Mesaba needs Saab CAs right now. If you meet the CA min time, you should get the upgrade unless you opt out for CRJ for a later time.

hmmmmmmmmm, I have 2600 total time, over 1,000hrs 121 Turbine time and 600hr or so in a SAAB:cool: If things turn south here in the next month or so......... Mesaba here I come

For all I know he isn't and just waiting for some company with staffing issues to make him the next statistic. Knowing what we currently know, which isn't much except that he's a 2 month upgrade, and you had the choice to put him on that aircraft or another with hire mins and upgrade times which one would you put your 6month baby girl and wife on?

You've got the time to upgrade right now to SF3 especially if you have the SF3 time already. If you wait a few more months, you should be able to upgrade to CRJ200.

Type on an SF3 with 3500 on it. Whats CA pay?

God, thats nuts, scary too.

I have to dig it out of the contract but if you want fast answers, go to airlinepilotcentral.com and click Mesaba for the pay rate. Rate posted there is I believe accurate. Hourly rate does not tell the whole story though. You can average more than 92 credit hours for flying about 75 or less, plus per diem which comes to about between $ 389 to $450/month.
I think the SF3 hourly rate is $43/hr.

Why? In the 1960s United hired pilots with 200 hours (male and female) total in a single engine airplane to fly Boeing jets. Today, British Airways, Lufthansa hires people off the street with 0 hours and after training puts them on the right seat of all their jets including B 747s.

Hey, Saabaroowski, because of your Avatar, you remind me of the Donkey in Shrek. I mean it in a good way. Seriously though, Mesaba has a very good and thorough training department, and by the time you are finished going through what they put you through, you will be totally confident.

FWIW, I guarantee you the training that BA and Lufthansa and the other airlines that do that ain't nothin' like the training you get at your local FBO. It is extremely selective to get into those programs and extremely demanding once in.

I know, there's no substitute for experience but those 300 hour pilots are far more highly trained than the brand new shiny CFI who is applying to Colgan or Piedmont or PSA or wherever.

BTW, the 2-month upgrade is intriguing....... :D

why not come back to colgan??