especially Republic.


Don't trip this fall: Tips for autumn business travelers - The Business Journals
Beware of flying regional airlines

In a summer of flying when the airline industry ran surprisingly on-schedule and cancelled remarkably few flights, there's been a notable exception: regional carriers in general and Republic Airways in specific.
Republic, which flies small jets and turbo-prop aircraft for all of the legacy airlines, has been scrubbing flights in bunches. On many days in the last month, it accounted for nearly a third of the industry's cancellations even though it flies only about one-third of a percent of the nation's schedule.
The culprit? Republic is short of pilots thanks to the industry's policy of underpaying young aviators. Republic isn't alone, either. Delta Air Lines claims a new round of schedule cuts from its shrinking Cincinnati hub is due to the shortage of regional-jet pilots. Things are so dire that even big raises offered by Republic in contract negotiations isn't enough to balance the pay scales.
Solution? This fall will be tricky for regional carriers, which operate about half of the nation's commercial flights. Your best bet is to avoid regional airlines wherever possible and stick to flights operated by mainline jets. Consider driving if there are no non-regional options.