How are they going to staff this?

50 new united E170's to republic
 

Good question

The same way they staffed every other airplane they have.

The parking of all the 145s and Q400s will help.

Why does everyone ask this? Many pilots think they're at the top of the totem pole and are the catalyst that makes this industry run.

We aren't. We are labor. Management is in control. Airline A doesn't want to play ball (Envoy), Airline B and C do (PSA, Piedmont), they get the flying. Big new shiny jets get announced, a flood of applicants ensue. New and old pilots follow the planes. Pretty simple. As current regional pilots go to mainline, mainline awards bigger jets to regionals as they park the less efficient 50 seaters (number of planes a net loss at the regionals). That's how they're controlling pilot supply.

I'm surprised they can staff it. Every republic guy I know says they are having trouble hiring but I guess they're not having too much trouble.

Well, based on the AA 175s and the beginning of the Q program, BB has the attitude of "bid now, staff later"

Hopefully people there on the Q don't get completely screwed with the new bases (whatever they turn out to be)

Is United getting out of the Q400 game or are they going to shuffle them to yet another regional?

Does anyone know where they will base these new 175s? Den maybe?

24 republic Q's are being leased to Flybe