Republic Airways Plans
Ahh this forum stuff can be addictive to the unemployed. So I will start a new thread with some questions that some may or may not have answers to.
As has been stated by myself, and a few others, the careers of most of the pilots that work for, or are furloughed from, any of the airlines under the Republic Airways umbrella depend on the succcess of Republic Airways as a whole. That includes all contract flying as well as its new "branded" flying of Midwest and Frontier. Regardless of any opinions about managements way of doing business, it's enlightened self interest for them to be successful, at least as long as anyones career is tied to their success. Ergo:
1. Does anyone know how many pilots are actually furloughed at Frontier and Republic? Pilot Central says 104 for Republic and 56 for Frontier. By my count in a week or so it will be 390 for Midwest.
2. Does anyone know how many E-190's (or other aircraft) that Republic has coming? The only number I know for certain are the 10 from USAir.
3. How many of the 10 E-190's that are arriving have crews already trained?
4. How has Republic managed to add 5 or more E-190's without calling any crews back?
5. Any additional contract flying in the works?
6.Any loss of contract flying in the near future? Or, put another way, how long are Republics various contracts with Delta, United etc?
7. What plans does Republic have to differentiate its branded flying? Onboard TV (such as on the Airbuses)? X band radio? Plug ins for lap tops? Enroute internet? Complimentary meals? Anything other than a cookie?(and even the cookies aren't there on breakfast flights)
8. Any plans to get the fleet to at least CatII capability? It won't take long for the business man to figure out that he's stuck somewhere while Air Tran and others are operating just fine during the fog. A string of bad weather is more than just lost flights and extra fuel spent holding/diverting. It can be permantly lost business travelers.
Oh well...time to go check my soaps..hope some of the insiders here know a little regarding Bedfords plans.
Regards.