Colgan

[on autopilot]

" Why not call them to find out, genius? They may be able to assist you if you only would...............CALl THEM!!!!!!!!!!!"

i did call several times GENIUS. was told i was good to go....ya know what, im sorry I posted on this f**king site, i should have known this would happen.

Awww cmon man. I'm just funnin with you. Hey Colgan isn't the only one hiring right now. If they don't call you, you may get on with someone a lot better than them anyway. Hey keep your head up and all the best!!!

 

[25or6to4]

thanks man, kinda pulled the trigger too quick here,my fault, im a bit weary of posting here from all the flack everyone gets, yea, ill try someone else but really what bugs me is getting possibly rejected by the ugly girl in class(colgan)....that is whats burning me the most really lol.

 

[JJET44]

What's your problem? Are you suggesting that there's a difference between a 1300 hour pilot and 1500? Does something magical happen between those few hundred hours?

First off Colgan's mins are 1000 hrs TT and that's what I posted.
Second off, there is a big difference between 1000 hrs and 1500 hrs. A 1000 hr pilot isn't qualified for P135 PIC let alone an ATP.
I feel that multi-eng PIC in real WX, not simulated and not as a CFI, is extremely valuable. A 1000 hr pilot most likely won't have that experience.

 

[CX880]

First off Colgan's mins are 1000 hrs TT and that's what I posted.
Second off, there is a big difference between 1000 hrs and 1500 hrs. A 1000 hr pilot isn't qualified for P135 PIC let alone an ATP.
I feel that multi-eng PIC in real WX, not simulated and not as a CFI, is extremely valuable. A 1000 hr pilot most likely won't have that experience.

1000 1200 1500 are just numbers. As long as you have at least a couple of hundred hours of IFR PIC you're qualified to fly at a regional, Colgan decides that.

 

[OPECJet]

All the regionals are hiring 1000 and less guys. Nothing will change until it has to.

 

[Seahawker01]

Hey all, I was wondering if anyone can shed some light for me, I interviewed back in October and it is now Late November, I havent heard a thing back from Colgan, I called them and was told I am good to go with my paperwork. I have 3200TT and previous 121, no failures. I passed the entire interview and was congratulated at the end, however I feel now i am being written off, please save the snide remarks for other people, i dont have time for anything else but information.

Thanks

As we all know, Colgan is not the brightest star in the sky. Unless you are Mesaba, they prefer "dumb" CFIs over 121ers. The Colgans are out at the end of the year and Colgan will no longer be sometime soon thereafter. I think they have slowed newhire classes so I would make a big push after the new year.
my two cents for what little valuve it is.

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

What's your problem? Are you suggesting that there's a difference between a 1300 hour pilot and 1500? Does something magical happen between those few hundred hours?

You cross the magical 1337 hour line.

 

[JJET44]

1000 1200 1500 are just numbers. As long as you have at least a couple of hundred hours of IFR PIC you're qualified to fly at a regional, Colgan decides that.

So is 100, 200, 500, 5,000, 10,000.

Honestly, how many 1000 hr pilots have 200 hrs IFR (actual), PIC experience?
I have well over 7,000 hours and only have about 600 hrs IFR, as pilot flying.

My original point; why is Colgan content with hiring 1000 hr pilots when there are so many 3-6000 hr pilots, some with 121 time, looking for work? Is it because they feel threatened by experience? Are the afraid that someone with a clue is going to come in and find fault with their program? Has to make you wonder!

Maybe I'm completely wrong. Maybe they're afraid that pilots with more experience are going to bail the first chance they get?

My original question was legitimate.