Old 03-05-2017 | 06:49 AM
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Geardownflaps30
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At Republic it's NOT primarily 4 day trips. If anything, in some months we could use MORE 4 day trips as some months, less than 20% of the trips are 4 days.

That said, it is HIGHLY base dependent. Some bases (like LGA) for example are by far mostly 1-2 day trips due to the type of flying and RON (remain overnight) aircraft there. Others lean towards longer duration trips. Overall, there's a good mix here but it does vary from base to base so your experience may vary. However in no way is it mostly longer trips. Also the ability to trade or drop trips below 75 hrs has never been better, but that will last only as long as we are "overstaffed" (company term, pilots would argue "properly staffed").

So in summary, depending upon the base, it would be very easy for a junior pilot to hold a schedule of just 1-2 day trips at Republic.
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