Alaska Air Hiring
01-23-2016, 08:44 PM
#1321
New boss = Old boss
Joined APC: Mar 2005
Position: Ca B737
Posts: 2,762
Originally Posted by 2loud
Only if you absolutely want/have to live in the PNW. That's about the only thing.....pilot domicile. What other QOL are you talking about? We fly a ton of all nighters, one of the lowest paid, 401k is mediocre, junior pairings are inefficient, trip trading is non existent, weakest pilot group in the industry, PBS on the way, but what could go wrong?
01-23-2016, 09:39 PM
#1322
Banned
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Position: 7th green
Posts: 4,378
Originally Posted by 2loud
Only if you absolutely want/have to live in the PNW. That's about the only thing.....pilot domicile. What other QOL are you talking about?
If greed drives you, then go for it. Its nice to know there are some folks (I personally know several) who put the people they love ahead of the Benjamins.
01-23-2016, 09:48 PM
#1323
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2013
Position: Q400, B-737
Posts: 324
In the PNW since the mid -90's. Gotta house, a mortgage, a wife with twenty years at her current job...
I like it out here. If I were a young buck with a fresh housewife and some ambition, sure, I'd strike out for the big three. But I'm not willing to put up with that sh*t anymore. I've passed the tipping point where QOL is more important than the W-2.
AS/QX may be small time for you younger, adventurous types, but it's a good fit for me and a lot of other guys. We'll try to make it a better place, if mgmnt. doesn't succeed in killing us in the meantime....
I like it out here. If I were a young buck with a fresh housewife and some ambition, sure, I'd strike out for the big three. But I'm not willing to put up with that sh*t anymore. I've passed the tipping point where QOL is more important than the W-2.
AS/QX may be small time for you younger, adventurous types, but it's a good fit for me and a lot of other guys. We'll try to make it a better place, if mgmnt. doesn't succeed in killing us in the meantime....
01-23-2016, 09:49 PM
#1324
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2009
Posts: 396
Originally Posted by mike734
Your attitude sucks. I wonder how you made it through the interview?I hope you can fool the next guys. I'm sure you'll be much happier anywhere else. Please proceed without delay.
Mike, you are so predictable. You must've been a union volunteer. Two favorite phrases from you WDs: "If you don't like it, why don't you leave?" and "If you don't like it, why don't you volunteer?". You must've been one of those wimpy kids as a child who just grabbed your ball and cried home. Your avatar should be replaced with a vagina.
01-23-2016, 11:03 PM
#1326
New boss = Old boss
Joined APC: Mar 2005
Position: Ca B737
Posts: 2,762
Originally Posted by 2loud
It is what it is. Just calling it the way I see it.
Mike, you are so predictable. You must've been a union volunteer. Two favorite phrases from you WDs: "If you don't like it, why don't you leave?" and "If you don't like it, why don't you volunteer?". You must've been one of those wimpy kids as a child who just grabbed your ball and cried home. Your avatar should be replaced with a vagina.
Mike, you are so predictable. You must've been a union volunteer. Two favorite phrases from you WDs: "If you don't like it, why don't you leave?" and "If you don't like it, why don't you volunteer?". You must've been one of those wimpy kids as a child who just grabbed your ball and cried home. Your avatar should be replaced with a vagina.
01-24-2016, 01:12 AM
#1327
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2012
Posts: 173
I always find it amazing how vehemently some guys will stand up for a corporation that doesn't give a sh$t about them. We have this same problem at NK.
It's ok to admit that _______ is currently a better/more favorable/higher paying place to work. That's how we raise the bar.
It's ok to admit that _______ is currently a better/more favorable/higher paying place to work. That's how we raise the bar.
01-24-2016, 01:37 AM
#1328
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2012
Posts: 173
Originally Posted by Packrat
There are plenty of people who, for a variety of reasons (mostly family) are tied to their domicile. I salute them for putting their families first and not chasing the almighty buck.
If greed drives you, then go for it. Its nice to know there are some folks (I personally know several) who put the people they love ahead of the Benjamins.
If greed drives you, then go for it. Its nice to know there are some folks (I personally know several) who put the people they love ahead of the Benjamins.
01-24-2016, 03:44 AM
#1329
Banned
Joined APC: Jan 2016
Posts: 212
Originally Posted by Packrat
There are plenty of people who, for a variety of reasons (mostly family) are tied to their domicile. I salute them for putting their families first and not chasing the almighty buck.
If greed drives you, then go for it. Its nice to know there are some folks (I personally know several) who put the people they love ahead of the Benjamins.
If greed drives you, then go for it. Its nice to know there are some folks (I personally know several) who put the people they love ahead of the Benjamins.
Laughable
01-24-2016, 07:43 AM
#1330
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2014
Position: Captain B-737
Posts: 290
I came to Alaska because at the time, there was no other choice. I stayed after the Kasher slaughter because again, there was no other choice. No one was hiring...quite the opposite actually. Now that the big three are hiring like crazy? Alaska wouldn't even be on my radar if I was a young guy looking to make the jump up. It's a decent place to work,(only because I'm very senior and TOS) but our contracts will ALWAYS be sub standard. It's in the very DNA of this airlines culture that we be paid less than the big three. You'd think that we could at least be on par for domestic narrow body as that's all we fly but again, you'd be wrong. We MUST be paid less. That's the "Alaska way". It won't ever change. Just know that if you're hired here and decide to stay.
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