Alaska Air Hiring
12-11-2017, 10:00 AM
#2681
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Joined APC: Dec 2007
Posts: 790
Originally Posted by Reactivity
I'm pushing 50 and should be in a bigger hurry than anyone to get to wherever I'm finally going to land. But if there is anything I've learned in the four years I've been applying to Alaska and doing all of those things that are supposed to get you hired, it is that it simply doesn't pay to get in a hurry with this company. You can have multiple ins and it can still take years to get a call, if the call ever comes at all.
Just chill. You will live happier.
Just chill. You will live happier.
- why havent you upgraded yet? (Clueless about 2008)
- dont even bother applying without ay least 1000 tpic.
Now, all the people that started 10-15 years after me are employed by Alaska. I dont think alaska likes our age group
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12-11-2017, 12:40 PM
#2682
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Joined APC: Jun 2006
Position: Left, right & center
Posts: 772
Originally Posted by seattlepilot
I dont think alaska likes our age group
Some people just don't do the airline-style interview well. I'm one of them.
12-12-2017, 03:12 AM
#2683
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Joined APC: Feb 2013
Position: Port Bus
Posts: 725
Originally Posted by Reactivity
I don't think that's the case. There are plenty of 50ish getting hired there. I personally know a guy around that age who just recently finished training at Virgin America. There were a few in the group I interviewed with this past week for Virgin America. I don't know whether they got an offer or not. I did not.
Some people just don't do the airline-style interview well. I'm one of them.
Some people just don't do the airline-style interview well. I'm one of them.
12-12-2017, 05:09 AM
#2684
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Originally Posted by Pogey Bait
Go and get some help with that through one of the interview prep company’s out there.
12-12-2017, 05:40 AM
#2685
Sitting and scratching...
Joined APC: Sep 2012
Position: Upright
Posts: 371
Originally Posted by Reactivity
Heh. I did. I’ve never felt so well-prepared for an interview, and I actually thought it went well.
The new HR model is extremely frustrating in regards to perception of our profession and it’s roadblocks of the last decade, hang in there.....
12-12-2017, 10:54 AM
#2686
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Posts: 1,282
Originally Posted by seattlepilot
I am in thr same age group. For last 5 years i have been applying i have been hearing :
- why havent you upgraded yet? (Clueless about 2008)
- dont even bother applying without ay least 1000 tpic.
Now, all the people that started 10-15 years after me are employed by Alaska. I dont think alaska likes our age group
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- why havent you upgraded yet? (Clueless about 2008)
- dont even bother applying without ay least 1000 tpic.
Now, all the people that started 10-15 years after me are employed by Alaska. I dont think alaska likes our age group
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I came from corporate / charter and whenever I would talk to the Big 3 they would ask me if I have considered working for Skywest because they really like hiring Skywest pilots. I had spent 3 years at ExpressJet previously, so had regional experience and was a light jet Captain in Part 91 and 135... it is what it is. Alaska was the only airline that saw my corporate and charter experience as a positive - good customer service skills.
Anyway, that was a tangent I didn't mean to go down... it's frustrating to try and see what these companies are looking for, but in my new hire class at Alaska we had two people over 50 years old and two people in their late 40's, so don't give up hope yet.
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