I'll be honest with you, I think the previous poster's were spot on. The CRJ's/ERJ-145's are horribly uncomfortable on any flight longer then 45 minutes! Awhile back I flew out to CVG from EWR to interview with Comair. I sat in the back of a CRJ-700 by ASA and I was uncomfortable as anything after 30-40 mins. And I'm not a big guy.

The E170/175's are 10 times more comfortable. Republic is also replacing the 170's with 175's. I assume this has to do with the fact that it has more seats but the same fuel economy, thus making a few extra dollars.

I also agree that despite the ridiculous oil prices, the RAH flying is in high demand by the code shares. I don't know what the future holds. Like the poster before said - just fly the line and see what happens.

I think oil prices will come down once GW Bush gets out of office. If a democrat takes office, I suspect we'll see fuel prices come back to a sane level.

 

Are you kidding me! I know we are not supposed to talk politics on here, but the dems are not going to do anything to help the gas prices. People just seem to think the dems will come in a make this a better world to live in! NOT going to happen. Bush isn't the smartest guy but he has done some good for the country. Lets be realistic, neither one of the parties is all that good.

 

I'll give you that. Politics are politics and both sides suck. Bush has done little good for the Country. Our economy hasn't seen a slump like this in a LONG time. Bush is horrible at managing the Country and our money. Everyone was on the bandwagon right after 9/11. So was I and I was in the military when it happened. At this point, we just need him out of office and honestly, I'd rather see a Democrat in there this time. I've voted Republican the last few elections and after the recent financial strain we've all been in, I'm going Democrat!

Anyway, enough about politics! Back to Republic - RAH rocks!

 

Im just finishing up indoc now and half were CRJ and the other half were ERJ on the Chautauqua side. Had the 60 person staff meeting with the CEO and COO and was really impressed with their outlook and reality based thoughts on were we were going in the next few years. They are defiantly going to larger capacity as time goes on and as codeshares allow. People can hate them for it but thats what many legacys want (despite their pilot group) and thats what Republic is going to give them.

 

WOW bro.

Why did you go to Republic after a hiring blitz?

Don't you think that is poor judgement? Unless you don't care about upgrade? I forsee it becomming 4-5 year over there.

Do you ever wonder why your flying is in demand? It's because you're so cheap!

 

As a former Colgan guy and brand new FO @ CAL, calling out the Republic guys on pay and cheap contracts???

Let the ink dry on that new license before pulling some ignorant comments, especially with your background.

$27K 1st year @ Colgan? Who are you kidding?

 

And I forsee that upgrade time is going to be 12-14 years at Continental. Don't think so? I do. I don't even work there and thats my opinion.

Sound stupid? So does you giving some arbitrary upgrade number at a company you don't work for.

 

Stupidest comment I have ever read... Do you base your entire political views on what Fox News reports, or do you simply use polls to guide your views? (don't get me started on those polls)

 

Umm, do you really think that pax care about comfort? Nope, they want the cheapest price possible (most of them), that's why I think the EJets are up a creek; they guzzle gas when a 700/900 does more for less. We'll have to see what happens. But who cares, all these planes, and the -200/145 for that matter, belong at mainline.

 

at least we have health insurance in our first 6 months of employment!