If you will not get furloughed and don't want to be an FO forever - QUIT!

 

Perfect example why the union needs to make sure this time we bid positions we are willing to go to , then a voluntary furlough option, then everything else.

 

Someone explain to me how Commutair would possibly finance this. They couldnt even sustain the Q-300s. They were supposed to get more but that was quickly scrapped.

 

Pure BS on your part!

 

Does anyonw know approximately how many 9L captains are in this position? Looks like the most junior 9e captain is early 07 hire vs mid 09 for 9L.

 

I give the airline career one more year to improve, or show signs of improving. By improving I mean people hiring, upgrading, and not going bankrupt left and right laying people off. If not, I take my free ATP and bounce. Good luck to PNCL guys and gals.

 

I've been saying the same thing since 2005.

Good luck guys.

 

I'll tell ya lately it feels like this industry is nothing but a dance at the bottom of seniority lists. As flying shifts there is no career progression anymore.

 

Anyone heard anything on when they will start giving the FO's ATP's? They better get rolling if the deadline is next year.

 

If I remember the Bloch award right, the totals are based on a certain number of captains per airplane. The quotas will be reduced as planes are parked. And lucky for the Colgan pilots, the Pinnacle numbers were artificially low. There will always be a handful of left seat spots available for the old Colgan pilots.

This is going to stir the pot a bit, but I feel a need to point out the irony. In the months since the Bloch award was published, I have not heard many Colgan pilots complain about the quotas. Rarely did I read how it was unfair that Colgan pilots were upgrading before the more senior pilots from Pinnacle and Mesaba. We got to hear a lot about how the Q400s were the future of the airline though. Now the tables are turned and suddenly the complaining starts. Is it unfair, of course it is. But it was also unfair for the last 9 months. This industry sucks, that's all there is to it.