404yxl

The current upgrade time, for those currently upgrade, should never be used as what a new hire, hired today, will experience. The only time it would be the same is if that person upgrading, had standard attrition, stagnant fleet size and the new hire experiences the same thing.

Republic went through a growth phase and now is going through a contraction phase. That does not bode well for new hires. You basically have to absorb fleet losses to reach your upgrade. They also are trying to negotiate changes to how their mainline partners pay them so they can keep a reliable business. Look at what Expressjet (XJT) and Mesa went through in 2008-2009 and how that affected their fleet size and business model.

Compass had pilots upgrading right out of training in 2015, but that doesn't mean a new hire, hired today, will see that. They're looking at 2-4 years if nothing changes.

Endeavor and Envoy went through contraction phases the past few years and now will be going through more than average attrition due to their regional-mainline agreements and they look to be growing their fleets again. That means a new hire will experience something different in terms of upgrade time than someone hired in years past.

KCaviator

Doesn't Republic still have about 30 aircraft on order for United (even after the 24 that were cancelled)? Can anyone confirm/deny this?

KCaviator

There are April 2011 captain(s) in EWR, but I was just listing the DOH for the bases that were asked about.

TurbineTime

Confirmed.... Filler


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404yxl

Yes, but I would hardly say the 30 will be growth since they have spent the last 2 years parking airplanes or shrinking just to keep up with the pilot head counts. It would not surprise me one bit to see those get cancelled as well or other airplanes get parked or transferred to another carrier so they can staff those 30.

Republic has already had issues with staffing all of their new agreements unless they parked other airplanes or reduced the deal. Don't be shocked to see the rest of their new planes go through similar adjustments.

Flightcap

While I agree that this is possible, hiring at Republic went from stagnant to flourishing after the contract passed. Given time, staffing will be less of an issue. Funding that staffing may be the more interesting issue.

daOldMan

This will work IF Republic is able to renegotiate their contracts with the mainline partners so they can afford the new pilot pay contract. If not, it won't matter how many new hires they get.

404yxl

And their new pilot contract doesn't even compensate what will be needed to compete with the likes of what Endeavor offers right now. That and the attrition levels at Endeavor and Envoy will make Republic less appealing to new hires, furthering their need to increase their compensation levels to recruit new talent, and furthering their need to renegotiate with the mainline partners for even more money to make it happen.

SkyWago

Especially because AAG laughed the Rev out of the room now that all the WOs are inside the model they want with the 12/4 scales and similar pay throughout

Lunch Box

Check your PM.