Originally Posted by
C340
Speaking for us lazy spoiled dumb kids who apparently don’t know anything just because we don’t have an ATP (but might have multiple type ratings and years of experience in challengers/hawkers/citations/CJs - toy airplanes)…we appreciate your perspective on this. Thanks for taking that stance.
Apparently sharing honest feedback isn’t welcome around here, even when acknowledging how good we have it. I guess it would be better if no one said anything and Alaska sits there wondering why they have recruiting and attrition problems.
I am assuming you are coming from a corporate background with those type ratings. The airlines normally seem to take their time with corporate guys. It took them a while to get in touch with me coming from a corporate background and I feel like I am fairly experience compared to most other applicants. Even so, it took a couple months to hear back. Coming from the corporate world, I think it is almost a requirement to have the ATP (Not written) to set yourself apart.
One of the number one things I have heard about the current hiring climate is people think the job is theirs and are not properly preparing because of the hiring climate. If you do not get a call back from an airline, with your years of experience, there are multiple corporate operators hiring straight into the left seat. When I started looking around, I was offered some very good jobs directly into the left seat for an aircraft I was not typed in.
If you don’t mind me asking, what is your total time and turbine PIC time? I think those are big factors when applying for job with large airlines coming from the corporate world.