Originally Posted by
CBreezy
Do you want to volunteer to be based in LGA? AWIS, PDT, and RAH don't have hub basing and they seem to do alright.
The reason we don't have a base in LGA is the difficulty in recruiting flight attendants for what we pay. Pretty difficult to live on what we pay a flight attendant in New York.
AWIS and RAH have hub bases in major cities, and RAH has many problems due to outstation bases. PDT is going to hub basing with the 145s when they open a Philly base.
Republic gets around out station basing by building five hour sits into every trip and reassigning crews as necessary. Essentially line holders are basically sitting hot reserve unpaid during a five hour sit. The only catch is getting them on the phone. Republic FAs, however, are required to answer calls from scheduling during these sits and Republic tried to slip it into the pilot contract with the last TA.