I work there... we just started operational use of CASS and are expanding our jumpseat agreements, currently we have Delta, NWA, Alaska, Southwest and a few others, though those have always been sufficient to get me from point A to point B. Last I heard Chief Pilot was looking at Resumes for 1900 FOs, attrition will go up in the spring and we're already short in both ANC and FAI bases. As an FO you can expect to earn between 27K/year and 40K/year. Also, part of the reason that many operators want to see some sort of Alaska time is because things run very differently here than they do in the lower 48. I average about 120 hours/month, best month was 163, worst was 70.

The "prevention of CASS" reason stated earlier was because of a constantly paranoid "axe-man" of a GM, who is no longer with the company.