Seems that Colgan are not accepting any direct entry Capt's for the foreseeable future. New hires will be in the right hand seat for at least two years as a way of bandaging the injury done to their reputation following the Buffalo crash.
So who is going to be in the left hand seat ? Has their been a major overhaul of SOPs ? Are the people being recruited now... mostly very inexperienced (who else would work for the pittance paid to F/Os ? ).. going to be the captains in two years from now ?
Seems to me that what's required is a raised level of solid experience not simply in aircraft handling but in good resource management, situational awareness, good SOPs and cockpit discipline.
By not accepting DE Capt's this is just what the company can guarantee not to have.. Hmmm
