givin that mother D is comprised of Western and Northwest, far more Alaskans, Washingtonians, Oregonians and Californians work for Delta than for good old Alaskan

 

They make good beer!

GP

 

Unfortunately, no.

There's an airline that I want to end up at, sure. But I have apps in at other places as well. I don't know of many who have had the luxury of putting all of their eggs in one basket and getting hired there. I honestly don't know a ton about Alaska's company culture, but if it's so elitist as to "filter" out folks who are hoping to land here but have apps in at other places.....then maybe it's not the place for me. I'd like to fly for a living, and if that's not Alaska then I'm going to go fly somewhere. I'd expect anyone else to do the same. I'll keep my app alive here (whenever the window opens and I happen to hear about it) and hope that maybe one day I'll get the call.

 

Don't sweat having multiple apps in at other places. As long as you can articulate your reasons for wanting to be here, you should be fine.

Our app process is , bluntly, ridiculous. Every time they try to improve it they succeed in doing the opposite. Even the guys already here are frustrated with it. For now, it is what it is. Stay tuned in, make the next window, keep doing what you're doing.


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Rumor from the "water cooler" is that Alaska is suspending hiring for a bit.

 

This is the official memo from our system chief pilot:

"Update on the plan for the rest of this year.

Update on our pilot hiring efforts. Our projected outlook for hiring has changed slightly, it was recently adjusted down a bit from the original plan. This year we are continuing to offer training classes through September and plan on restarting our school house in December with classes continuing into the first quarter of 2016.

As many of you know, we have been actively interviewing this year; which has enabled us to build up a strong pool of candidates. This means we will be ready to go when we start our training back up in December. That being said we are going to take a momentary pause in our hiring efforts. Rest assured that the plan going forward includes more hiring as we continue to forecast growth and retirements."

 

Poop. Next time.

 

It's another way of saying, "We have chewed off more than we can handle and once we get our $hit together, we'll resume hiring once we figure out how to fend off corndog from trying to eat us. In the meantime, we will make sure that my golden parachute is packed properly."

 

I've heard from several friends who have attended multiple job fairs this year that Alaska keeps track of your attendance and likes to have logged your name at three different job fairs before they'll put your resume in the "good pile".

Anyone else hearing the same thing?

 

Ken,
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