Regionals home base in Houston (IAH) 2019
 

Hello,

I have tried finding some information on what regionals home base in Houston (IAH) as of 2019. Is it just Republic, Skywest, and Mesa? The only threads I could find were several years old and I know things can change fairly quick.

Which ones would be more likely to home base in Houston for a new hire? (If any at all...)


Thanks!

It may not be entirely up to date:

http://www.pilotdomiciles.com/pilot_...s-2-6-2019.png

Express jet is apparently there too although I know nothing about numbers, seniority, or stability of it.

Here's the thread to follow:

https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/r...icile-map.html

Republic has a small base in IAH. It’s super senior. Stability would be anybody’s guess.

FWIW as far as I know you probably won’t get this as a new hire. That being said I was told that people wouldn’t get specific bases as new hires either and that proved to be wrong.

Thanks for the information guys!

You have the best chances with ExpressJet holding IAH the fastest.

ExpressJet has by far the largest regional base in IAH, something like 150 ERJ145 hard lines. They are adding 175s and now CRJ200s to the mix down there also.

Right now, the only 100% guarantee to IAH right off the bat is Mesa EJET.

Go now before hiring slows....

Do you think the hiring is going to slow within the next 2 years?

They’ve already cut hiring in half I hear. We are very fat on EJET FOs. If they would fix our pathetic excuse of reserve more guys might be inclined to upgrade.

Republic, Mesa, Expressjet, and Skywest are in IAH.

Republic: It's the smallest base, with some growth since opening in July, but it's still around half the size of the next smallest base. Recent vacancy awards have needed 6 months of seniority to get it. Reserve has been about 6 months once guys get in. Upgrade here started very senior (>4 years), with a lot of senior transfers from other bases. Half of the seniority list are pre 2008 hires. What that means is, don't expect a line as captain anytime soon. FO side will be a reasonable time to hold, but CA side will depend on some steady growth. Unfortunately the training backlog adds to the wait time. If I were interviewing now, I wouldn't wait several months for a class date at Republic.

Mesa is the only guarantee of IAH at the moment. While they sure do have other issues going on there, choice of base isn't one of them if you live near the airport.

Expressjet does most of the UA regional flying in IAH by the looks of it. But having a lot of senior pilots still there has kept upgrade times high. New airplanes may be what they need to get those upgrades down, but time will tell.

Skywest's IAH base is pretty small, and you'll find rumors of it shrinking on their forum. They do at least post junior pilot dates of hire on the website. Last I checked, it was 6 months to hold it as FO and a 4 year upgrade.