...or if you just want to fly the mighty 175, tell people you fly a "real" airliner that has wing mounted engines, don't care about pay, live in your parents basement, and don't care about work rules because you are flying a big jet - screw the rest and work for republic!

I wish I was trolling, but I have been told EACH of those by former students or co-workers who now work at RAH.

Repeat after me.

We. Have. No. Leverage.