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Maintenance of Aircraft and Training
Using a combination of FAA certified maintenance vendors and our own personnel and facilities, we maintain our aircraft on
a scheduled and "as-needed" basis. We emphasize preventive maintenance and inspect our aircraft engines and airframes as required.
We have an agreement with Rolls-Royce to maintain the engines on our ERJ-145 family of regional jet aircraft through
November 2012, an agreement with Hamilton Sunstrand to maintain the auxiliary power units, or APUs, on our ERJ-145 family of
regional jets through August 2009, agreements with Honeywell to maintain the avionics on our ERJ-145 and ERJ-170 Embraer
regional jets, through December 2014, an agreement with Goodrich to maintain wheels and brakes on our ERJ-145 family of regional
jet aircraft through June 2014 and an agreement with GE Engine Services to maintain the engines on our ERJ-170 regional jets
through December 2014. Under these agreements, we are charged for covered services based on a fixed rate for each flight hour or
flight cycle accumulated by the engines or airframes in our service during a month. The rates are subject to annual revisions generally
based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' labor and material indices.
We believe these agreements, coupled with our ongoing maintenance program, reduces the likelihood of unexpected levels of
engine, APU and avionics maintenance expense during their term.
We have also developed an inventory of aircraft spare parts and have utilized a computerized tracking system to increase
maintenance efficiency and to avoid excess inventories of spare parts.
We perform our heavy and routine maintenance projects at our facilities in Indianapolis, Columbus, Louisville and Orlando,
and we perform routine maintenance services from select line maintenance stations.
All mechanics and avionics specialists employed by us have appropriate training and experience and hold required licenses
issued by the FAA. We provide periodic in-house and outside training for our maintenance and flight personnel and also take
advantage of manufacturer's training programs that are offered when acquiring new aircraft.
We have an agreement with FlightSafety International to provide for aircraft simulator training for all of our pilots. We have
no current plans to acquire our own simulator in the near term and believe that FlightSafety or other third party vendors will be able to
provide us with adequate and cost effective flight simulator training to implement our growth plans.
Employees
As of December 31, 2005, we employed approximately 3,060 full-time equivalent employees. The following is a table of our
principal collective bargaining agreements and their respective amendable dates as of December 31, 2005:
Employee Group
Approximate Number
of Full-Time
Equivalent Employees Representing Union Amendable Date
Pilots 1,300 International Brotherhood of Teamsters Airline
Division Local 747
October 2007
Flight Attendants 775 International Brotherhood of Teamsters Airline
Division Local 210
September 2009
Customer Service 200 International Brotherhood of Teamsters Airline
Division Local 135
December 2005
Dispatchers 60 Transport Workers Union of America Local 540 February 2007
As of December 31, 2005, we had approximately 425 maintenance technicians and other maintenance related personnel, who
are not currently represented by any union, and approximately 300 administration and support personnel. Because of the high level of
unionization among our employees we are subject to risks of work interruption or stoppage and/or the incurrence of additional
Source: REPUBLIC AIRWAYS HOLDINGS INC, 10-K, February 27, 2006 Powered by Morningstar® Document Research℠