Originally Posted by
Carlsbad
Since I'm on a post about Alaska. What is up with Alaska pilots? Whenever I meet a new one it's always the same. They tell me how much they love working for Alaska and about how hard it is to get hired there. Always basically the same two things.
It's definitely not the kool-aid...most pilots don't look at the middle management and think it is different at AS versus other carriers.
For ANC/SEA/PDX bases, it's the opportunity for pilots to live in a geographic region that is desirable to them while working for an operation that has a lot of predictibilty and relative stability. LAX pilots get a lot of consistency too but generally not the happy predictibilty as the other bases. I'd say that most LAX pilots would leave AS for higher pay and better diversity of flying if they could be guaranteed to remain in LAX without a huge disruption in relative seniority.
I'd say Alaska is no more a stepping stone than any other carrier. While swinging thru the airline hiring jungle, it's safer to be holding any vine even when your ambition is to swing somewhere else.