after being in 2 prior.... Mesaba 2005, that was a complete sham, complete with a $.98 on the dollar claim payoff. Then there was the Pinnacle debacle, that was already on the horizon with Colgan's operations, and vastly accelerated with the loan shark purchase of Mesaba, followed by intentionally burning through more cash than celebrating the end of the war using hundreds to light cigars. Republic has been an ever growing disaster in progress since MidEx... They have gone from one of the strongest to probably the weakest regional. Even Mesa has it beat now. Republic can't staff any of it's operations consistently. Has had to park all the props. Can't find a newhire if it hit them in the head. And has no career progression (flow through) good luck finding any saps worth hiring at this point... tick, tock.... this place looks to be next to Comair in the graveyard faster than Pinnacle (Endeavor) now.