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Originally Posted by dashtrash300
(Post 628186)
Did US Airways also drop Colgan? The reason I ask is because Piedmont and PSA was given more flying until December.
Colgan is doing 2100 flight for Airways this month, compared to 2250 for United and 5500 for CAL (Saab and Q). US Airways does not seem too involved at all at what Colgan does, they seem to care less about clean planes of MX cancels or anything. |
Mike Woosley is a darn good guy and pilot. I flew with Mike on his FIRST day off IOE as a Beech Captain...And, my first day off IOE as 1900 F/O. Oh, and did I mention there was the remnants of a hurricane moving thru the area. Last, but not least...We were both flying routes we were unfamiliar with. AOO-PIT-BLF-BKW-PIT-AOO. Quite a day, but he was a
real gentleman and even let me fly a leg! I was scared spitless, but managed to make a good crosswind landing in PIT. As for the rumors...I think that it is unlikely that CAL is going to dump Colgan. It is more likely that we will actually be given more flying on their codeshare. The economics of the Q-400 are a difficult argument, and putting the 3407 fiasco aside. We are slowly getting things straightened out, gaining more corporate and technical knowledge on the "Q" and IF and only if management is willing to work with the pilots it is possible to right this listing ship called Colgan Air. |
Originally Posted by The Juice
(Post 628199)
No, about a year ago Colgan wanted to drop some of the LGA flying because the pro rate was killing Colgan only flying 5 people at a time in there. Airways wanted to keep the spots into LGA so Colgan took those plane from LGA and United picked them up out of IAD.
Colgan is doing 2100 flight for Airways this month, compared to 2250 for United and 5500 for CAL (Saab and Q). US Airways does not seem too involved at all at what Colgan does, they seem to care less about clean planes of MX cancels or anything. Juice: I like your signature, haha!! JoeyMeatballs: ... what happened to Saab?!?! haha I was wondering where you went bud |
Oh ... and also ... I am very excited that my attempt at flame bait worked magnificently :) I hadn't posted in a long time and I figured why not kick it back off with a bang, haha!
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Originally Posted by The Juice
(Post 628199)
No, about a year ago Colgan wanted to drop some of the LGA flying because the pro rate was killing Colgan only flying 5 people at a time in there. Airways wanted to keep the spots into LGA so Colgan took those plane from LGA and United picked them up out of IAD.
Colgan is doing 2100 flight for Airways this month, compared to 2250 for United and 5500 for CAL (Saab and Q). US Airways does not seem too involved at all at what Colgan does, they seem to care less about clean planes of MX cancels or anything. |
Originally Posted by dashtrash300
(Post 628211)
Ok, I am sorry if this seems dumb, I am just trying to get a grip on this. If the rumor regarding CAL dropping Colgan was true...Airways and United only make up 4,350 of the 9,850 flights for Colgan in a given month. So that is 55.8% of their monthly flights gone. If that were true, I assume in the very near future we would see 55.8% of Colgan's pilot group hitting the street. This makes me think that this rumor might not be true.
But I thought some Captains you fly with said Colgan is done for, so who cares about the CAL flying, we are all done. |
Originally Posted by The Juice
(Post 628215)
Really??:eek:
But I thought some Captains you fly with said Colgan is done for, so who cares about the CAL flying, we are all done. |
Juice, do you work for Colgan?
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Originally Posted by BE19Pilot
(Post 628204)
Mike Woosley is a darn good guy and pilot. I flew with Mike on his FIRST day off IOE as a Beech Captain...And, my first day off IOE as 1900 F/O. Oh, and did I mention there was the remnants of a hurricane moving thru the area. Last, but not least...We were both flying routes we were unfamiliar with. AOO-PIT-BLF-BKW-PIT-AOO. Quite a day, but he was a
real gentleman and even let me fly a leg! I was scared spitless, but managed to make a good crosswind landing in PIT. As for the rumors...I think that it is unlikely that CAL is going to dump Colgan. It is more likely that we will actually be given more flying on their codeshare. The economics of the Q-400 are a difficult argument, and putting the 3407 fiasco aside. We are slowly getting things straightened out, gaining more corporate and technical knowledge on the "Q" and IF and only if management is willing to work with the pilots it is possible to right this listing ship called Colgan Air. Green on Green? |
Originally Posted by dashtrash300
(Post 628217)
Juice, do you work for Colgan?
(Yes I work for Colgan, that is why I use "we" when speaking of Colgan) |
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