Republic Questions
#1712
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Skywest is heavily invested in 50 seaters. Things will slow there dramatically. Mesa might be a good choice. Chasing upgrades is a big gamble that rarely pays off though. Good luck to those who roll the dice.
#1714
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i heard republic is denying 2 out of 3 interviewees. can anyone confirm or deny. i would find this surprising given the current state they are in.
#1716
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This is why you have such a tremendous turnover. The company pays more for your hotel rooms during your trip pairing than they pay you.
#1717
To be clear, while it is going to be a 170 MX base, nothing has been said about it being a 170 crew base.
I have to say that it would be a mistake for RJET to add to it's midwestern/northeastern outstation lunacy, but someone in SDF must know where the bodies are buried because when the CHQ cutbacks were announced, management made a great and immediate effort to "reassure" SDF folks that keeping the MX facility there was a high priority. I don't understand it, but perhaps someone else could offer some insight.
I have to say that it would be a mistake for RJET to add to it's midwestern/northeastern outstation lunacy, but someone in SDF must know where the bodies are buried because when the CHQ cutbacks were announced, management made a great and immediate effort to "reassure" SDF folks that keeping the MX facility there was a high priority. I don't understand it, but perhaps someone else could offer some insight.
1.) The old director of planning was far more crazy about outstations than the new guy is. 117 has made it much less feasible to run an airline the way we have in the past.
2.) With compass getting the AA contract and having mx there already, it's unlikely more than 1 or 2 United S5 birds will go to bed there. So that immediately puts a size limit of around 20 per seat, maybe less. The company already stated GSO (similar size to that) no longer meets their needs, they are keeping it open because there are senior people there. (I personally think it needs to go, and they're just waiting on something else)
3.) While their word is not worth much I did ask planning about the future of SDF. It's going to get smaller on the 145, no plans for a 170 base.
if we want to survive, it's time to get serious about our basing and how it effects staffing and efficiency. I'm not advocating forcing half of the company getting displaced for personal gain, but rather we need to sit down and run the numbers. facts, not rumors and theory.
#1719
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Yeah, be thankful you get to keep instructing in a dead end job that you're not learning much from anymore. :roll eyes: Instead of being at a job which will start you down the road to significantly more money, benefits, and ever more and better opportunities. I made 45K here second year, more than twice what I ever made instructing. Not including the 401K contribution. When you get here, please don't be a whining filled with self-pity jerk-off like some of the others. Good luck!
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