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Old 04-19-2013 | 11:44 AM
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They are some real stand up guys. I owe them a beer.
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Old 04-19-2013 | 12:51 PM
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They are some real stand up guys. I owe them a beer.
Arguing against 9E's class date of hire (versus sim date) AFTER hearings closed on April 15. Yeah, sounds really stand up don't they.
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Old 04-19-2013 | 12:55 PM
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From what I remember it wasn't a one way fence. Colgan needed to have 193 Captain slots but if we got more Q's then those slots would have been opened to ANYONE. Remember at the time of the talks, the Q was the next greatest thing since sliced bread for PCL Corp.
More Qs? There were never any more Qs planned. Especially not after Colgan planted one in BUF.
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Old 04-19-2013 | 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Seggy
From what I remember it wasn't a one way fence. Colgan needed to have 193 Captain slots but if we got more Q's then those slots would have been opened to ANYONE. Remember at the time of the talks, the Q was the next greatest thing since sliced bread for PCL Corp.
About the Qs... That came from PT and his flying circus and we can see how well that clown did with this airline
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Old 04-19-2013 | 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by ShyGuy
More Qs? There were never any more Qs planned. Especially not after Colgan planted one in BUF.
Parking the Q's wasn't planned either.

It was a merger, and stuff happens.
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Old 04-19-2013 | 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ShyGuy
More Qs? There were never any more Qs planned. Especially not after Colgan planted one in BUF.
Actually it was planned to about 70 Q's.

We also took delivery of Q's (15 or 17) after BUF.
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Old 04-19-2013 | 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by ShyGuy
More Qs? There were never any more Qs planned. Especially not after Colgan planted one in BUF.
The next batch of q's was from an RFP after BUF. If you don't believe me ask te expressjet guys that couldn't believe you could crash a plane and get more continental flying. They were ****ed.
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Old 04-19-2013 | 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Seggy
Actually it was planned to about 70 Q's.

We also took delivery of Q's (15 or 17) after BUF.
Let me rephrase. There was no plan for Colgan to get any more Qs after the BUF crash, beyond the initial order, once the merger process started. We simply didn't have the people to do it and the money loss had already started.
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Old 04-19-2013 | 04:05 PM
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Q's?......
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Old 04-19-2013 | 06:40 PM
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U do realize there are maybe 200-250 Colgan CAs that went over to the 9E side? Probably less than that when all is said and done.
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