Originally Posted by
johnbass1
What I can tell you is a little over a year ago I was sitting next to a lady on a flight from Anchorage who was high up at Alaska in the HR department. I was discussing my son and submitting a application and she was adamant that the applicant have at least 1000 hour of 121 time. Now this may have changed, and maybe they make exceptions. But she made it very clear that without that number, that you would not be considered. Best of luck to you
When ExpressJet closed their doors I got my buddy a meet and greet with an Alaska chief pilot... and he told my buddy that they really wanted 1000TPIC to be competitive. My friend had 9000TT and was an ERJ145 CA, but did not have 1000TPIC. He didn't get offered an interview and went to Spirit and now is at United.
My training event less than a year after that, I was transitioning from Airbus to Boeing and was paired with a new hire who had zero 121 time, very low multi time, and his turbine time was in a Caravan.
I don't know what my point is, other than that sometimes things here make zero sense and it's a pain to get through to people when every person involved in hiring is looking for something different. To the Alaska guy with 2500TT, reach back out to your contacts and gently remind them you're still interested. 121 time is not a requirement to work here... plenty of people have come straight from military, corporate, charter, fractional, etc.