Skywest or RAH
 

I have a class date with RAH, and in the meantime I’ve been looking more and more st Skywest. I’m 35 yo, and some suggest I’m going to prolong my chances of making it to a major by going to Republic vs somewhere like Skywest on the CRJ. Upgrade times are project at 2-2.5 at RAH vs 1-1.5 at Skywest. I would be commuting and would need either ORD, DFW, or ATL to make it doable for me. Any thoughts are appreciated.

Sounds like you've answered your own question..
When is your RAH class date?
OO would probably give you a CRJ class date within a couple weeks.

This sentence alone removes RAH from the running.

I’ve got a Dec Indoc then back most likely late Jan 2019 for Systems/Sim. The contract at RAH is definitely a plus factor...Little reserve and prob could fly 6-700 hours first year. how attainable is DFW/ORD/ATL currently. Is CRJ still best bet for faster progression? Where are pilots going from Skywest?

With RAH I’ve been told I could hold ORD pretty easily. Worst case go to LGA then could get ORD quickly.

Why would you prolong your chances of making it if you go to RAH?. Just asking

I was reading another thread under the general Regional forum and RAH was catching a lot of hate saying 8-10 years before people are getting to mainline. Haven’t really heard this before... maybe Partly bc they use to be at 3-3.5yr upgrade times, currently 2-2.5....versus 1-1.5 at Skywest. I don’t want to make it all a race, but just don’t want to shoot myself in foot either. Even if I went to a WO w flow I don’t intend to just sit and wait on that. RAH has a really good pilot contract and I can commute to several bases of theirs, but just second guessing as I’m reading some of these threads. Prob not a right or wrong answer....

Gotcha. Plus each person is different. One could go to the same regional and your classmate end up getting a mainline job 3 years before. Luckier? More potential? Who knows. Not the easiest choice.

While I hope I don’t kill your spirit but there are lots of pilots throughout the region industry with years of experience trying to get out that can’t get an interview. The difference between upgrade time isn’t going to be a big deal.
The difference between the Republic contract and the Skyw agreement is minimal.

Minimal is pretty arguable. Lots of little details that are better at RAH. All added up it becomes pretty significant.