I heard Republic is interviewing PVT-IFR pilots and offering them conditional offers of employment, basically a class date when they hit 1500.

Must be that pilot shortage. Or the crap schedule and crap wages. Or SJS.

A friend forwarded this to me today...


Good afternoon,



We would like to welcome flight instructors that are interested in establishing a commercial aviation career with Republic Airways Holdings to participate in a new program for CFI’s that meet the criteria outlined below. If you are successful in the interview process you will be given a Conditional Offer of Employment. You would be hirable once you have reached the ATP minimums and have the ATP written.



Qualifications Required for Conditional Offer of Employment

· Must be a Current CFI at a Part 141 or Part 61 Flight School

· Minimum of 1200 Hours Total Time

· Minimum of 250 Cross Country Hours

· Authorize Republic Airways to conduct a standard background check and review training records.

· Successfully complete first officer interview process

Our first round of interviews for this program will be July 10th. Interviews take place at our headquarters in Indianapolis, IN. The company will provide all travel arrangements. The candidate would be responsible for overnight accommodations. There is a hotel across the street from our HQ that has a crew rate available for our candidates.



Your interview will begin with a presentation followed by a written aviation test, a multiple choice problem solving skills test and a sit down interview. Included in our interview process is a 30 minute SIM Evaluation. You will be briefed on the Fixed Training Device during the presentation. Please bring your log books, FAA certificate, FCC Radio Operators permit, current first class medical and a valid passport. In addition, please bring photo copies of all listed above except for your log books.



If you are interested in coming in on the 10th, or you are interested in the program, but not available on the 10th, please send an email to the Sr. Pilot Recruiter .

"CFIs" doesn't require an apostrophe. Sheesh...

Yep, anyone who completes ATP's full course and their RJ prep course and who gets a letter of recommendation by ATP is eligible.

This reminds me of the programs they used to have way back in the day for Mesa/MAPD and ASA/FlightSafety.

The "CFI from any school" thing sounds new, though.

There ya go Jet Doc, life isn't so bad after all. :)

this industry is so f'd up. What other industry can someone who has 11,000 hours, multiple types and years of experience make the same $22/hr as a 1500 hour fresh out of flight instruction.

Poke me with a fork, I'm about done.

Didn't you know? They are planning for that pilot shortage...:eek::mad: So, they have to cast a wide net, not just from select few CFI schools!!

Republic has advertised interview mins.

republic interviews a lot of people, and requires you to buy your own hotel. A small number of those people get offers, no matter how well they show in the interview. People with experience in the majors are getting turned away.

I've heard that Skywest tells people that if they do well, anyone interviewing can have the job.

Unless you want practice, it can be wondered if interviewing at Republic is a waste of time.

I called them back and told them I didn't want to interview at this time. Didn't get a chance to tell them it was because of their lack of pilot contract.