Originally Posted by
coryk
If you had to choose between ExpressJet and Republic what would it be? If base wasn't an issue. Seems like there's quite a bit of negativity in this head but is it to the extent of the RAH negativity?
Depends what your goals are. If your goal is to be an regional FO for the next 5+ years and gain copious amounts of TSIC time making 45k tops for the foreseeable future by all means come to XJT. We are losing 19 CRJs this year and more to come in the next couple years. E175s will like arrive in exchange for double the amount of ERJs. The CRJ side has about 1000 Captains and I estimate 800 are lifers.
If your goal is career progression and/or logging TPIC sometime this decade RAH is the better option. Over 50+ Q400s and E175s worth of growth still on the way. Contract may be worse but within 5 years you'll be a Captain making a way more than 45k. Worse work rules also means 80% of Captains aren't staying.
If you're really ambitious about career progression Compass & Mesa will have lighting fast upgrades for those hired in the next several months. Good luck!