OnTheRocks
Miscreant
- Joined
- Jun 5, 2007
- Posts
- 115
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
is it true that Colgan is interviewing Private pilots at flight schools and guaranteeing them jobs when they finish their Comm multi IR?
I don't agree with the "get your time and get out" theory.
Why would you waste six months of your career at a place you really don't want to work making low pay? You can make more money with almost any other flying job. It doesn't have to be as a CFI. There are other opportunities for low time guys.
Get 6 months of flight time and you will then have the option of where you would like to go. Make sure it is a place you wouldn't mind staying at for 4+ years. The 1000 PIC to a major is very limited right now since Delta, Northwest, United, FedEx, and Southwest are not hiring. If oil prices stay high there will be no get in and get out at the regionals (i.e. 2001-04).
Plus, when you do get your interview one day at a major they would prefer stability and a longer term employment history at your previous employer. What kind of employee are you going to be when you have worked at 2-3 different regionals, the shortest of which was for 6 months? If I were the interviewer I would think this person has either had problems or is going to jump ship at the first opportunity after being hired. (Does he really want to be here, or is he going to stay only until his first choice calls him back?)
My $.02. Look at the bigger picture.
Or be like most and get the beer goggles at 2 am during closing time and GO YEEEEEHAAAAA it pig huntin' time.This is like "Do I go for the girl that is 5'2" and weighs 175 or the girl that is 6'1" and weighs 205?"
No matter how much lipstick you put on it, it's still a pig. Get more flight time and try either a better regional or get your turbine experience elsewhere. If you have to go for one or the other, be based at home.
Mr. I.
Actually, it is! its OK if you're embarrassed! I guess you are going to say that the driving a rental car from one base to another is not true either?No...
To give you the big picture, I was with Colgan for 3 years, got my 1000 pic puting up with what most guys in the barbie jets would call hell and went to a major. I too was home every night and enjoyed the guys I flew with a ton......It was a good carrier for a stepping stone, and would not have traded the experience for any other regional.
Good luck
To give you the big picture, I was with Colgan for 3 years, got my 1000 pic puting up with what most guys in the barbie jets would call hell and went to a major. I too was home every night and enjoyed the guys I flew with a ton......It was a good carrier for a stepping stone, and would not have traded the experience for any other regional.
Good luck