Does anyone work for Regions Air?

http://www.regionsair.com/


I was thinking of applying but I cannot find any info on this company. How is pay and QOL?

 

Hmmm, I don't know about this one? They claim that their previous alias was Corporate Air...but that was a FedEx feeder flying Cessna Carvans. I could be wrong...Just curious because I don't want anyone to get screwed over...

Let me know if you find anything???

 

If im correct these guys had a crash not to long ago and thats what led to the name change to regions. What I've heard its a small company mostly doing EAS. Their hq is in bristol TN. Supposidly its a quick upgrade and decent small (SMALL) airline to work for.

Take it for what its worth all of my info is hear-say

 

They fly Jetstreams out of STL to Ft. Leonard Wood and a couple other places and used to be known as Corporate Airlines. The name change came following a J-32 crash near Kirksville, Mo that has also been talked about on this fourm. Their corporate HQ is somewhere in Tennesee or Kentucky and I believe they have one other base aside from STL. I can't really speak of their QOL or current situation.

 

Regions Air is headquartered in Smyrna, Tennessee (just southeast of Nashville). It was formerly Corporate Airlines, and they recently changed their name to Regions Air. Although that came fairly soon after the crash in Kirksville, I had heard people talking about a name change before that. They currently only fly Jetstreams (19 seat versions) but recently announced that they are going to start flying Saab 340's. The first Saab class is currently in the sim in St. Louis, although they have not yet received the airplanes. Apparently the Saab base will be in Cleveland and will be doing business as Continental Connection.
They have 2 bases: Nashville & St Louis. Nashville is the smaller (and more senior) of the two. All of their flying is EAS (Essential Air Service) contracts.
They have one of the lowest pay scales in the industry, but it is also a quick upgrade (about one year currently). It is also a pretty small company (I believe less than a hundred pilots).
From what people have said that work there, the pay and QOL are difficult to deal with but it's a fast upgrade and most of the people there are great.

 

Thanks for the info folks! Anyone know what a first year FO is going to be making? I need to know if I will be able to make my bills. Thanks!

 

What are the minimums? I am currently at 900TT/32ME. I know I need more multi time. Do they interview at 1000/100? Do many pilots commute? Are the schedules commutable at all? I live in Chicago so I am guessing that a commute from Chicago to St. Louis is pretty "easy." Finally, where have some of the fomer captains gone recently? Thanks!

 

Avi8er1008

I'm sure you know this, and since you are so close to meeting the mins, both Skywest and Mesa have an ORD base. I know there are no guarenties, but you could be based at home.

 

The pay is very similar to Great Lakes' pay scale.
I believe their posted minimums are 1000/100, but I know they hire below that, and they are very short of FO's right now. Never hurts to just start sending your stuff in there.
The schedules sound like they're somewhat commutable because when they shrunk the Nashville base, a lot of people kept living in Nashville and commuted to St Louis, although I don't know how easy/hard it has been for them.
Most of their captains have been going to AirTran lately.
Avi8er1008: like 4word said, you might want to get up to 1000/100 and apply at skywest. You'd probably be put in the brasilia at first but after a 1-year seat lock you could transition to the RJ and be based in Chicago, which is the most junior base, so you would have better seniority than any other base.
Or another option: Try to get on at Regions, fly there for a year, build hundreds of hours of 121 turbine time while commuting from Chicago, and then apply at SkyWest, where you'd probably be put straight into the RJ in Chicago because of your turbine time.

 

One of their FO's left about a month shy of upgrade to come to AWAC. The term "unbearable" was used.