guys.

Good for him, moving onto a better company.


I've had enough with Colgan's exploitation.

all those bases you mentioned are still open, jhw jst and bkw are scheduled to close in may