Originally Posted by
SkyWolf
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.
I think you misunderstood what they meant by "pay for training". Traditionally pay for training (aks PFT) meant that you paid the airline for the job and the training to fly their aircraft. At this point, pretty much every airline puts you through their training program (including full type or SIC type) at their own expense. In addition there is usually some sort of training pay while you're in training. There isn't an airline in the country that I know of that will hire you with zero time or a private pilot and train you through the rest of your ratings...at least not yet.
As I recall, RAH does require you to sign a training contract. Basically you're agreeing to pay them back for the training
IF you quit within 2 years of getting hired. That may be old info and some RAH guys may have better info.