Do you even know why the pay rates @RAH are low? The union spent all of it's resources in order to gain 1 master seniority list on the last contract (Republic was originally going to be a Trans States/ Go Jets deal). Chautauqua was the only airline. Shuttle America a separate regional flying Saabs. There wasn't even a hint of larger RJs coming on property because CHQ was scoped to 50 seats or less (AMR). It's a shame that the RAH pilots are still trying to negotiate a contract that expired 6 years ago.

Republic is the new bottom feeder. Never thought I would say that RAH is cheaper than Colgan, but they are much much cheaper.

No we do not have rates. Former lynx pilots have been flying them under former lynx rates. That has been grieved and will be heard in july. That fight began before this new Q announcement. The company refused to negotiate due to all the Qs being scheduled to go away. Now negotiations have opened. I love how pilots feel the need to try and trash another pilot group. Its really pathetic. Id somewhat understand if rah just signed a new contract with pituful rates, but thats simply not the case. We've had a strike vote and are in federal mediation to try and achieve an industry leading contract. You can yell and scream about how slow its going and how ineffective negotiations have been, but its the process unfortunately. Cant escape the rla.

There's no reason anyone should be running to RAH to fly these planes. Especially ex-9L guys. Why would anyone run to a company offering a 20+% paycut for doing the same work you were just doing. Sad...

"They stole my toys syndrome"?

I have spoken with at least 5 guys in the crew room who are bailing to RAH and they have done little research on the company outside of "they took our planes!"

I think RAH has a future as messy as the whole 9E-9L-XJ debacle... I wouldnt touch them with a ten foot pole until their contract is finalized, implemented, displacments and initial base transfers completed and the contract has been working for 8 months.

THEN we will have a much better understanding of RAHs future.

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Even then, it's dicey at best. Many thought 9E/9L/XJ was the THEE place to be after our contract was ratified. Bottom line: RAH's business model doesn't leave much room for improving pilot QOL. This idea (at the regional level) that one pilot group is going to jack up their end of the house and other's will follow suit is naive. It doesn't mesh with the regional business model and it's why places like Eagle are in the cross-hairs of management.

It's because they don't want to Put in the work and study for a new airline like Express, Compass, SkyWest ect... Instead they would rather show up at an interview breathing and be hired on the spot, ie Republic... You're right, many don't know how Republic really operates with the current contact ect. They just see an easy interview.

A friend of mine was hired at Republic recently for the Chautauqua certificate. He told me the interview was roughly 45 minutes, with a really short technical written test. I didn't ask if there was a sim evaluation, but I don't think there was. They don't ask for your college/high-school trans-scrips or GPAs.

Interview is probably 3hrs total. Most of that is filling out paperwork for PRIA. You do an HR/Technical interview (which isn't really technical...everyone can brief and approach and read a METAR/TAF right?) and do a written test and a Wonderlic test. Google Wonderlic test for 5 minutes and you'll pass it no problem. It's really a big joke.

I might get excited the day I see the union do something useful, but until then, it's monthly updates with no schedules on mediation, stupid letters to and from BB, and a whole lot of flying still happening.