Originally Posted by
Lanesuzza
Which route do you think would be the best avenue for pursuit of employment at Alaska? Flying a C208 part 135 in Alaska or a Regional Airline in the lower 48? I have 5700TT but minimal Turbine/Jet 200hrs. Furloughed back in 2006 from a regional after only 1 year.
I'd stay clear of the single engine C208 in AK if your goal is Alaska Airlines. I've heard straight from the System Chief Pilot's mouth that they care about twin turbine time. Whether it's in a 777 or a twin otter, it does not matter. Twin turbine is twin turbine to them. He went further to explain they don't care if it's in a 737 or not. He also iterated the importance of that twin-turbine time being multi-crew time.
I'd say RAVN/Corvus would be a good place to go for the short term, given your logbook/resume. They like twin turbine, multi crew AK time. Plus you could probably build some pretty good networking that way up in ANC.
my .02 worth. Good Luck Lane!