Alaska Air Hiring
03-06-2018, 09:44 AM
#3041
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Hiring...
Originally Posted by ForeverJunior
The ANC BCP sent out a message yesterday about hiring.
Basically, he stated that ALK is going to show its first Q1 loss in 7 years. Management has decided to push certain costs down the road and slow growth by 4% for the year. This means that the aggressive hiring at the start of this year has already put us at the new goal. So, the decision has been made to suspend recruiting events and interviews until further notice... potentially for the rest of 2018. He said that he is going to hold off on meet & greets. He finished his E-Mail by saying that 9 pilots have resigned so far this year.
It would be nice for all the pilot group to get a memo on the pilot web page about the state of hiring.
Anyway, I've seen this movie before. They slow down / stop hiring and then it comes back to bite them in the a$$ later. Just watch. It will happen.
Basically, he stated that ALK is going to show its first Q1 loss in 7 years. Management has decided to push certain costs down the road and slow growth by 4% for the year. This means that the aggressive hiring at the start of this year has already put us at the new goal. So, the decision has been made to suspend recruiting events and interviews until further notice... potentially for the rest of 2018. He said that he is going to hold off on meet & greets. He finished his E-Mail by saying that 9 pilots have resigned so far this year.
It would be nice for all the pilot group to get a memo on the pilot web page about the state of hiring.
Anyway, I've seen this movie before. They slow down / stop hiring and then it comes back to bite them in the a$$ later. Just watch. It will happen.
03-06-2018, 09:50 AM
#3042
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Originally Posted by ForeverJunior
The ANC BCP sent out a message yesterday about hiring.
Basically, he stated that ALK is going to show its first Q1 loss in 7 years. Management has decided to push certain costs down the road and slow growth by 4% for the year. This means that the aggressive hiring at the start of this year has already put us at the new goal. So, the decision has been made to suspend recruiting events and interviews until further notice... potentially for the rest of 2018. He said that he is going to hold off on meet & greets. He finished his E-Mail by saying that 9 pilots have resigned so far this year.
It would be nice for all the pilot group to get a memo on the pilot web page about the state of hiring.
Anyway, I've seen this movie before. They slow down / stop hiring and then it comes back to bite them in the a$$ later. Just watch. It will happen.
Basically, he stated that ALK is going to show its first Q1 loss in 7 years. Management has decided to push certain costs down the road and slow growth by 4% for the year. This means that the aggressive hiring at the start of this year has already put us at the new goal. So, the decision has been made to suspend recruiting events and interviews until further notice... potentially for the rest of 2018. He said that he is going to hold off on meet & greets. He finished his E-Mail by saying that 9 pilots have resigned so far this year.
It would be nice for all the pilot group to get a memo on the pilot web page about the state of hiring.
Anyway, I've seen this movie before. They slow down / stop hiring and then it comes back to bite them in the a$$ later. Just watch. It will happen.
03-06-2018, 10:41 AM
#3043
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Joined APC: Jun 2016
Posts: 237
Seems like a repeat of last year. Got hired in February and was told to expect a class 4 weeks later. After a couple more rounds of interviews they stopped classes and suspended recruiting and hiring. Then in July they freaked out and said "GO!" and things picked back up. Not saying this will happen again this year but it sounds familiar. I'm thinking 2018 will be a very slow hiring year vs last year.
03-06-2018, 11:11 AM
#3044
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Joined APC: Dec 2017
Posts: 218
Originally Posted by ForeverJunior
The ANC BCP sent out a message yesterday about hiring.
Basically, he stated that ALK is going to show its first Q1 loss in 7 years. Management has decided to push certain costs down the road and slow growth by 4% for the year. This means that the aggressive hiring at the start of this year has already put us at the new goal. So, the decision has been made to suspend recruiting events and interviews until further notice... potentially for the rest of 2018. He said that he is going to hold off on meet & greets. He finished his E-Mail by saying that 9 pilots have resigned so far this year.
It would be nice for all the pilot group to get a memo on the pilot web page about the state of hiring.
Anyway, I've seen this movie before. They slow down / stop hiring and then it comes back to bite them in the a$$ later. Just watch. It will happen.
Basically, he stated that ALK is going to show its first Q1 loss in 7 years. Management has decided to push certain costs down the road and slow growth by 4% for the year. This means that the aggressive hiring at the start of this year has already put us at the new goal. So, the decision has been made to suspend recruiting events and interviews until further notice... potentially for the rest of 2018. He said that he is going to hold off on meet & greets. He finished his E-Mail by saying that 9 pilots have resigned so far this year.
It would be nice for all the pilot group to get a memo on the pilot web page about the state of hiring.
Anyway, I've seen this movie before. They slow down / stop hiring and then it comes back to bite them in the a$$ later. Just watch. It will happen.
03-06-2018, 11:47 AM
#3046
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Posts: 725
Originally Posted by flysnoopy76
Any guesses on how long it takes them to start discussing furloughs, you know so we can “win together”.
03-06-2018, 01:19 PM
#3047
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Posts: 81
This is my worst fear. How real of a possibility are furloughs?
What an absolute embarrassment would be if we furloughed while everyone else is hiring as many as possible. I wonder how deep the furlough percentage would cut?
What an absolute embarrassment would be if we furloughed while everyone else is hiring as many as possible. I wonder how deep the furlough percentage would cut?
Originally Posted by flysnoopy76
Any guesses on how long it takes them to start discussing furloughs, you know so we can “win together”.
03-06-2018, 01:34 PM
#3048
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Originally Posted by BiloxiJack
This is my worst fear. How real of a possibility are furloughs?
What an absolute embarrassment would be if we furloughed while everyone else is hiring as many as possible. I wonder how deep the furlough percentage would cut?
What an absolute embarrassment would be if we furloughed while everyone else is hiring as many as possible. I wonder how deep the furlough percentage would cut?
03-06-2018, 01:52 PM
#3049
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Originally Posted by echelon
Well we're only a month or two past when they were offering and encouraging us to take "voluntary LOA's (with no benefits, of course)." Since those were such a ###tty deal that may as well have been considered a voluntary furlough.
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