Republic Airlines
01-13-2013, 07:01 PM
#23
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Joined APC: Oct 2008
Posts: 707
I had an interview with them, and they said you will be standby. I said standby, she said yes. So I could potentially be sitting at airport all day? She said yes. And what happens if I dont make it to interview? She said reschedule. I said, OK, and I will be standby again? She said yes. I said No thanks to interview. She called me back 2 days later with a positive space.
01-14-2013, 04:23 AM
#24
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Joined APC: Aug 2006
Position: E-190/175/170
Posts: 172
I had an interview with them, and they said you will be standby. I said standby, she said yes. So I could potentially be sitting at airport all day? She said yes. And what happens if I dont make it to interview? She said reschedule. I said, OK, and I will be standby again? She said yes. I said No thanks to interview. She called me back 2 days later with a positive space.
Been here five years myself. This conversation Milk Man was in, is a TEXT BOOK example of how this airline operates. They will go the cheap route until people say NO! So, in a way, they've burned a little 'good will' BEFORE you've even walked through the door.
Now hear me when I say this..., this airline cares not one iota about goodwill. The example above is just a peak at how this airline operates on a daily basis.
Every. single. decision. Made by this company is about money or how NOT to spend it. Ie: Do just enough to get people to show up for work.".
What management hasn't figured out, is that by doing "Just enough" to get people to show up.., then people will do "just enough" to keep from getting fired. Hence the daily inefficiencies, chaos, and lack of communication.
THIS is Republic Airlines!
01-14-2013, 05:37 AM
#25
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Joined APC: Sep 2006
Posts: 926
Examples:
-Sits while the company's low-rent vendors take 3+ hours to find you a hotel after a cancelation.
-"Superstorm Sandy" had many airlines canceling days in advance. Commuting crew members know the glut of problems and personal expense that a major storm can cause. Other airlines took care of their people and cancelled flights well ahead of time. Rjet? Nope. They required crew members to be in position and THEN cancelled the flights, leaving many crew members stranded in cities that they couldn't get out of AND in the middle of a major storm. Many crews only learned of their flights being canceled via the mainline partner's web site.
-Along the lines above, if your first flight of the day cancels or is seriously delayed, no one will let you know. You'll find out after you leave the comfort of your hotel room and arrive at the airport for your hours-long sit.
-Instead of hotels that have good, cheap food and entertainment options nearby, rjet throws you in hotels that are in the middle of nowhere, requiring that you eat at the expensive hotel restaurant, order delivery, or beg the hotel van for a ride somewhere.
-If you end up in an offline hotel, that hotel will ask you for your credit card for "incidentals."
-Breaking multi-day trips up via reassignment, leaving crew members in base for overnights. (i.e. pay for your own hotel)
-Scheduling of ridiculous double deadheads to encourage jumpseating or non-reving on other carriers for relocation on company business.
-Outstation basing that robs one of quality of life, causes chronic fatigue, and leaves you in cities for 24+ hours; making you available for reassignment. This is what rjet uses in lieu of junior manning or hot reserve. I'd submit that it's worse than either because crew members have to deal with on nearly every trip in the form of inefficient trips, long sits, early reports (0500) and late finishes (midnight). In fact, I'd say that outstation basing is biggest method that rjet uses to pass costs on to it's crew members.
-This is unrelated, but outstation basing has created several hundred "lifer" captains. As other companies start losing captains when the majors start hiring, rjet's upgrades will be much slower than the others.
Rjet should be your last choice.
01-14-2013, 07:53 AM
#26
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2006
Position: E-190/175/170
Posts: 172
Also, the company is very good at passing costs on to crew members. When I say "costs," I include uncompensated time.
Examples:
-Sits while the company's low-rent vendors take 3+ hours to find you a hotel after a cancelation.
-"Superstorm Sandy" had many airlines canceling days in advance. Commuting crew members know the glut of problems and personal expense that a major storm can cause. Other airlines took care of their people and cancelled flights well ahead of time. Rjet? Nope. They required crew members to be in position and THEN cancelled the flights, leaving many crew members stranded in cities that they couldn't get out of AND in the middle of a major storm. Many crews only learned of their flights being canceled via the mainline partner's web site.
-Along the lines above, if your first flight of the day cancels or is seriously delayed, no one will let you know. You'll find out after you leave the comfort of your hotel room and arrive at the airport for your hours-long sit.
-Instead of hotels that have good, cheap food and entertainment options nearby, rjet throws you in hotels that are in the middle of nowhere, requiring that you eat at the expensive hotel restaurant, order delivery, or beg the hotel van for a ride somewhere.
-If you end up in an offline hotel, that hotel will ask you for your credit card for "incidentals."
-Breaking multi-day trips up via reassignment, leaving crew members in base for overnights. (i.e. pay for your own hotel)
-Scheduling of ridiculous double deadheads to encourage jumpseating or non-reving on other carriers for relocation on company business.
-Outstation basing that robs one of quality of life, causes chronic fatigue, and leaves you in cities for 24+ hours; making you available for reassignment. This is what rjet uses in lieu of junior manning or hot reserve. I'd submit that it's worse than either because crew members have to deal with on nearly every trip in the form of inefficient trips, long sits, early reports (0500) and late finishes (midnight). In fact, I'd say that outstation basing is biggest method that rjet uses to pass costs on to it's crew members.
-This is unrelated, but outstation basing has created several hundred "lifer" captains. As other companies start losing captains when the majors start hiring, rjet's upgrades will be much slower than the others.
Rjet should be your last choice.
Examples:
-Sits while the company's low-rent vendors take 3+ hours to find you a hotel after a cancelation.
-"Superstorm Sandy" had many airlines canceling days in advance. Commuting crew members know the glut of problems and personal expense that a major storm can cause. Other airlines took care of their people and cancelled flights well ahead of time. Rjet? Nope. They required crew members to be in position and THEN cancelled the flights, leaving many crew members stranded in cities that they couldn't get out of AND in the middle of a major storm. Many crews only learned of their flights being canceled via the mainline partner's web site.
-Along the lines above, if your first flight of the day cancels or is seriously delayed, no one will let you know. You'll find out after you leave the comfort of your hotel room and arrive at the airport for your hours-long sit.
-Instead of hotels that have good, cheap food and entertainment options nearby, rjet throws you in hotels that are in the middle of nowhere, requiring that you eat at the expensive hotel restaurant, order delivery, or beg the hotel van for a ride somewhere.
-If you end up in an offline hotel, that hotel will ask you for your credit card for "incidentals."
-Breaking multi-day trips up via reassignment, leaving crew members in base for overnights. (i.e. pay for your own hotel)
-Scheduling of ridiculous double deadheads to encourage jumpseating or non-reving on other carriers for relocation on company business.
-Outstation basing that robs one of quality of life, causes chronic fatigue, and leaves you in cities for 24+ hours; making you available for reassignment. This is what rjet uses in lieu of junior manning or hot reserve. I'd submit that it's worse than either because crew members have to deal with on nearly every trip in the form of inefficient trips, long sits, early reports (0500) and late finishes (midnight). In fact, I'd say that outstation basing is biggest method that rjet uses to pass costs on to it's crew members.
-This is unrelated, but outstation basing has created several hundred "lifer" captains. As other companies start losing captains when the majors start hiring, rjet's upgrades will be much slower than the others.
Rjet should be your last choice.
01-14-2013, 08:04 AM
#27
Underpaid...
Joined APC: Nov 2010
Position: French-Canadian
Posts: 2,101
Also, the company is very good at passing costs on to crew members. When I say "costs," I include uncompensated time.
Examples:
-Sits while the company's low-rent vendors take 3+ hours to find you a hotel after a cancelation.
-"Superstorm Sandy" had many airlines canceling days in advance. Commuting crew members know the glut of problems and personal expense that a major storm can cause. Other airlines took care of their people and cancelled flights well ahead of time. Rjet? Nope. They required crew members to be in position and THEN cancelled the flights, leaving many crew members stranded in cities that they couldn't get out of AND in the middle of a major storm. Many crews only learned of their flights being canceled via the mainline partner's web site.
-Along the lines above, if your first flight of the day cancels or is seriously delayed, no one will let you know. You'll find out after you leave the comfort of your hotel room and arrive at the airport for your hours-long sit.
-Instead of hotels that have good, cheap food and entertainment options nearby, rjet throws you in hotels that are in the middle of nowhere, requiring that you eat at the expensive hotel restaurant, order delivery, or beg the hotel van for a ride somewhere.
-If you end up in an offline hotel, that hotel will ask you for your credit card for "incidentals."
-Breaking multi-day trips up via reassignment, leaving crew members in base for overnights. (i.e. pay for your own hotel)
-Scheduling of ridiculous double deadheads to encourage jumpseating or non-reving on other carriers for relocation on company business.
-Outstation basing that robs one of quality of life, causes chronic fatigue, and leaves you in cities for 24+ hours; making you available for reassignment. This is what rjet uses in lieu of junior manning or hot reserve. I'd submit that it's worse than either because crew members have to deal with on nearly every trip in the form of inefficient trips, long sits, early reports (0500) and late finishes (midnight). In fact, I'd say that outstation basing is biggest method that rjet uses to pass costs on to it's crew members.
-This is unrelated, but outstation basing has created several hundred "lifer" captains. As other companies start losing captains when the majors start hiring, rjet's upgrades will be much slower than the others.
Rjet should be your last choice.
Examples:
-Sits while the company's low-rent vendors take 3+ hours to find you a hotel after a cancelation.
-"Superstorm Sandy" had many airlines canceling days in advance. Commuting crew members know the glut of problems and personal expense that a major storm can cause. Other airlines took care of their people and cancelled flights well ahead of time. Rjet? Nope. They required crew members to be in position and THEN cancelled the flights, leaving many crew members stranded in cities that they couldn't get out of AND in the middle of a major storm. Many crews only learned of their flights being canceled via the mainline partner's web site.
-Along the lines above, if your first flight of the day cancels or is seriously delayed, no one will let you know. You'll find out after you leave the comfort of your hotel room and arrive at the airport for your hours-long sit.
-Instead of hotels that have good, cheap food and entertainment options nearby, rjet throws you in hotels that are in the middle of nowhere, requiring that you eat at the expensive hotel restaurant, order delivery, or beg the hotel van for a ride somewhere.
-If you end up in an offline hotel, that hotel will ask you for your credit card for "incidentals."
-Breaking multi-day trips up via reassignment, leaving crew members in base for overnights. (i.e. pay for your own hotel)
-Scheduling of ridiculous double deadheads to encourage jumpseating or non-reving on other carriers for relocation on company business.
-Outstation basing that robs one of quality of life, causes chronic fatigue, and leaves you in cities for 24+ hours; making you available for reassignment. This is what rjet uses in lieu of junior manning or hot reserve. I'd submit that it's worse than either because crew members have to deal with on nearly every trip in the form of inefficient trips, long sits, early reports (0500) and late finishes (midnight). In fact, I'd say that outstation basing is biggest method that rjet uses to pass costs on to it's crew members.
-This is unrelated, but outstation basing has created several hundred "lifer" captains. As other companies start losing captains when the majors start hiring, rjet's upgrades will be much slower than the others.
Rjet should be your last choice.
01-14-2013, 01:36 PM
#30
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Joined APC: Jul 2011
Posts: 894
Also, the company is very good at passing costs on to crew members. When I say "costs," I include uncompensated time.
Examples:
-Sits while the company's low-rent vendors take 3+ hours to find you a hotel after a cancelation.
-"Superstorm Sandy" had many airlines canceling days in advance. Commuting crew members know the glut of problems and personal expense that a major storm can cause. Other airlines took care of their people and cancelled flights well ahead of time. Rjet? Nope. They required crew members to be in position and THEN cancelled the flights, leaving many crew members stranded in cities that they couldn't get out of AND in the middle of a major storm. Many crews only learned of their flights being canceled via the mainline partner's web site.
-Along the lines above, if your first flight of the day cancels or is seriously delayed, no one will let you know. You'll find out after you leave the comfort of your hotel room and arrive at the airport for your hours-long sit.
-Instead of hotels that have good, cheap food and entertainment options nearby, rjet throws you in hotels that are in the middle of nowhere, requiring that you eat at the expensive hotel restaurant, order delivery, or beg the hotel van for a ride somewhere.
-If you end up in an offline hotel, that hotel will ask you for your credit card for "incidentals."
-Breaking multi-day trips up via reassignment, leaving crew members in base for overnights. (i.e. pay for your own hotel)
-Scheduling of ridiculous double deadheads to encourage jumpseating or non-reving on other carriers for relocation on company business.
-Outstation basing that robs one of quality of life, causes chronic fatigue, and leaves you in cities for 24+ hours; making you available for reassignment. This is what rjet uses in lieu of junior manning or hot reserve. I'd submit that it's worse than either because crew members have to deal with on nearly every trip in the form of inefficient trips, long sits, early reports (0500) and late finishes (midnight). In fact, I'd say that outstation basing is biggest method that rjet uses to pass costs on to it's crew members.
-This is unrelated, but outstation basing has created several hundred "lifer" captains. As other companies start losing captains when the majors start hiring, rjet's upgrades will be much slower than the others.
Rjet should be your last choice.
Examples:
-Sits while the company's low-rent vendors take 3+ hours to find you a hotel after a cancelation.
-"Superstorm Sandy" had many airlines canceling days in advance. Commuting crew members know the glut of problems and personal expense that a major storm can cause. Other airlines took care of their people and cancelled flights well ahead of time. Rjet? Nope. They required crew members to be in position and THEN cancelled the flights, leaving many crew members stranded in cities that they couldn't get out of AND in the middle of a major storm. Many crews only learned of their flights being canceled via the mainline partner's web site.
-Along the lines above, if your first flight of the day cancels or is seriously delayed, no one will let you know. You'll find out after you leave the comfort of your hotel room and arrive at the airport for your hours-long sit.
-Instead of hotels that have good, cheap food and entertainment options nearby, rjet throws you in hotels that are in the middle of nowhere, requiring that you eat at the expensive hotel restaurant, order delivery, or beg the hotel van for a ride somewhere.
-If you end up in an offline hotel, that hotel will ask you for your credit card for "incidentals."
-Breaking multi-day trips up via reassignment, leaving crew members in base for overnights. (i.e. pay for your own hotel)
-Scheduling of ridiculous double deadheads to encourage jumpseating or non-reving on other carriers for relocation on company business.
-Outstation basing that robs one of quality of life, causes chronic fatigue, and leaves you in cities for 24+ hours; making you available for reassignment. This is what rjet uses in lieu of junior manning or hot reserve. I'd submit that it's worse than either because crew members have to deal with on nearly every trip in the form of inefficient trips, long sits, early reports (0500) and late finishes (midnight). In fact, I'd say that outstation basing is biggest method that rjet uses to pass costs on to it's crew members.
-This is unrelated, but outstation basing has created several hundred "lifer" captains. As other companies start losing captains when the majors start hiring, rjet's upgrades will be much slower than the others.
Rjet should be your last choice.
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