Originally Posted by
Jakeb
I'm in the June 25th republic class for the e170. I know a lot of people say that republic opens and closes bases a good amount. My main reason coming here, 1 because pinnacle is going down. And 2 because I live near GSO and that would be the main reason. From your take is GSO a pretty stable base for the time being? Do they have a good amount of flying out of there? And is it a pretty good chance of getting it out of class?
Thanks
GSO is a marginally useful base, but it seems stable for the time being.
GSO is a TINY TINY (did I mention tiny?) base. There is not much flying out of there. Only 18 FOs are currently based there. It's a VERY junior base overall and your odds of getting it out of training are VERY good.
Because GSO lacks enough flying to sustain itself, the pairing quality suffers tremendously. There are ZERO 4-day pairings for June and only a handful 3-day trips. Most trips are day trips and 2-day trips. Expect the 2-day trips to have an early show (some as early as 4:35am) to finish as late as midnight on day two. Most trips are fairly unproductive and average daily credit is chronically low, so expect to have min days off when you finally get to be a line holder. Reserve callout is 1:30, so hopefully you live within 1:30 drive from the airport. Otherwise crashpad/hotel is going to be extremely frequent for you.
It's not uncommon for people to choose to commute from GSO to another base for better trips, rather than be based at home.