Originally Posted by
Flightcap
The upgrade time for an ORD Captain is very very long at Republic. The most junior captains in the base when I left early this summer were roughly ten year employees.
Yes, this is a great point. Closest to that is IND captain at 3 years. Whereas at 3 years, a SkyWest CRJ captain should have no problem holding ORD, and an ERJ captain might be able to get in.