Thanks for the addition, I mean yes republic has shareholders, but filling planes is not the responsibility of republic, it is the marketing of the majors that fills the seats. But rarely is marketing even relavant. Pilots will always get handed the short stick until the mass public realizes that their FO could qualify for food stamps. But even then, the lower the ticket prices are, (set by the legacy) are Going to be the driving force behind ticket sales

Any idea how likely it is to get LGA or EWR out of training with Shuttle?

... I'd say a pretty good chance EWR over LGA. Both were/are junior bases, although I ran into a Shuttle new hire last month who lives in the NYC area and got IND based somehow against his wishes. I also managed to swing IND out of class while the other 4 new hires got LGA last December. btw: cross your fingers and hold your nose if you're gonna come here.

They just announced a major displacement to ca side to ewr. I am guessing that will open a lot of vacancies.

One good thing about rah (it sounds like an oxymoron but it's not) is base trades. If you don't get it right out of training you can do the base trade.

The bottom half of the FO seat is so dynamic that you can get where ever you like at this point.

Heard there was also a big vacancy award at YX. Not sure if they will be real upgrades or just a shuffle from the 145/Q.

It will not open any vacancies. It is a voluntary displacement. The only reason the company did it this way was to avoid actually having to upgrade people. Over the last few months we have actually gotten more airplanes on property than pilots. This means they cannot afford to take anyone offline line to upgrade them. Some air frames have 3 total reserves system wide for FOs.

In order to upgrade here you need to have ~1500 people behind you on the seniority list. At the rate we are currently attracting pilots (~20 a month) combined with the fact that most of the attrition is due to FOs bouncing to places like Mesa and Trans States it means you will be looking at at least a 7-8 year upgrade. This place is slowly burning to the ground and the last place you would ever want to find yourself is at the end of our seniority list.

This^^^*

There are two parts of my aviation career, life during Republic Airways, and life after Republic Airways.

Life is much better in the latter.

What company was the latter?

Anything is better than this place!!

How long would it take a new hire to hold atl or mia?