Originally Posted by Reactivity

I spent several years chasing Alaska hither and yon, with loads more experience than the typical regional pilot, because I was told it would be points in my favor if I showed interest. Spent hours standing in line to talk to a recruiter for 5 minutes. Eventually got invited to a meet & greet after a couple years. Came out of that with a promise that I'd get a call in a few weeks. Then there was a general freakout over the Virgin America merger and all hiring stopped for six months. When they started hiring again, did they call those people they had promised to call six months earlier? No. They roundfiled that list and I got an email asking me to "please reapply", just like all of the previous years when they purged their application files and made everybody start over.

While on the jumpseat, an Alaska FO told me that despite multiple internal recommendations and a check airman bugging the chief pilot on a regular basis on his behalf, it took three years for him to get an interview at Alaska.

That's how much Alaska appreciates your effort to get their attention.

Good luck.