-Wanted to be in PNW.
-Severe customer loyalty.
-Care for customers and they treat them well. At least the people that work here really tend to try. Even the CSAs, which I wasn’t used to having worked in another major’s system for a regional. I like being part of a team that cares about people. I also like that I can be proud of the product... mostly. I’ve never heard a customer say “I hate Alaska!” When people find out I work for them it’s usually - “oh I flew them once! it was really nice!” That makes me feel proud and appreciative of the people I work with daily.
-Company makes money and is financially conservative.
-how they’ve held up against the competition.
-everyone I met that worked for Alaska liked it - pilots, FAs, HR, etc. I sat in a chiefs office before I was hired and pilots kept coming in just to say “hey.” And the chief said his job was just to try and enable the pilots to do theirs. I thought it would be a cool environment in which to work.
-I can’t say I’ve flown with anyone I didn’t like and from what I hear its very rare.
These were my reasons. Some still apply, some clearly don’t. Hopefully this helps!