Thanks for the info! Obviously I won't apply until I feel like I am ready, which I do not currently. I've heard Republic will take graduates of certain schools with lower times, though I'm not sure if that's true, and I have taken the CRJ course at UND so that couldn't hurt my chances at least. And by 'a few months' I mean August at the earliest, the very earliest. I'm not too hung up about getting PIT as a base but somewhere geographically close would be nice; CMH, CLE, PHL, or EWR on either airline would be good options too.