I've heard this rumor pop up a number of times (most recently from someone who did crew scheduling there just a few months ago), but I'm skeptical.

Does Republic really pay for flight training? Is it just type rating they pay for? Or from 0? or private?
The other thing I heard was that you have to be there for 2 years before they'll consider you. I'm wondering if, assuming they DO pay for training, do you have to sign a contract to fly for them for x amount of time? Is that worth it?

Would appreciate if anyone could shed some light on this - having any employer pay for your flight training sounds too good to be true.