Stability was a big thing for me. I’m wary of the very small regionals flying outdated 50 seaters, unsure of their next contract extension. Republic has a large fleet of the airplane the majors want more of. Not that I want more regional flying, but it is nice not worrying about if they’re going to park any of our airplanes tomorrow. The company is very efficient and very well set up to survive the incredibly changing airline climate. Also, I recently upgraded and in January I’ll be making $90/hr at year 4 pay. I couldn’t really imagine doing this job (left seat) for anything less like a lot of other regionals do.