There seems to be plenty of areas that are below him...most notably the general attitude towards the company and it's people. Be careful taking such advice from an obviously jaded source.

I know of at least one pilot hired last year who didn't have any ties to current/past employees, did not attend any job fair or hiring event and wasn't anything more on paper than a white male with industry average numbers and presented a good attitude. I wouldn't say that this is the recipe for getting hired at Alaska (or any other carrier), I'd say the times are different than that portrayed by the bitter off-topic ramblings of an out-to-sea former (or maybe fired) employee who thinks nepotism is isolated to one carrier.

Anything that you can do to differentiate yourself in a stack of resumes will improve chances of being visible but there are no guarantees. Hopefully people in the last round of interviews will post results their experiences to give a current perspective.

 

Heck no, there's nothing wrong with it. It seems like its a recent wrinkle in the hiring practice, though. Alaska likes to see community service on your resume. I assume court ordered community service would count against you, though.

Sorry to have angered the true believers when I opined that given today's hiring picture, Alaska would not have been high on my personal list. Your list may vary given your lifestyle, residence preference and/or career goals.

 

Dang it.

 

I'll admit it up front. I'm old school. I don't think HR has any business being involved in hiring pilots. What does a latte drinking, manicured, curly haired, big smile, perfect teeth and high pitched voiced, 20 something lady know about picking pilots? We (pilots) should be the only ones involved in picking other pilots that we are going to have to sit next two for days on end for the next 20 years.
Times change. My generation couldn't get a phone call without knowing somebody and then you had to prove that you were capable of a lunar landing on your NASA sim ride.
Today's generation has to show "community service". Nothing wrong with community service, except a guy with a wife and maybe a kid or two, earning $20,000 to $30,000 a year at some piece of work regional has got no time to go out and do community service. But... they do because the know it's part of the test now. Go find a soup kitchen, give them an afternoon, put it on your application and be done with it. Dumb... but no different then my generation that all went out and got our FE ticket, just because everybody else did it and we had to be competitive.
Play the game. Get the job. It's a very dumb process to have to endure, but the job is worth it.

 

Has anyone heard if there are going to be anymore invitations for interviews this spring? Thank you in advance!

 

Ipcunity, I really admire your focus! Despite all the mudslinging, you stay on point Thank You!

Having flown out of Beth-hell, where Alaska was our lifeline, I have nothing but good things to say about Alaska and I am looking forward to the updates.

 

I'm just trying to keep my ear close to the ground. I know Alaska would be a great fit for me. Let's hope they keep the door open!

 

From the recent VP fltops news letters..... the most recent class New hires came from "Horizon, Air Wis, Express Jet, ANG" the class before that, Horizon, Virgin Am, ExpJet, Empire, USMC. The one before that Jan or early Feb. ExpJet, Southern, USN, Endevor, and Pinnacle. There are some newbies getting LAX and SEA base. I recently rode in the J/S with an ANC F/O that had quit AA mainline last year to come to AS.

I don't know what the code is to get hired. I have recommended 2 very qualified people that have all the squares filled and they have not gotten an interview in the last 2 years.

 

Ref Community service at AS.
I asked one of the base chief pilots what they mean by community service for new hires. Could be anything from coaching kids teams, Scouting, Mowing the lawn of the old lady next door, mentoring, volunteering etc.

 

I've even heard they like to see leadership positions in ALPA. The bottom line is they want to hire interesting people with a story to tell.