Originally Posted by
DragonFlyer14
As I’m nearing the end of my flight instruction career, I have decided I’d like to move to DC next to start my airline career (no prior 121 experience). I had some questions about Republic and DCA.
1. With the current cancellation of American/TSA contract and the extra airframes to Envoy/PSA, will this effect Republic’s DCA flying? For ex: will the AA wholly owns pick up DCA flying hence downsizing Republic’s DCA presence?
2. Is there a variety - ex: 2,3,4 day trips out of DCA or is it mostly only longer, 4 day trips? Could one posibnly split a 4 day trip into two consecutive 2 day’s hence maximizing nights at home rather than a hotel?
3. Is upgrade time at DCA junior in the company or is it much longer to upgrade at DCA then say, LGA or EWR?
1) no way to tell until we find out where planes are based, but we are the only Ejet operator there with a base.
2), you can bid whatever you want and you will get whatever your seniority can hold. We have 1-5 day trips systems wide. You can drop portions of trips off your schedule, staffing available, as long as it's dropped from a point on the trip touching a base. Ex DCA-Sdf-MIA-DCA-BOS-PIt-DCA... you could try and split the trip after the MIA-DCA portion or even in MIA.
3) junior captain bases fluctates, currently PIT is most junior probably followed by LGA. Either way though upgrades are 3 years off without any expansion, so it could all change.