Originally Posted by SAABaroowski (Post 113975)

haha nah you misunderstood what I was saying, I dont regret my decisio at all. Colgan was a miserable place to work and it will continue to be (Q400 or not). You guys are going to get paid at below what you you should be getting paid. You guys are non-union, and lets not kid ourselves, Colgan will always be Colgan, I don't care if you guys get 757's, its still Colgan. That being said it does worry be that LARRY the BEANCOUNTER continues to degrade his airline buy having second tier regionals doing his flying, but hey hes the CEO and his responsability is towards the share holders, not the pax. Good luck to you COLGAN guys I am angry that we are losing flying, not that you guys are getting it, if you know what I mean


PS. Getting rid of the 1900's and getting 15 more airplanes, is not expanding on a grand scale, but don't lsiten to me, I am somewhat Bitter that an airline like EXPRESSJEt which is a great place to work is losing flying to such a low class operation like COLGAN

Originally Posted by dingo222 (Post 114237)

Relax, nobody said we are taking anybody's flying. MAybe they are going to find new markets. Maybe they are going to put the Q on the shorter routes where your ERJ can't make a buck. THe Q makes its money on the 400 mi or less routes. Who knows, maybe this XJT point to point thing will take off, and you guys wont need cal anymore. YOu didn't lose 69 planes; they just got put on different flying. WE aren't losing the 1900's; we are losing 2 becuase the airframes timed out. It's funny that you bash colgan so much, becuase without them, like it or not, you would have never made it to XJT. I'm not bashing ya man, I know that XJT is like horizon: the gold standard of regionals. PPL come to colgan for different reasons, and some have had good experiences here. You know the deal brotha......

Originally Posted by SharkyBN584 (Post 114255)

This industry is has been turning into one big incestual backwoods cluster-f*ck where legacy carriers diversify by having multiple regional partners and regional partners have multiple codeshares they operate under (we're up to 6 here at RAH). CAL is just trying to keep up.

I wouldn't worry too much about XJT, they are big enough and flexible enough that you will probably see them pick up flying from UAL/DAL/US Air sometime soon. And then you'll see RAH guys bitchin' about those back stabbing XJT'ers that took all our flying away ;)

Originally Posted by Airsupport (Post 114242)

I have some very good friends who fly at colgan and enjoy it there. I think Saabrewski just left with a bad tast in his mouth for whatever reason, and now he thinks that all is good because he is at a Class Act airline. I don't think expressjet is any better than any of the other airlines. everyone has their perks, and everyone has stuff we could all do without. Its about going where you will be happy. I am very happy here at pinnacle. Others would say different. Are there things that suck,,, you better believe it, are there things that i really enjoy? I will let you know after i go back to work after almost 2 weeks off. I also have friends at skywest who love it there, and a few who don't. So bashing colgan isn't correct. You may not have liked it there but just because you left doesn't make it a low class operation. Acting like a low class operation is what brings us all down.

Originally Posted by SAABaroowski (Post 114230)

Lets see, Commutair, MESA, GOJETS, GREAT LAKES, COLGAN...... your thoughts? And GDOG where are you now?