And drunkely screaming across the bow, "Donatella! Keep it down! My wife's got a nasty hangover. There goes the fricken neighborhood."
AND COLGAN Q400s IT IS!!!!
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And drunkely screaming across the bow, "Donatella! Keep it down! My wife's got a nasty hangover. There goes the fricken neighborhood."
ColganFO
New Member
Well Captains at are Colgan are also Checkairmen.
The act in both roles, flying captain on the usual scheduled line.
Then when needs arrive crew scheduling pencils in IOE or a Line Check for another crew.
Not sure if this is a common practice at all comapnies, but I thought it was.
Sorry for the Confusion, perhaps I should have been more clearer.
ColganFO
New Member
Yeah Doug, that's a good point I think your talking about Integrity.
Which it appears that everyone is questioning mine.
Maybe I'm posting more than I should, it's just that my excitement is exploding all over right now. I'm looking forward to all the great and wonderful things that are about to happen at Colgan.
I am more than willing to answer any questions, but I will not single out pilots to whom I fly with as the origions of sensitive company information.
jtrain609
Antisocial Monster
How do I put this nicely...I can't; no ####, they don't make first officers check airman anywhere. So to say that a check airman is a captain is kind of unnecessary and makes it look like you're back peddling.
So what were his initials?
ColganFO
New Member
No, wait first officer's are not check airmen, don't think I said that anywhere???
I'm a just an FO on the Saab nothing else, not a checkairman funny idea though. Actually shot milk out of my nose when I read that.
But seriously, the captain I was flying with is also a checkairman, though he was not flying as a checkairman on that day. He was filling in as a basic line captain covering the open time.
Our checkairmen don't sit around all day doing nothing or administrative work waiting for an IOE pilot or a random line check.
Colgan has over a dozen checkairmen scattered throughout the system.
The checkairmen are active pilots, which is the most effecient because it keeps them in the loop of the company and aircraft.
This is a very common practice at Colgan, and anyone who works there should be able to attest to that fact.
No back peddiling here.
ColganFO
New Member
Jtrain609, you sound an awful lot like Seggy.
You wouldn't happen to be the same person would you???
Just curious.
BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
Nope... they are two different people. One is like 6-0, stocky and the other is about 5-8 and skinny.
ColganFO
New Member
Sounds like a match made in heaven.
OH AND BY THE WAY
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=211185
Looks like I'm not as full of it as everyone on hear thinks!
Cruise
Well-Known Member
While I don't have actual numbers, I can guarantee you the q400 will be able to maintain a higher speed to the marker and then dirty-up and resume a "normal" approach. I know in the Saab we can maintain higher speeds, longer on any approach than the jets. After all, we have those giant barndoors hanging on the wings.
And, the q400 has RJ climb performance, so I think it'll be a non-issue all around.
Baronman
Well-Known Member
Yeah...probably up to 10 it's pretty close to the RJ (we do about 240KIAS and about 2-2.500fpm) after that I don't think the 400 would accelerate to the foward speed of the RJ (290ish) but probably have a similar climb.
sorrygottarunway
Well-Known Member
ColganFO
New Member
What about me I was correct too...
Go me...
Everyone here loves to label me as a liar, but I guess I showed them....Go Me.
Good things for everyone all around at Colgan..
Upgrades.....Pay.......QOL.....You name it.
This is the place to be,
Does anyone know were I can get a copy of a Q400 Flight Manual so I can get a jump start on studying???
amorris311
Well-Known Member
the stocky one is a bit bigger than that.
sorrygottarunway
Well-Known Member
I just read the last 2 posts by those peeps, if you said the same then you were also correct. I just happened to be reading the q400 website this morning since I don't know much about the aircraft itself. Cruise and Baronman both mentioned the climb characteristics, which I also happened to notice this morn...nice graph on the website.
ColganFO
New Member
Yeah I was talking about the annoucenment itself.
But thanks
Awesome stuff:nana2:
zmiller4
Well-Known Member
Go you. It's clearly the place to be if you can bypass seniority to upgrade. But pay and QOL? Not to knock Colgan at all, but from what I understand it's a little behind in the pay department, and I really hope you all can work a better payscale for the Q400.
You weren't, by any chance, jumpseating from Boise to LAX the day before yesterday, were you?
Rocketman99
Frozen Guppy Manipulator
Hmm...let's think about this.
Pay - below industry standard
QOL - decent, folks living near their base enjoy being home at night
Upgrades - improving but still suck at present for older FOs and if folks nervously leaving keep going they will have no choice but to slow upgrades down again for FO shortages.
So, place to be, I dunno. There are sure places a hell of a lot better and still places much worse. Remains to be seen.
The Q may be a nice plane but I don't imagine ever getting to a high enough seniority to fly one while I'm still working here. So I'm not gonna waste my time drooling over it.
Pay - below industry standard
QOL - decent, folks living near their base enjoy being home at night
Upgrades - improving but still suck at present for older FOs and if folks nervously leaving keep going they will have no choice but to slow upgrades down again for FO shortages.
So, place to be, I dunno. There are sure places a hell of a lot better and still places much worse. Remains to be seen.
The Q may be a nice plane but I don't imagine ever getting to a high enough seniority to fly one while I'm still working here. So I'm not gonna waste my time drooling over it.