Originally Posted by
ORD170
Republic is probably the most expensive UA regional, which is not a good thing to the “bean counters”. You guys have a good product, but UA is more concerned about cost. Start volunteering and working on your resumes. Southwest love YX pilots!
Agreed. Especially with new United management coming in. Things could change quick. Skywest is successful because they're cheap and truly massive. They have bases literally coast to coast with multiple code share partners in each. They can weather a blow if something changes. YX and OO are the only "super regionals" that don't have flows, cpp, whatever with any of the majors making them the outliers right now.
Republic is so reliant on the northeast that if one thing changes (Envoy in LGA, reduction in EWR due to 550 coming in, etc.) it can affect the entire operation. 2020 will be interesting, if we don't actually see those airplanes Bedford ordered like the dude above said I think it's a sign we're in trouble.