Originally Posted by Bannerpilot24

I was actually asking because I have an interview scheduled in 2 weeks and my friend just scheduled his but they didn’t have any spots for him until April so that seems like they’re interviewing quite a few pilots in between mine and his. I would take either plane, the Q seems more fun to fly actually, but getting any base besides SEA is a deal breaker for me right now (new baby, I can’t commute right now, especially while on reserve). I was told it could take a few months to get SEA in the Q. With more jets on order and Alaska classes started back up how is it that everybody they hire for the next 11 months will go to the Q? Why all the sudden do they need a bunch of Q pilots?