This is GREAT NEWS!!!!!! Republic might be hiring into the lowest-paying seat ever in the history of 100 seat aircraft. What's a new hire first-officer start off at over there? $23/hour? What's max pay? $37/hour? I'm not even going to look at captain's rates since the upgrade is probably 10 years for a new hire now. The post above about sensitivity is right. Your furloughed guys have less than a few months put in with the company.