Originally Posted by
2loud
The biggest challenge is to convince the hiring board that this is the only place that you want to work even though the pay and bennies are no where near the big three & SWA. Alaskan has always been paranoid of pilots leaving for greener pastures and its inferiority complex is ever growing in the current environment for obvious reasons-just fact.
Exactly. If they suspect AT ALL you'd leave for another airline you're done. There's something in the Water in Seattle and its concentrated at Alaskan Airways. These people take any suggestion, no matter how slight or implicit, that The Pacific Northwest is NOT the greatest, most magically special place in the universe *PERSONALLY*. It's As if you've insulted their mothers. It's a crazy big inferiority complex and its roots are in Seattle, it's so prevalent at Alaska Airlines because it's owned and operated by Seattleites.
If you don't absolutely gush over your unabated love of ALL THINGS Northwest in your interview they'll be personally insulted. Again, PERSONALLY Insulted. It's the craziest most immature thing you'll ever witness at a major airline and its 100% true. Trust me.