Brink is gone

[Kaman]

Hello,
I was at Colgan from 04-08', and Tom Brink was indeed a hero in every sense of the word, but you'd never know it. The only thing that indicated that he even flew in the Army was a painting of an OV-1 Mohawk on his office wall. He was a tough guy when he had to be, but I never heard of him being unfair. Being the CP at Colgan wasn't an enviable position and I think he did the best he could for the pilots.

Regards,

ex-Navy Rotorhead

 

[usav8or]

RIP Captain Brink

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[70-SS]

Capt Brink interviewed me and hired me when the chips were down in aviation. He did 2 types with me and several nights eating steaks and drinking beers. I never had to put a cent out. He was a straight shooter and never did me wrong. Thank you Capt Brink for your time over the years and your military service to our country. You will be missed. RIP TOM

 

[Yodafly]

RIP Tom

A good friend and a great Chief Pilot gave me my first type ride, Steaks and drinks to celebrate...

Firm, but went to bat for most of us.

He will be missed

 

[cloudkicker1981]

Goodbye

Captain Brink was a man that did as much as he could to take care of his boys at Colgan. He went to bat for me a couple of times and took a chance on me....even wrote me a LOR for the military. He said this to me when I told him I recieved a spot in the guard..his father told him the same thing when he got his commision, "Make sure you take care of your people". I believe it is something he truely lived by! See yeah again someday.....

 

[B-J-J Fighter]

I had a little run in with the TSA in IAH. The TSA called the Kremlin in Manassas and they talked to Tom. Tom of course then called me. Tom backed me 100% on the issue and called the TSA some not so nice names.

 

[SmitteyB]

Tom Brink was a gift to us all.

RIP.

 

[JATAGA]

Captain Brink put the boot in your butt when you needed it and patted you on the back when you deserved it.

RIP Tom

Thanks for the lessons

 

[GSXR600]

RIP Ca, TOM BRINK

 

[akseiner]

Only met him in initial and talked to him when he called me for upgrade. It was just a few weeks ago he did the conference call, so I was surprised and sad by the news. Most didn't know of his battle.

I heard he used to say to the newhires something like this (correct me if im wrong please) "When I was flying the beech 99 in a storm I looked back at the passengers and saw a woman with a baby in her arms....and thats when I knew - it was blind trust."