Originally Posted by FlyingSlowly

Is CommutAir opening a Cleveland base? Still sounds like commuting to me.

No, there is little chance. You wouldn't be commuting to reserve for long, if at all. You said you were considering commuting to ORD, so I assumed IAD or EWR would be the same.

Do they have plans to get more competitive with pay? And a "free" ATP-CTP isn't free when it reduces the hiring bonus by $5000.

With classes filling up, there is little incentive from the company to do so. You can either take less pay for an insane fast upgrade or go to another carrier with more initial pay but a slower upgrade.

How many hours can a first year FO actually expect to fly? Not get paid, but actual flight time in the logbook... Seems like they have lots of shorter routes... And don't they get canceled first when UAL has WX-related capacity issues at EWR?

Some in January/February class have logged around 500 hours. It depends on how much you want to work. If you are okay with having one day off per week to get your time in fast, the flying is available. There are plenty of trips available with open time and CQFOs giving their trips away. The average daily block is around 5.15. While some of the routes are short, this is just the beginning of the 145 implementation. We have approach plates to Houston, Chicago, and other Midwest cities. If you are on the dash, it doesn't go that fast so it is about equal to the jet.

Or might it be a reasonable assumption that they will open a CLE base when they take over enough XJet 145s?