Republic Base?
 

Just curious if anyone knew what kind of a chance a guy going to apply to Republic in a couple months of getting the Denver base. I'm from Denver and am not real crazy about the east coast.

Denver is senior. Don't expect to hold it right away and when you do get it expect to sit reserve.

Expect it to take 1 year plus. I've been waiting since Oct for Denver and don't expect to get it before September at the earliest. But other than that, Republic is a pretty good place to work. We have our issues but without anything to compare it to, I'd say we are a good outfit.

right now, zero. it will take several months at best. there are many people waiting for denver

Also, anyone know what the chances of getting ORD Shuttle America out of training would be. I live there and am trying to plan how long it would take to get there and how long reserve duties are like.

I am trying to stay away from the commute and don't want to resort to Eagle just to based out of ORD. I wont have enough hours for SKW, and will not go to Mesa. Thanks in advance!

probably can get ord out of training or within a month or two.

Don't have enough hours for SKYW, won't go to Mesa, won't get Republic if you don't get ORD.. won't commute and you are a CFI.. Wow!!! Apply to the airlines , get the first job you are offered and build some experience before you make all these statements i'd say..

Well, after reading numerous posts on these forums about how important it is to do proper research when choosing a place to go to, I'd say that I'm just following what others have recommended and what I believe to be the best path to where I want to be. It all depends on the person, right?

1. QOL is one of my biggest concerns. I'd like to avoid commuting because I do have a family that I'd like to spend as much time as I could with. ie Republic and Skywest have bases at ORD
2. Yes, I am just a CFI, who IS choosing to TEACH, build EXPERIENCE, and learn a few things along the way. I'm not applying with the 400TT and taking whatever I can get with that just to build time and do a LATERAL(stupid) move when I can simply instruct to get the time I need to go to where I want to go.
3. Being with a reputable company who cares and takes care of their pilot group is where I'd like to start. Im in know HURRY to get into whoever will take me first. Works out way better in the long run...wouldnt you say? Eagle=good company but 7yr FO; Mesa= Do I even have to explain?

So, I ask you, what's wrong with planning where one should go based upon their specific reasons? It's not always best to take what you can get and deal with it, and find out how much of a BAD decision you made by doing just that. Or eventually hating your flying job, and then losing interest in flying based upon your bad FIRST impression. The point of my first post was to see how JR the ORD base is for Republic? Of the two places that I am trying to get to, Republic would be my 1st choice. I think that these are VALID statements for CFI who is choosing to hold out from applying and just taking what I can get.

Well,
there is nothing wrong with asking for QOL but too much of a QOL can be a career killer. I am married and yet i will be commuting across the country for the job that i will be starting soon. All I am saying , people are getting more and more qualified for regional jobs these days. The upgrade times of last year will not come back.. There are going to be some pilots with 10 times of more experience than you in the market pretty soon..
Just my $0.02

Just your two cents huh....seems more like you were blasting this person for trying to make an informed decision. You see people on this forum giving hell to people that make uninformed decisions and then complaining about it later. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Don't try to make it seem like you were being helpful.

To answer your question, you should be able to hold ORD out of training. I'm not sure how the hiring is going but even if you don't get offered Shuttle you should still consider accepting an offer from RAH. One other piece of advice calling lateral movers "stupid" probably wouldn't be the best way to break the ice in class. Good Luck!

Nobody in the previous two classes has held ORD out of class. There are at least five from my class that have it as their standing bid, including me. I may change it to IND because of the much lower cost of living.

With upgrades senior/junior bases on the S5 side are changing pretty quickly so your milage may vary. ATL and DEN will likely stay senior for quite a while but what is posted here could change pretty fast.

I'd suggest avoiding the lateral move BS. There are a lot of us here. Many by choice.

If you were the oldest guy in your class, and therefore got the first pick of domicile, would you have a chance of getting the CRJ out of IAH nowadays? If not, how is your chance of getting DEN?

Thanks in advance for the helpful replies.

Chance=0, zero, zip, zilch, nada, etc.....

Frontier is goin' down the crapper, so the DEN base is likely to close before the end of the year unless drastic changes occur. If you are a west coast person, I'd look more at SkyWest than Republic.

Our class for shuttle just got our bases and 2 are in ORD, 6 in ATL, 6 in CMH, and 6 in IND. (12 of us in our class wanted ORD)

hope that helps