Republic Airways Interview
 

Hi ya'll.
Anyway, anyone interviewing next Wednesday? I've read all the gouge here and bought the Sheppard Air review gouge, anyone needing it let me know.
Fly safe, Go Navy beat Army!

Jesus Chr*st.

Hope to see you at RAH soon.

Did you really just censor Christ?

Serious non trolling question. Why Republic?

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Thanks bro....I needed that today!

Since he was using it as an expletive, he did the right thing.:D

Well, **** a duck

Mother Mary, is that you?

If you have a pulse you will get the job.

Can't understand the logic of going to a company that just entered ch 11.

Management always says in these situations we won't shrink...much and everything will be fine.

Every single regional airline ch 11 IN THE last 15 years has resulted with a 50% cut in fleet size.

I'll let you know next week.

I prioritize home base (EWR). It was CommuteAir and Republic- CommuteAir has not called me yet after asking for my cellphone and best time to call; where as Republic was pretty expeditious.

Thank you, hope to see you at RAH.

Have you considered Expressjet for a Newark base? Ask yourself this question: "why was Republic so expeditious while CommutAir has not gotten around to calling me yet". Might help you in your decision-making. Good luck.

I'm at AWAC, one of the better regionals pay and contract wise. I didn't hear from the for 2.5 weeks after missing their first call and my replying with a message. Granted this was 3 years ago and not current hiring, but moral is - give it a week or so. Give them a call if you don't hear after a week.

I would definitely be at C5 vs RAH at the current moment. C5 is small, United interview now and will upgrade pretty damn quick as they are growing.

Who knows what is going to happen to RAH. They could easily lose tons of flying and close EWR when they get out of this mess. C5 isn't going anywhere for awhile.

It makes no sense at all. Living in base, maybe you have a case but not when that base is in the NY area and there are multiple regionals within driving distance. It is like volunteering for career stagnation. Who does that?

I'd check out C5. Make an adjustment on your airline app or call. Shoot even Delta Private Jets.

Republic Airways Interview
 

Congrats on your interview. Study the gouge on airlinepilotinterviews.com and you'll be fine. If you want EWR for a base, you will get it right out of training. The haters will say otherwise, but we are not losing EWR. We are expanding our United operation pretty substantially. EWR is growing and there are some pretty solid rumors of IAH and CLT opening up soon as well. We are continuing to hire (more than most regionals) and upgrade as well (56 upgrades in today's vacancy). Bankruptcy had been used to get rid of the 145's (they're history in Sept) and the Q's (already gone). New contract from Delta is already settled and from the sounds of things AA and United should be settled within the next two weeks. Good luck with your interview, PM me if you have any other questions.


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Anyone from PSA and/or ExpressJet & Mesa care to comment on this?

And by the bye, you may want to learn the difference between THEIR/THERE/THEY'RE

iPhone... Sue me.


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There are FOs here at RAH getting on with United after 2 or 3 years here. Many many captains are moving to mainline. Of the last 10 guys I flew with, 6 of them are interviewing and/or have the job at UA, AA, and JB. I wouldn't call that career stagnation.

AA hasn't hired anyone off the street for quite some time now, let alone anyone from Republic. Get a shovel for all that B.S. you are spewing. That lie has just discredited your entire post.

That's interesting?? I have three friends who have been hired OTS at AA in the past 3 months and one from Xpress? Two finishing OE right now and 2 starting class next month.


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Looks like RAH will keep the United flying.


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I had wrote this earlier this morning and decided not to post it, but since the news of UA agreement coming through, I will go ahead.

As far as I am aware, all of the regionals who filed BK all had the following issues:

* Negative Cash flows, Republic did not have a single negative quarter for the previous 11 quarters I believe it was prior to the filing and had over 100 million of liquidity coming into the BK.

* Were going after the Pilot contracts to reduce costs, Republic said from the get go that they would not be going after the contract and it has already gone through the system and can not be touched.

* Wanted to shed unprofitable aircraft that were flying. Republic wanted to shed unprofitable aircraft that were NOT flying.

When Republic filed, all of our "BK Experts" said Delta flying would be done with YX and they would become either all AA or UA yadda yadda... Yet here we are with a carrier who has received extra financing from Delta, a new flying contract that all of the naysayers said would never come and the rumors of ADDITIONAL delta flying under the new contract.

And now as of today, they have reached an agreement with United. Yeah, this looks like a real doom and gloom airline. People seem to forget that Pinnacle, I mean Endeavor, was just coming out of BK just two years ago and is considered to be one of the best Regionals out there at the moment...

Oh and btw, I have no eggs in any baskets at the moment.

My apologies, AS got corrected to AA. I did not mean AA. Oops.

I still can't understand why anyone would apply at republic.

After reading your posts, Im guessing there is a lot you don't understand.

FOs getting on at United after 2 or 3 years? Haha...OK. Unless they were interns, had alot of previous experience, or can check certain demographic boxes, no. And the only capts I've heard getting legacy jobs lately are check airmen. But the regional of your choice has little to do with stagnation, the job market does.

Hmm I guess they're all liars then. That must be it.

Pilots lying? Never lol.

DH

Just don't see the reason for a jumpseater to lie about where he flew previously and for how long. I've had a few lately that were rpa FOs and are now United FOs. But whatever, we could debate this forever.

I've personally flown with three FO's in the last year that were hired by United. All three are young, white guys that networked like crazy and did multiple job fairs. So it is possible to actually work ones tail off and get the job.

How happy is everyone at RAH- Serious question. I'm looking to make the jump to somewhere better. Also how long to hold a line in EWR?

2 months at most.

I believe you...some pilots just get the "silver bullet" and without much experience they get a legacy slot somehow, and if they do, I'm happy for them. I'm just one of the many here who has been trying for a long time and hasn't heard a thing. Slightly frustrating. Sorry for the thread divert...back to the OPs question...if you study the gouge (there are plenty online), are personable, and bring some knowledge about previous airplanes you flew, I think you'll do just fine.

There are the usual Debbie-downers and naysayers here but the percentage is small. Things are a bit hectic right now with the 145 going away...senior people sitting reserve, bases closing, lots of training in progress, but I think things will settle once it's gone in the Fall. In general I think the majority of us are content. Not to the point of staying here forever, but there are definitely worse places to be. The new contract isn't perfect, but it's a definite improvement from the last one. Many jumped ship to whatever they could find when this bankruptcy talk began, but it's simply a restructuring...I see no change to our contract, or any furloughs arising from it.

I assume now that the United thing got announced EWR is a pretty safe base. Anyone agree with that?

Yes. I would expect to see it grow significantly.


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