Republic is being incredibly honorable in allowing people to come to Indoc, get their training materials (iPad, etc), uniforms, luggage (Luggage Works!), seniority date, benefits, free mac and cheese (most important, obviously), and full pay schedule started even as they go home for 4-6 weeks (depending on the group). In fact, for the 12 or so people in the class that needed extra ME time, they are paying for their flight time (directly to the flight school - no need to reimburse). While I am not one of those, they made it clear that it is NOT coming out of their bonus... I can't imagine another regional being so giving.

Keep in mind - once you are hired by Republic, you cannot do any flying for compensation or hire - YX owns your commercial flying from there on out. It's a Part 117 tracking thing and it'd be too complicated to keep track of outside commercial flying otherwise. Feel free to fly for fun/charity/etc but you won't be doing any flying for your Part 135 operator while on break. You will be getting paid, however, to study on your own terms at home before you return for the main part of indoc, etc.

The delay is truly a blessing in disguise - we have our seniority numbers, paid time off to study, and a normal training footprint with the upfront delay so we stay fresh during training. I hadn't spoken to a single person in class that spoke negatively of their time thus far or the result of the delay. As others have mentioned, this company has been impressively transparent and their level of communication is better than I've seen at most companies - aviation industry or not.

While I'm not one for kool-aid, as of now, I'm happy to order a round of what YX has been serving us. Couldn't be more thrilled with my decision. FWIW.