Republic Airways reviews

The life of a Chautauqua Airlines pilot is one of super-long hours, extremely low pay, and very few days off. Flight crews have an extremely adversarial relationship with management and crew scheduling. Current upgrade time for our First Officers is estimated to be around 7 years. Chautauqua Airlines is a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings. All future growth in the company is centered around the airlines flying the "branded" (Frontier) side of the business. As Chautauqua's contracts expire, Chautauqua will fade away. The company is not making any credible efforts find new contracts for Chautauqua, or to extend the current ones. The future success of our company rides on the success of our newly-acquired Frontier Airlines. Our Republic Airways management has successfully scared away all of Frontier's former management that had experience running a branded, stand-alone airline. Now, a group of regional airline executives that have spent their careers negotiating fixed-fee regional contracts are in the driver's seat. I hope our CEO is as close to God as he would like us all to think.

Upper management on the maintenance side have absolutely no credentials other than hanging around for enough years to be promoted. No people, organization, or operations management skills are required or even encouraged. Individuals that screw up majorly are regularly rewarded with day shift positions or supervisor jobs. Wages are low, as it is a regional airline, and dedication is completely unappreciated. At regional pay rates everyone is disposable. It is truly sad, considering what is on the line every time a plane full of passengers takes off. Benefits are available but really expensive for the first couple of years. Dishonesty, collusion, discrimination, and just all around slimy individuals are the unfortunate norm. Most employees are constantly on the look out for a "better" job.