Colgan

[vectorvictor]

well they might pass the type ride... but the scare the hell out of the FO's and Passengers

There is a lot more to being a Captain than smooth landings and making sure your FO is impressed with you. In my humble opinion, most people who fail upgrade (especially in a plane with an autopilot) don't fail because they can't fly; they fail because they can't think.

 

[Beech Balls]

The truth always hurts.

 

[Prop2Jet]

You know this is getting a bit sad. Some people just poke fun at each other while others, MR WU TANG, get serious. Just relax. The failures come from not flying the airplane but failing the knowledge part. Hence the product of you 172 CFIs with no real world experience.

So what, you guys in the 1900 have low low fail rates. Good job. But don't label all Saab pilots as morons who don't know how to fly and who all fail check rides. Yes autopilot is nice but guess what most of us don't use it until we are in level flight. I hand fly all the approaches even in the worst of conditions. Most of my friends do the same also. Don't think we just sit there and read our books to 200 feet in IMC.

There are days I wished I had your airplane, especially in heavy ice conditions, rather than sink back down towards the ground!

Remember our props our better than the jets! Not our props are better than your props.

 

[jtrain609]

Remember our props our better than the jets! Not our props are better than your props.

Well said. We can all argue like brothers on here over stupid $$hit but if some a-hole from another company comes on here and makes fun of Colgan we will kick their A$$ and then have sex with their hot sister and girlfriend


LONG LIVE COLGAN

 

[MalmsteenFan]

Well said. We can all argue like brothers on here over stupid $$hit but if some a-hole from another company comes on here and makes fun of Colgan we will kick their A$$ and then have sex with their hot sister and girlfriend


LONG LIVE COLGAN

Damn right!

 

[AftCG182]

I'll take the fat sister! Wingman till the end...

Remember...jets are great for making bubbles in the hot tub. AIRPLANES NEED PROPELLERS:beer:

 

[Prop2Jet]

that's the spirit! Screw the Fat Sister first! Make her feel like a cream puff after we are done with her! ahhahah

 

[jtrain609]

Ok while you guys split up the porker, I will be more than happy to have the hot ones all to myself.

 

[Beech Balls]

I am more than willing to provide liberal amounts of flour to wingmen for the "rolling". But I won't aim for the wet spot.

 

[Beech Balls]

Instead, I'll be going for the hot ones with jtrain609...

 

[jtrain609]

Instead, I'll be going for the hot ones with jtrain609...

That is funny. Your game SUXS.

 

[Kaman]

Oh yeah! How could I forget it...Sure was fun arriving to an abandoned ramp at CRW at "o'dark hundred"

 

[CoolSidePillow]

Send the fat ones to Taco Bell..... keep America beautiful and dont get fat women pregnant.......need to break the fat gene HA HA

I never failed a checkride or training so I dont know why and I dont care why people are failing.... all I know is that the 8 or 9 Beech guys I have flown with in the years with Colgan flew the Saab like the Beech and that just doesnt work. It isnt about smooth landings but it shouldnt be crash landings either. You dont firewall power on the GE engines for take off and you dont idle them for landing... it isnt the Baron 1900 you are used to flying. Colgan Mainline now.

BWAH HA HA

 

[GEORGE DUBYA]

ANything new said in the conference call today?

 

[LanceAir]

Send the fat ones to Taco Bell..... keep America beautiful and dont get fat women pregnant.......need to break the fat gene HA HA

I never failed a checkride or training so I dont know why and I dont care why people are failing.... all I know is that the 8 or 9 Beech guys I have flown with in the years with Colgan flew the Saab like the Beech and that just doesnt work. It isnt about smooth landings but it shouldnt be crash landings either. You dont firewall power on the GE engines for take off and you dont idle them for landing... it isnt the Baron 1900 you are used to flying. Colgan Mainline now.

BWAH HA HA

I thought you were a checkairman coolside...I figure you should know better than anyone else.

oh BTW, If you firewall a Beech the composite props would probably splinter into a bunch of toothpicks, we barely push those levers past halfway :beer:

 

[dingo222]

always go for the fat one with hot friends. THey take her out with them to feel better about themselves. GO for the fat one first and they will wonder what's wrong with themselves. THe fat chick always lets you put it in the "exhaust." Jedi minds tricks for dumb ho's volume 1

Anyone catch the conference call today?

 

[70-SS]

Who says you idle a beech on landing. I don't think so. Plus you can fly the saab like a beech if you do it right. You guys should try to get the pass percentages up by STUDING FOR UPGRADE OR TRANSISION instead of belly aching on flightinfo all the time, besides we are all on the same TEAM.

 

[CoolSidePillow]

I thought you were a checkairman coolside...I figure you should know better than anyone else.

oh BTW, If you firewall a Beech the composite props would probably splinter into a bunch of toothpicks, we barely push those levers past halfway :beer:

well I saw two beech transitions firewall power levers on SAAB......
I know what they did wrong to fail but I dont know why they did such stupid things.

 

[CoolSidePillow]

Who says you idle a beech on landing. I don't think so. Plus you can fly the saab like a beech if you do it right. You guys should try to get the pass percentages up by STUDING FOR UPGRADE OR TRANSISION instead of belly aching on flightinfo all the time, besides we are all on the same TEAM.

Really? Well tell me where the trim wheel is on the saab just like the beech.
I passed if others dont... that is their problem... I am on MY team.
You might want to try studing your spelling.
I enjoy pissing people off. Doctor says it is good to alleviate the stress from hating mankind.

 

[Snaab]

well they might pass the type ride... but the scare the hell out of the FO's and Passengers

It's really funny how true that's been (at least to me) a couple of times....

And, yes, it's true....Beech Balls has no game. "So, do you and your friend come here often?" All-time right there....

Snaab

 

[jtrain609]

It's really funny how true that's been (at least to me) a couple of times....

And, yes, it's true....Beech Balls has no game. "So, do you and your friend come here often?" All-time right there....

Snaab

It took Beech Bally and 'The Singer' about 1.7 seconds to tell some hot ladies what they did for a living.

 

[AftCG182]

So does anyone have notes from the conf call? As usual, I was working...

 

[Prop2Jet]

My god you guys let the beech vs saab thing go. It is getting pretty sad.
You are like two frat boys compairing their houses.

 

[Thurman Merman]

I think some of the problem with saab upgrades have been the upgrade candidate. I have flown with some (not all) low time (500+) guys who have a sense of entitlement. If their name hadn't been called in a year they are all sorts of disgruntle. When they finally do go to upgrade (3 months later) they think it is owed to them and they don't put forth the effort required. Beech/Saab thing I think its the learning curve. I can't speak for the 1900's but I did fly the 200's and as the saying goes if you can fly one beech.... You keep it trimed you can fly with 2 fingers not so in the saab. A 172 instructor will do better (in most cases) in the beech rather than the saab because its not such a steep transistion. I'm not trying to to stoke the fires with that comment. I enjoyed my king air days and sometimes wish I got to fly the 1900 for I'm sure it is a joy to fly. Compare the saab to the 1900 and the saab is a dump truck. The beech is a simpler system (dual fed busses aside), a little while back guys were upgraded with 8 months. The airplane was designed for single pilot operation. Again, I'm not detracting from the people who crew the 1900 or the airplane itself. F/O's who have had prior turbine experience are more capable in the saab when they are new and usually have more success.

 

[Prop2Jet]

ooooo no.... here we go again! Rant away Beech guys!

 

[Prop2Jet]

Hey was anyone on the conference call ? Details?

 

[Mr Wu]

Mr Wu We Love You!
Keep em flying man, and the 50% pass rate joke was funny! You are the best pilot ever man! Wow! !!

Thank you, thank you. I'll request you as my f/o when I transition. After re-reading this whole thread I believe that I made a grave error by what I said. I should not have painted all the Saab guys with the same brush. For that, I apologize. What I meant to say was that the Houston Saab guys suck.

EAST COAST COLGAN RULES!!!!!!!

 

[suupah]

wheres the G father with the news network update with the conference call minutes?

 

[skygod75]

Hey SNAAB, here's a special one jus' fer you, you good ole' boy you!

" Now, boooooy, lemme tell you sumpin'....this here's the way it works, these here are real cowboy boots. the only reason I ain't wearin' mah spurs is cuz them TSA goobers won't lemme walk em through....that maaaght clue you into how we here at Colgan Air flah this here tin can.
Movin' on to the Captain's briefin': Where we sit in this here Beech is called a cockpit fer a reeeeson. So, ah don't wanna hear no whinin' or cribbin' of any kind. Not a peep or I'll be at yer throat toreckly. Just three things from you booooy: 'clear raaaaght, you're raaaaght, and i'll take the fat one....any questions? good.
Now, Before start Checklist....."

A classic start to a classic day at Colgan Air.....

Ahh, reading that post made me flash back to the days of sitting on the porch in an ante-bellum mansion on a tobacco plantation being served tea by a gentleman named "Coleman." There's something to be said about southern charm.

 

[Prop2Jet]

Wooo Hooooo Go MR Wu!