You need to look around a bit more. Alaska and jetblue doesnt have any scope limitations. My speculation will be us operating those c series for a canadian operator.

 

My hope is those C series options will be sold to a mainline operator. That aircraft should never see the light of day at any regional much less RAH. Look for Dan Garton to replace BB...BizExpress part deux

 

I hope so too. Or it will be traded to amr for more flying sub 76seats. Btw, you stole my line

 

Where are EMB new hires being based at? Commutable cities or outstations?

 

The phrase "un-commutable outstations" has taken on new meaning at Republic with the ridiculous manner in which the company has chosen to implement the 117 rest rules. It seems that, at Republic at least, the new rest rules have served no purpose other than to exacerbate nearly everything that Republic pilots disliked about their trips and schedules. Multi-day trips, almost without exception, begin very early and end very late, so trying commute on the first or last day of your trip has become largely impossible. Average credit has been lowered which has reduced the number of days off for most line holders by 2-5 days per month.

Hub basing would ease some of these problems, but the company's latest vacancy posting demonstrate that they are dedicated to growing their Northeastern outstations and are doing everything that they can to resist growing any of their hub bases, seemingly at any cost.

If you live in PHX, as your username suggests, you will hate life at any of the Republic bases. I strongly suggest a carrier that isn't clinging to an outdated outstation model and has more western bases.

You may be thinking -as I was when I was in your shoes- about ORD or ATL, but that thought disappears very quickly when I walk past a gate at Sky Harbor boarding for one of these hub destinations and I see as many as six pilots standing there hoping for the jumpseat on an oversold flight. Also, ORD removes SWA from your commuting options and ATL is super-senior and no one seems to know why Republic (Shuttle Cert) has a base there anymore.

However, if one enjoys using 1-1.5 of his or her days off for each four-day trip, has a spare car that he or she can leave in a employee lot in IND, CMH, PIT, SDF, GSO, MCI to drive you back and forth to a crappy crash pad to get 5 hours of fitful and disturbed sleep between the beginning/end of a trip and a commute to/from home, and using a bidding software that doesn't allow you to chose the number of days off between trips/blocks of work days oftentimes leaving you with only two days off to commute to/from home, then Republic is the place for you.

 

Wow thanks for the insight! I'm actually living in TUL now, but my current commute east is not always easy either. It's too bad that the schedules aren't very commuter friendly, although my current shop is quickly turning that way with a lack of bodies and the new rest rules. I'm about to go 3 weeks straight (if the current plan holds up today) of being reassigned into one of my 2 precious days off.

Guess I'd figured it could be a bit better there but maybe not!

 

I hope that I've helped, and I'm sorry that I assumed a little too much from your username.

Based on what you said in your second post, I'd like to add that chasing a quick upgrade at Republic might very well not work out, since Bedford himself has said that renewing the E145 contracts may not be in the company's best interest and there are signs that they may be starting to go away. The company has finally realized that their staffing issues are not going to easily go away and there a many people who think that the E145s will be phased out and the pilots moved into the Ejets and the Q.

This plan makes good sense for the company as they would see tremendous savings by dumping an aircraft type and a certificate, but it'll push upgrades back by another couple of years and then significantly slow them since most of the company's "lifer" captains are already on or moving to the Ejets.

Good luck with your choice, I hoped that I've helped pass on some worthwhile information. I may sound pretty down on the company, and I am for a series of reasons, but my goal is to help others make an informed decision. Republic might be a good choice for people in certain situations, but I didn't have the benefit of anyone telling me the many problems that are deeply ingrained in Republic's corporate culture and outstation basing's drastically negative effect on QoL.

 

So I've asked before on this thread but thought I'd hear some thoughts with the potential new contract coming out... my situation is that my current employer might not even be in existence next year, and I'm just looking for some place to hang tight for a two or so years (hopefully only that long) log some good time in a good type and hopefully move on. I also want to live in base (NY). I have an interview with Republic next week just as an option. I guess my real question is, do you think this "new" contract will have any hope at making a lateral move like this worth it? I'd only make the jump for a LGA base, so I'm shooting for Shuttle. I live 45 minutes from JFK/LGA. Anyone have cliffnotes on what the TA might look like?

 

I wouldn't hold your breath for anything great. IBT national is in charge of negotiations now. Both sides are interested in getting something done for the sake of progress. Even if we have a TA in the next month, I expect it to be sub-standard and then voted down by the pilot group. We've been waiting 6 years, why settle for something crappy now. That's my opinion as a topped out FO.

 

The TA, if anything like the LBFO that was offered almost a year ago, will be regressive. Perhaps better pay rates but reductions in QoL and all other categories to compensate. Of course, I'd say we'll burn the place down before we vote in concessions, but I'm no longer confident.

1. The company is desperate for some reason
2. The new negotiators didn't just walk in and hand over our proposal then walk out
3. Since 2. we must be retreating from our proposals or asks over the last 7 years.

If you've read this far I don't think we'll see a new CBA before June anyway. Finally, with the division taking over the negotiations, nobody has any idea what they'll produce.