Colgan hiring

[CX880]

Don't knock CJC too much...spent 5 years there and it was not too bad..."It is what it is" 5 years and then to WN....look ahead 5 years...it could be a good time to get in. In 5 years the 65'ers will be gone and things could be very different. Get some good experience enjoy the flying and move on. If you can not move on well go in another direction. Just have fun doing it! PS only been at WN for 18 months so it is not too long ago.

That sounds simple enough. The problem is if you don't have the timing right, you could be stuck at Colgan.

 

[FoxyWhiskey]

Anyone know if they want you to resign a seniority number elsewhere?

YES, You will.

 

[OPECJet]

YES, You will.

That settles that then.:laugh:

 

[JJET44]

Just send two letters in the same envelop to your current employer that you're furloughed from. One letter that reads that you're resigning your # and the other letter that reads to disregard the first. I think they'll get the point and back you up.
Lots of guys at Flyi did that when they were furloughed and the company promised to tare up the first letter.

 

[OPECJet]

NJA is accepting resignation letters. If you send one in, you ain't coming back. None of the usual "brush it under the rug" stuff like every other carrier.

 

[Jack Mehoff]

NJA is accepting resignation letters. If you send one in, you ain't coming back. None of the usual "brush it under the rug" stuff like every other carrier.

"only NetJets...." Man that slogan just makes me shake my head more and more the further we get into this stuff.

 

[no1pilot2000]

Has Colgan Air ever furloughed a pilot, especially since 9/11?

 

[dcfu69]

not since 9/11

 

[jonjuan]

Just send two letters in the same envelop to your current employer that you're furloughed from. One letter that reads that you're resigning your # and the other letter that reads to disregard the first. I think they'll get the point and back you up.
Lots of guys at Flyi did that when they were furloughed and the company promised to tare up the first letter.

It's a shame that people do this. It's probably why they won't hire any furloughees as they know they will bolt as soon as recalled, which could be en masse if the economy gets out of the crapper.

 

[OPECJet]

It's a shame that people do this. It's probably why they won't hire any furloughees as they know they will bolt as soon as recalled, which could be en masse if the economy gets out of the crapper.

Unlikely with NJA. I'll put money on my kid being in kindergarten before I get recall. He's 18 months old now.

Several of us got on with little to no turbine PIC. We're screwed. We're not going to get picked up at Air Tran and such with no PIC time, and we're not going to get picked up at a regional with as much total time as we have plus recall rights to a good paying job (albeit most of us will be drawing social security by the time we get it). Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffin' glue! I'd rather get crabs than go back to a regional, but there aren't any damn desk jobs out there either.

 

[no1pilot2000]

How does Colgan manage to keep their pilots employed when the other regionals have pilots on furlough?

 

[AWACoff]

CAL gives them 737 routes to fly while furloughing mainline pilots, that's how.

 

[no1pilot2000]

Any chance that furloughed CAL pilots would consider flying for Colgan for the sake of having a JOB? Maybe yes and maybe no.

 

[FoxyWhiskey]

Any chance that furloughed CAL pilots would consider flying for Colgan for the sake of having a JOB? Maybe yes and maybe no.

Uhm, not likely. The few furloughed CAL pilots I know have found pretty decent, well paying desk jobs and are waiting it out.

-FW

 

[Thurman Merman]

CAL gives them 737 routes to fly while furloughing mainline pilots, that's how.

Not to dog Express Jet but they fly RDU-IAH and ORF-IAH on a friggin RJ. Most stage length for CJC are an hour.

 

[dcfu69]

express jet is the one flying mainline routes in the ERJ's. CAL gave Colgan ewr-dca and ewr-bos shuttle flights that were 737... oh wait.. express does them as well. In the end CAL awards the flying to the regionals. Blame your management. As Thurman stated, most of the Colgan Dash 8's do 1.0 to 1.5hr flights.... Not to say that 737's don't or can't do those short haul flights ( I think they should). Those ERJ's do some LONG ass flights for CAL. Again, I do not blame the pilots at expressjet or Colgan, just the scumbag mgt.

 

[Alaska82]

I've been working for Colgan for almost 5 years now and am in the top 20% of the seniority list. I think post 9/11 Colgan Hired some NorthWest Pilots and they kept their seniority, not 100% just an old rumor. I like it, but I flew single pilot cargo before so anythings better than that. The nuts and bolts of it are 15 Q's will come online soon then we have options for 15 more for an undisclosed airline in 2011 so next year then another 15 for Continental in 2013. So as long as everything pans out once they start hiring for the next Q's they probably will continue to some degree for the next two years, probably stretched out a little but non the less more pilots to push you up the seniority list.

 

[no1pilot2000]

Which is the better aircraft to fly at Colgan, the Saab 340 or Q400?

 

[belliott]

Which is the better aircraft to fly at Colgan, the Saab 340 or Q400?

That's easy to answer..... Definitely the Saab!

 

[CopilotDoug]

Which is the better aircraft to fly at Colgan, the Saab 340 or Q400?

That's like trying to decide between a sh*t sandwich with mayo or one with mustard