Information on Colgan Air, please.

[FlightTraker]

Norksman2,

I don't know about SAAB lines and commuting, I was on the Beech. SAAB lines just seemed to have more days off (at least where I was based) I made the commute from WI to NY without any major problems.




Hey BRA!

Just seeing if you were awake.....haven't seen you post in a while.


FlightTraker

 

[Tony Soprano]

No respect for Colgan Pilots

Now I really feel like Rodney Dangerfield's illegitate son.

 

[climbhappy]

colgan pilots

english,

thanks for qualifying your remarks. no offense taken, just disagree. however, if you have seen it, nothing would suprise me given the egomaniacs carrying ATPs in their wallets.

If I get a strange look , here's how I'm gonna address it.

"you mean to tell me that after 9/11, with 6000 major pilots furloughed, your gonna pass judgment on me for flying for colgan.'

Yeah, what's your story, pal. Because I have learned in 43 years on the planet, if a guy is going to criticize and judge me, he usually has a problem himself. one he's hiding. nobody is perfect, but to not have respect for a guy who is maintaining his career, I am not buying it.

thanks for the response. happy trails!

 

[chperplt]

Lot of ex Colganites at Comair and I haven't heard one remark.

 

[climbhappy]

a cut above.......

the more i considered it, the more i thought that:

to have flown in the kind of weather, operating the kind of equipment, and to have dealt with the kind of mgt we had, well I think we're
actually a cut above the rest...

 

[chperplt]

I can't agree with you more Climb!!

 

[DaveyDave]

Re: a cut above.......

...well I think we're
actually a cut above the rest...

I think you've got it. When other pilots in conversation ask me about the 1900, they love that we hand fly these things to minimums routinely. I certainly will miss flying her once I move on... except in the summer, darn VCM.

Like you said, the fact that we have to constantly be watching our own backs from both a mx and mgt standpoint, much more so than any other company, puts us a cut above. Sure, every pilot ultimately is responsible for flying airworthy equipment and keeping legal... with Colgan, the pilots themselves are most times the ones that end up catching these problems after mx or cru sked has tried their best.

 

[English]

I see I hit a sensitive subject.

Hey I agree with all of you guys. The guys I flew with at Colgan were great pilots and people, with the exception of the Ice Queen during IOE. I'm just the messenger. But, you guys really haven't come across this attitude? Really? I find that hard to believe, based on the attitudes I been subjected to. If you really haven't, then good for you. Maybe I should start hanging out with nicer poeple then.

 

[chperplt]

Really... I've never heard a negative comment about the pilot group. In fact it's been just the opposite.

During my Comair interview, one of the guys said I must be a pretty good stick to have survived 3 years in the environment we flew.

Taking jabs at the company is much different that the pilots.

The company SUCKS!!! The pilots are awesome!

 

[BRA]

I have gotten some "i feel sorry for you" looks from other regional pilots. Mainline pilots seem to have barely heard of the place. They seem to have no idea what equipment we have and what not. These are only my experiences. Then when i say i am on the 1900, the air midwest crash is always brought up. Every pilot at every regional is different.