Originally Posted by
fortyeight
ORD and IAH are still open for recruiting purposes only. If ORD and IAH weren’t options on paper there’s no way RPA could actually compete with Skywest recruiting. I’m shocked they closed SDF instead of passing the buck along to their employees like they do in IND and CMH. Republic is and always will be the outstation airline. If you want Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, Miami, basically any major hub besides NY east of the Mississippi there’s almost no reason to come here.
Unless you live in/near a major hub city, why would anyone want that? Cost of living is far more than outstations if you wanted to live in base AND commuting to hubs is a lot harder. Having outstation bases is an advantage over other regionals.