Originally Posted by
waflyboy
If you need to live in Chicago the obvious choices are Skywest and Republic. Both good companies with bases out there. You could interview with Mesa for practice and as a backup.
if you must live in chicago go with skywest if they hire. (they probably will cause its seems they always got their ****** together) I would commute before i worked for republic or mesa. Commuting out of chicago is usually pretty easy with all the nonstops anywhere that any decent regional has a base.