Originally Posted by
Packrat
Better start looking elsewhere. Nepotism is the way of life at AS. I was once told that the CP had 320 resumes on his desk that were relatives/friends of the "golden boys".
Cliques are the order of the day at AS whether its to get someone hired or to get a job in the Training Department. Qualifications be danged. As far as instructor positions go, you have to know someone to get in and any one IP can blackball you.
The current CP personally told me the story about how it happened to him.
If I had it to do all over again in the current hiring environment, AS would be WAY down the list.
This is mostly a line of BS. Do they give interviews to "Capt Kids", yes they do. One even got two interviews! That being said, I know of several people who have been hired that were not in this group. Some had letters of rec from Alaska pilots and some did not. One didn't know a soul. HR runs the show and even the CPs said they can't crack the "crystal ball" up there. To be honest, the CP had over 1200 applications from all the pilots at Alaska. So 320 were from the "golden children". Is the CP supposed to not allow them? Did they all get hired?
As for IPs, that probably rings true no matter where you go. Do training depts hire IPs that they don't know? In addition, maybe the black-balling is a good thing to keep the bad ones out. I don't know but you sound pretty bitter.
If you want to get upset, get upset at the panty-waist Alaska pilot group and our weak union. I don't get upset one bit from the stuff the company does. It's like getting mad at a snake for eating your pet rabbit. It's what they do. I get upset with our pilot group who are just like all the other idiots in our profession.....always out for #1 and self-absorbed with short-term gain. I'm afraid if you go somewhere else, you will find the same thing and continued unhappiness. Embrace the suck and move on.