HELP! Need Colgan Gouge - Quick!!
03-10-2010 | 08:32 PM
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I thought we went through this a couple of threads back, even some of tried to explain to you here. You need to be able to have a pulse. Be between the ages of 18-25 in good standing with your parents credit. Be energetic towards the company. Preferable bonuses are living 2-3000 miles away from base, having no experience with clouds, and pt 141 failures are ok too.
03-11-2010 | 07:03 AM
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What makes a CFI with 2000tt so much worse than a furloughed pilot that got hired with 250tt?
03-11-2010 | 07:13 AM
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Nothing against CFI's just pointing out why it is an airline might want a furloughed guy.
03-11-2010 | 07:42 AM
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03-11-2010 | 07:47 AM
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A friend of mine got called last week for a Colgan interview.
He really really really wants the job, as he has been instructing for a couple years now.
Can anyone provide as much possible information about the interview? What to expect, questions, everything!
Thanks Very much!
He really really really wants the job, as he has been instructing for a couple years now.
Can anyone provide as much possible information about the interview? What to expect, questions, everything!
Thanks Very much!
Tell your buddy to watch "Flying Cheap", a PBS special that aired last month. Follow that up with a little internet research and that should be all the "gouge" he needs!
03-11-2010 | 08:48 AM
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Because generally furloughed idiots use these regionals like prostitutes and move on the second they get something better, essentially pulling the ladder underneath us that want to be at the airline. The other important point is they want new meat because they don't know what goes on.
03-11-2010 | 09:38 AM
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03-11-2010 | 11:58 AM
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121 experience is huge, but there have been very good CFIs that aced the sim also. Hiring a guy with 121 experience seems like cheap insurance for colgan but, as others have pointed out, maybe that is not what they are looking for.
03-11-2010 | 12:05 PM
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There are lots of furloughed guys who didn't get hired with 250 hours. A furloughed pilot is slightly more of a known quantity. He's already passed a 121 training program once, and therefore is pretty likely to pass again.
Nothing against CFI's just pointing out why it is an airline might want a furloughed guy.
Nothing against CFI's just pointing out why it is an airline might want a furloughed guy.
Also what about the CFIs that have 2000 hours flying C-152 around. They might not make it through the sim. The furloughed guys have already proven themselves.
Regardless, Colgan might not be bad if you didn't have to commute for them, yes the pay is horrible but pay will continue to go down every where as long as pilots keep believing in the whole age 65 pilot shortage idea.
Pilot shortage idea has always been a marketing tool to get students enrolled into flight schools.
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