Please explain. 9/10 people say don't go to rah..

 

Where to start........

1. They don't abide by seniority. I was Displaced out of where I lived in 2008 involuntarily and put on the Shuttle certificate when there were junior Republic pilots to me.
2. They re opened the base that I lived in 2 years later and I was not allowed to bid back in because I was at Shuttle INVOLUNTARILY. It was awesome watching junior pilots to me fly out of of my home town while I was commuting to ORD for 4 years.
3. Displaced out of HNL and given 2 weeks to move to LGA.
4. Upgraded to Q400 CA and was again not allowed to bid where I lived even though I could hold as a line holder and was forced to commute to PIT where I sat reserve. The company decided that the Lynx Q400 pilots should just stay in DEN AND remain as CA even though their seniority couldn't hold it.
5. Spent most of my time as a CA flying as an FO because the staffing is awful.
6. Base managers would never give you the updates you needed for your manuals and if you flew on the weekend you could never get ahold of ANYONE. The entire company shut sown on the weekends, pilots, FAs and MX were on there own. I took several delays on weekends trying to get the updates to the Jepps and Manuals I needed to do my job, After which I was accused of "being a problem" and not knowing how to properly do my job.
6. As a Q CA I was constantly second guessed by the Self entitled program manager that thinks he's god. I was accused of sabotaging the Q400 operation because I wrote up a wear pin after it has spent the night in a heavy MX base.
7. Topped out at 36.62 an hour for three years.
8. No CXL pay.....Unless we reached some mythical and elusive 98.5% completion rate then you got line guarantee. Not sure I ever got paid it.
9. A middle management team that should not even have jobs on the line. CP and DOs that are power hungry.
10. A MEC chair that sold out his pilot group and became VP of flight ops.
11. A useless union that couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag.

However, atleast while I was there, the crews were the best in the industry and I have nothing but respect for my fellow pilots at RAH.

 

That's a really good summary and similar to what I saw while I was there. Their Q400 operation was its own special layer of hell.

 

He forgot you are pretty much "hot reserve" all day everyday.

As a line holder they can still do whatever they want with you as long as you are back in base within 2 hrs of your original release time.

If you have a sit in your schedule more then 2 hrs they blow up your phone and try to reassign you.

All captains are duel qualified so they fly CA/CA everyday.

They will reassign you as a CA to fly right seat to a Jr CA or even fly right seat to a management pilot that was hired just as a sim instructor.

Only DEN Q pilots are ASE qualified and as a DEN CA if you fly an ASE turn you get 200% pay not just for overtime but 200% for your "BID AWARDED" ASE turn.

 

Those Lynx pilots have had one hell of a good career since they merged with Republic

 

Could one jet ord? And if yes, how long would it take to hold a line?

 

Yes, maybe not right out of class but within a few months (that goes for most bases). My guess to hold a line 3 - 6 months but that varies with upgrades, base openings/closures etc. Be prepared to get stuck in an outstation just in case.

 

What are some out station bases at rah?

 

On the YX side, yes. S5 ORD has been 100% stagnant for a year since ATL closed and half of CHQ parked. That said the new united award could change that in a year, who knows.

 

Pick a city in the mid west. Its probably a base. Or if you want to get specific just look up the info on APC profile page.