Brett Snyder (aka The Cranky Flier) interviewed Bryan Bedford last week regarding Republic's strategy for the branded operations.
A link to part 1 of the interview is below:
http://crankyflier.com/2010/05/17/ac...bryan-bedford/
Some interesting comments relating to Midwest (it was a huge mistake for them to drop MKE-West Coast flying in Bedford's opinion) and results from the recent expansion (DEN-LGB is performing the worst, BKG is one of the best).