Thank you, good luck to you as well. What was bad about CHQ when you were working there, and how has it gotten worse? Looks like you're at Delta now, so it can't be all bad :)

I got hired at Republic 4.5 years ago and I'm only halfway to upgrade. 500 FOs senior to me and 500 FOs junior to me. The CHQ of 5 years ago doesn't exist. Those guys all upgraded in 1 to 2 years. At my current rate, I'll be lucky to upgrade in 9 to 10 years from date of hire.

About a month or two ago there were a couple of threads about RAH doing exactly this.

Whoops. Well, that was the case back in the day, or that's what friends who worked there told me. I guess if they're giving $5000 bonuses, they feel obligated to go after the contract.

Xjet, PSA, RAH. In that order.

I too have heard that the legacy Xjet side of Xjet can credit some crazy amounts if you can work it right and are willing to fly.

True story !

This might help your decision more/less.

Chautauqua Could Split from Republic
May 2, 2012 1500 MT

Republic Airways could put its Chautauqua Airlines subsidiary into court protection without affecting the rest of the company, although CEO Bryan Bedford suggests this is just one possibility as he attempts to revive the division.

“We’re focused on working with our stakeholders at Chautauqua to get a win-win opportunity, just as we were working with Frontier [Airlines], which also continues to be a completely separate corporate entity and business enterprise,” Bedford told analysts during the company’s first-quarter results conference call.



“I would hope at the end of the day that what we’re putting forward to our key stakeholders is something that they understand and can wrap their arms around.”

Republic says it needs to cut $40-60 million of Chautauqua’s costs to make the 50-seat regional jet operation profitable. Under previously disclosed plans, the company expects some of those savings will come from maintenance providers and other vendors, as well as from restructuring aircraft leases and debt. Bedford, however, has not discussed that happens if this plan fails, but under questioning from analysts during the earnings conference call he acknowledged that its operating division, which include Republic Airlines, Shuttle America and Chautauqua as well as Frontier, are all independent corporate entities and that each could become independent from the holding company.

Having to fanagle your schedule to make money is horse****. You should get paid decently by working and without being a scheduling loophole guru.

And I want a pony.

On topic though, this is a tough one. I mean, I hate RAH, and this is a tough one. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see RAH try to furlough again this fall, just because that seems to be their go-to position when they don't know what the Hell else to do. On the plus side, that would mean all bets are off as far as the training contract goes. Then again, on the infinitesimal chance that the pilots get released to strike, first-years with no union protection could be faced with a "scab or you're fired" scenario.

By all accounts, PSA and (especially) XJT are better places to work. Again, OTOH, how firm are these deals with the poolies? This wouldn't be the first time in airline history the company geared up for a hiring rush early in the year, somehow fail to take into account the annual post-summer doldrums, and told everyone not already on property to pound sand.
Then I don't know what to tell you. The time of the two-year RJ upgrade is over, and there are a lot of layoffs, consolidations and retirements to go at all levels of the industry before it'll even be a possibility again. RAH is a disaster for junior pilots, and if you go there, you will be miserable. That is pretty much a given. If I was still there, I would still be a fairly "junior" pilot, going into Year 5 on property.

edit:
I would add "But it would get reeeeally ugly for all involved." to that statement. Bedford pulled a lot of crap to force the "one company, one list" language, and breaking it up again would be almost as much of a mess as putting it together was.

Why you mad ?