Hey fellas, anybody else gonna be at the October 2nd class for xjt? Ill be down there shoot me an email [email protected]

 

Congrats, won't be there, hopefully by then I'll be cranking out some 1900 time at Commutair, I have a friend that is promised an interview with Colgan in NOV, why did you decide to leave if you care to share. He is looking for some info about the company.

 

cool dude you can have my job i just quit yesterday, get ready for some abuse on reserve. anyy thing i can do to help about the interview or any thing let me know good luck

 

Well to be honest Colgan really wasn't bad at all the only advice I can give anybody going to Colgan is stay far far away from a mx base. I was based in ALB and it was absolute misery always flying broken airplanes, always getting screwed on ur last day ending up flying extra legs or flying on your day off, and did i mention flying broken airplanes? I must say the people at Colgan both the pilot group and crew scheduling and the Colgan's themselves have treated me very well and I did enjoy my time there, the SAAB is awesome by the way. ..................... To the fella who posted above about xjt and reserve and abuse your about the only one that I have heard complain at xjt I have 10 good friends over there that love it and its better than doing 8 legs a day to the same airport all day and everyday, with no overnights and no per diem. xjt= better pay better QOL, better destinations, avg airplane is 4.6 yrs old I can go on and on, and to everybody that feels "upgrade time at colgan is quicker PIC is so important", all I have to say to that is that there are many and I mean many CA's with thousands of PIC turbine at COlgan and they can't get an interview, same goes with the other thoussands of qualified RJ captains out there so 1,000PIC is not the gaurenteed interview like the 100multi is for CFI's

 

I just got off reserve and I can't say that I was ever abused... Did have to do some trips I wouldn't have chosen if I had a choice but thats the gig. Were you one of those pricks whos lays into the scheduler whenever they called you with something? The schedulers are just doing their job but remember: they keep notes on who is cool and who is not and guess who gets the sh!t flung at them when the sh!t flinging starts You just gotta know how to work the system. Good luck in your future endeavors.

 

This airline will be seen in the "Airliner Cemetary"

Instead of everyone asking "WHAT SHOULD I DO" and "WHICH AIRLINE SHOULD I PICK," my suggestion is dig deep into their recent financial records, look at what they have to say about current conditions including labor and contractual flying agreements, as well as the financials, THEN CHOOSE.

Looking at ALL the regionals, I would only go to work for three (3). Looking at the nationals and majors, and cargo. I would pick only four (4), with (1 of those 4) being iffy.

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Again, here you are posting the same steaming pile of bullsh!t. Whats your deal lady?

 

and what would those choices be?

 

Yes, please enlighten us "Ellen" since you seem to have all the answers.

 

Since you don't work for an airline, what possible inside could you offer? ExpressJet is an awesome company, and the management here actually cares about us. Contract and QOL is second to none including some majors, and as far as the mystery of the 69, well, there will be alot of people surprised when it's all said and done.

Congratulations SAAB, I'm sure I'll bump into you in the crew room at one point or another.