Thread: Why Republic?
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Old 04-13-2019 | 07:20 PM
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OffAtTango
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Not sure what's wrong with the OP, but I have been at Republic for almost a year now and I absolutely love it. The crews are great, the aircraft are well maintained, and most of our trips are decent credit. I am not based in an out-station or an airport in New York, and I can hold a fairly high credit line. With all of the upgrades and hiring going on right now, there is some good movement happening on the FO side. Commuting can be stressful at times with our sub-par airline benefit priority, but I have never really had any big issues commuting from Florida; you just have to get creative. People like to complain about Republic having such large out-station bases, but it only makes sense when you are at the mercy of three codeshares. Instead of having to uproot entire bases to shift flying around (seems like Republic was known for that in the past), they can simply staff new flying at a certain hub by picking up an additional say IND-(Hub) leg. Unfortunately all of our schedules are governed by AA, DAL & UAL. Republic doesn't get to tell United that they want to add more flying in ORD, United tells us. Where we fly, when we fly, and how we fly is up to them.
I've had the privilege to talk to many other airline crewmembers while commuting over the past year. It is truly eye opening how miserable some of them are and it really makes you realize how good we have it here.
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