So Republic pilots supporting United Express. When you reach the minimums for United you have to apply and interview again? I'm used to reading the Envoy concept of one interview.
What would be the steps to going from Republic to United Airlines?

 

There is no flow at republic. You have to apply, be lucky enough to get an interview and pass the interview.

 

You don't need to have a base at a hub. Rah flies to many destinations from CLT and iah. Neither of them is a base

 

Four years ago they were talking about two year upgrade
Recruiters job is to get your foot in the door. Not to tell you the truth.

Will den be a base ? Who knows.

The only place that is not a base with the current flying we have that justifies being a base is IAH.

Company has still not revealed why will happen to the bases. In one year a lot has changed in the company as far as airplanes, airplane types, routes and bases. If you are joining the company now you are already at the end of fleet reduction. Lots of senior people are leaving and there is a lot of movement at the bottom.

On the other hand, the company is kind of fat on their pilot numbers by their standards. Reserves are not being used as much as June July , red flag pay is gone and the company is trying its own shenanigans to pay you less by denying pay protection on certain trips.

 

Key word...lucky huh?

 

DEN will not be a base. I have it on good authority that it will not reopen for the 4th time. United would not agree to the commitment for >1 year of flying. IAH is a possibility, and slightly more likely.

Do not come to RAH thinking of anything other than ORD and east for flying or bases. The DEN-BUR is probably going away because we don't have reliable MX reachback anywhere west of the Mississippi.

 

I was also told that RAH is growing quite a bit on the United side. How much truth is there behind this statement? I'm currently awaiting a response from my interview and would initially be looking for a NYC base but ideally would move further west (MCI, ORD) down the road.

 

Right now there is no growth. No new planes, etc. That doesn't mean there won't be an announcement tomorrow.

I don't see mci lasting. Ord has been reduced drastically on American side.

Your best option is to stick with nyc bases for now.

If the bases were aligned according to the flying we do, DCA and EWR/LGA should be major Crew bases. However we are fat in cmh and pit.

Will they realign them? Who knows.

Right now any regional you go to will be a good one except few. Make your decision according to your personal prefences.

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Still 24 more birds to be delivered for the United side in 2017-18 once/if financing arranged after chap 11 complete. Makes up for the AA birds parked (some of which may come back also). So RAH fleet-wise is about as small as it's going to get right now. It's only going to get incrementally larger from here.

 

I know nothing is sure in this industry until the day after it happens (and even then, some things are still unclear) but there don't seem to be too many hurdles towards those 24 175s for United. You have to wonder also how Mesa is going to hire and be able to maintain enough pilots when IAH, our strongly rumored new base opens. Why would people work for half the pay at the same base and same aircraft type?