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12-04-2018 | 12:43 PM

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ImperialxRat

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Originally Posted by So Piloty

Thank you. How many letters of recommendation did you bring? Did you only bring internal recs or also ones from other pilots?

I cannot quite remember how many I brought... I want to say three? I did not know anyone working at Alaska so mine were all external.

I did the rainier prep and it helped a lot.

12-04-2018 | 01:44 PM

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OCCP

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I wouldn’t waste money for Alaska interview prep. Save that for Delta or UAL.

12-04-2018 | 09:13 PM

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Mudhen200

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Originally Posted by OCCP

I wouldn’t waste money for Alaska interview prep. Save that for Delta or UAL.

If you are a young man with a whole career ahead of you, I agree. Spend 30 years at a real airline. Enjoy the life it has to offer.

If you need a job to finish out a few years or you want a second career late in life, then spend a few buck on prep. That way you might answer the 28 year old latte drinkin finger nail polished twitter posting bleach blonde HR lady according to her liking - and therefore be blessed with the 5th best 737 job in the USA.

12-05-2018 | 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Mudhen200

If you need a job to finish out a few years or you want a second career late in life, then spend a few buck on prep. That way you might answer the 28 year old latte drinkin finger nail polished twitter posting bleach blonde HR lady according to her liking - and therefore be blessed with the 5th best 737 job in the USA.

Even then, it may not help you.

After spending the money to prep for an interview with one of the big names (which ended up going badly - I blame pre-interview insomnia), I went into the interview with Virgin America (one month pre-SOC), ready to knock 'em dead. I thought it couldn't have gone much better. Their response was, "meh", or words to that effect. I thought I connected with the Alaska check airman in the interview. Couldn't really tell about the Virgin base CP. The HR girl was cold from the word go. My feeling is that she was the "no" vote.

Fortunately, ECC has a money-back guarantee. A year later and nothing on the horizon, I'm about ready to make them make good on it.

12-05-2018 | 11:46 AM

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silver fleet

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Originally Posted by Reactivity

The HR girl was cold from the word go. My feeling is that she was the "no" vote.

If her name rhymes with Sabrina; yeah, shes as cold as ice. Nothing pleasant about her in anyway. Shes stuck in her HR world.

12-05-2018 | 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by silver fleet

If her name rhymes with Sabrina; yeah, shes as cold as ice. Nothing pleasant about her in anyway. Shes stuck in her HR world.

I don't remember her name - it was one I'd never heard before - but that sounds about right.

Glad to know it wasn't just me.

12-05-2018 | 02:21 PM

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Shy, you are killing me here. My reaction was pretty much the same, but I was sitting on porcelain looking at my tablet.

12-06-2018 | 03:13 PM

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I never got the interview prep. It's all about you. It's about can one of our pilots stand to be in a space the size of a closet for 4 days with you. We're all pilots. If we can't fly, we'll be weeded put but usually at this point you know how to fly.

I had 7 or 8 stories I knew from heart that could be told to hundreds of different questions. I did fine. The guys that sounded like it was from memory. They sounded bad