Originally Posted by
deftone
The issue I can see is for the guy going zero to hero they are saying 18months until CFI. Then say another 18months to get to ATP Mins? So that 5 years is actually 8 years all together that you are tied to Republic unless you want to pay for the training yourself. Not necessarily a bad thing, but a lot can change in the Regional world in 8 years.
Another thing also with this is that there are multiple scenarios that could cause your separation from the company before the commitment is up. Examples would be failing initial training at the airline, failing IOE, failing a PC twice, getting fired during probation or getting fired after probation for cause. So going into the entire program completely broke thinking everything is just going to be great may backfire on you. The statistics prove that not everyone will make it and you could end up owing a lot of money that you don’t have at the end of the day. I guess the silver lining is if this does happen to some people which it will the debt is bankruptable.