Originally Posted by
greendotplus10
It is, and ORD CAs hired after 2007 are outliers. I didn’t have all the information when I made that post. 2004 hires are on reserve, forcing some to leave or move to other bases. Some 40+ captain vacancies would need to happen in order to make ORD as junior as LGA. ORD used to be a much larger base than it is now, creating this problem.
Republic has zero interest in doing anything to benefit ORD. Mike Dee has come right out and said they’re not growing or even maintaining Chicago. The only reason it’s even a base, much like IAH, is to show it in their recruiting material. Otherwise BB would be all to happy to be a NY and outstation airline. We’ll never compete with Skywest or any other airline west of the Mississippi with this business model.