I like to see that article, LOL. Simply not true. As of now if you are hired after April of 2024, and you apply, interview and are accepted, you require 1600 PIC to be eligible to be assigned a class date at Alaska. For people hired before April 2024, it is 6 months as a captain to be added to the list. Last I checked the list is over 150 pilots long. You are "awared" a class date on company seniority, and it is entirely up to mainline to decide how many grunts they call up. There is no requirement to take any pilots from that list when they are hiring.

If youre looking to go to Alaska, it's widely said to not come to Horizon. While the regional is essentially the same culture as mainline, and operates basically the exact same way (training culture, people culture, pay, HR, ect ect), you will be sitting on the "pathways" list for a long, long time. Alaska isn't hiring, and when they do they typically pull about 10-30% of their classes from the "pathways" list. Its not the best deal for a wholly owned regional, hence "pathways" in quotes.