I also left Piedmont to come to Republic, and have the same appreciation for the communication that you mentioned. Somehow, Republic manages to publish a training schedule for new hires covering the next two months; I don’t understand how Piedmont can’t do the same, at least on a “rough draft” basis. But hey... can’t possibly be part of the reason people are leaving before they get sucked in by the mindset of “only ____ until I flow”.

 

Well said!

 

Republic is being incredibly honorable in allowing people to come to Indoc, get their training materials (iPad, etc), uniforms, luggage (Luggage Works!), seniority date, benefits, free mac and cheese (most important, obviously), and full pay schedule started even as they go home for 4-6 weeks (depending on the group). In fact, for the 12 or so people in the class that needed extra ME time, they are paying for their flight time (directly to the flight school - no need to reimburse). While I am not one of those, they made it clear that it is NOT coming out of their bonus... I can't imagine another regional being so giving.

Keep in mind - once you are hired by Republic, you cannot do any flying for compensation or hire - YX owns your commercial flying from there on out. It's a Part 117 tracking thing and it'd be too complicated to keep track of outside commercial flying otherwise. Feel free to fly for fun/charity/etc but you won't be doing any flying for your Part 135 operator while on break. You will be getting paid, however, to study on your own terms at home before you return for the main part of indoc, etc.

The delay is truly a blessing in disguise - we have our seniority numbers, paid time off to study, and a normal training footprint with the upfront delay so we stay fresh during training. I hadn't spoken to a single person in class that spoke negatively of their time thus far or the result of the delay. As others have mentioned, this company has been impressively transparent and their level of communication is better than I've seen at most companies - aviation industry or not.

While I'm not one for kool-aid, as of now, I'm happy to order a round of what YX has been serving us. Couldn't be more thrilled with my decision. FWIW.

 

You know about the ME time for the next class to?

What about flight instruction while on the delay? I have a couple students I could finish up.

 

The ME flight time could be unique to our class since it was such an abrupt thing. Speak to your recruiter. I wish I could give you more info but I'm just sharing our experience. YMMV.

You cannot flight instruct once you get hired. Maybe if you do it for free? If you look at your CFI cert, it says it must be accompanied by your commercial cert... so if you're exercising the privies of your commercial cert.... that's a grey area. Up to you... Somebody smarter than I could prob chime in and help. Personally, I wouldn't risk my future with YX for a few extra bucks.

 

You'll make a lot more money flying the line than CFI'ing. If that's something you are passionate about though, you could to it probono (not that I recomend that). At least get some beer out of the deal. We all know a couple guys on the line who do a bit on the side under the table, but once again that's playing with fire. Also good luck explaining that to the company once something happens.

You made it to the big leagues! Stop grinding it out in the practice area/pattern and enjoy the ups and downs of the line!

 

Yes and No. Yes, if you are on reserve or an active line holding pilot, do not flight instruct for money. However, this training delay, break is basically a vacation. There are no restrictions against part 117 right now that you have to worry about since you are not even typed yet. There won't be any harm in finishing up some students and making some extra money. Just be sure to study as necessary.

 

They told us in no uncertain terms not to do any commercial flying, instructing included, during the delay in training. People asked, the answer was no.

Spend the time studying, you are still getting paid and there is a lot of material to cover.

 

Can someone elaborate a little bit more about how the pay would be structured for this delay. Will there still be the 30 day stipend and first part of bonus, then the 75 hour pay? Or have they worked it a different way? Thanks !

 

Nothing changes, as already stated about 3 times.