Alaska Air Hiring
09-17-2018, 07:23 PM
#3521
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2018
Posts: 247
Thanks for the responses. It's always tough to gauge from the outside looking in, but it sounds pretty rough at AS at the moment. I hope things change for the better for you all soon. Yes, I have grown pretty comfortable here...decent money, driving to work, 15-16 off a month, and some leverage since we are feeling the effects of the pilot shortage at the regional level. I can't complain. I suppose I'll continue waiting for the legacies or SWA to call. Thanks again.
09-18-2018, 08:54 AM
#3522
On Reserve
Joined APC: Apr 2008
Posts: 16
I received an email reply from the Alaska Hiring board saying that I checked “no” on my High School graduation... I graduated and can not imagine how I could have made that mistake.
09-18-2018, 09:25 AM
#3523
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Joined APC: Jun 2006
Position: Left, right & center
Posts: 830
You and several other people, apparently. You'd think they would start to get the idea that something is wrong.
09-18-2018, 10:23 AM
#3525
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2014
Position: Captain B-737
Posts: 290
I’d suggest you go find another job, but I suspect you and I both know you’re never going to be offered one. Maybe get a life and the possibility of broader concerns? Spewing hate all day at an entity that literally doesn’t give a flying f*ck what you think seems like a huge waste of life and happiness.
09-18-2018, 12:29 PM
#3527
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Joined APC: May 2015
Posts: 173
09-18-2018, 06:46 PM
#3528
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2006
Position: Left, right & center
Posts: 830
They'll tell you that you don't need 121 time to get hired. But then one of the first questions a recruiter will ask you is, "So, do you have any 121 time?"
I know of people who have been hired without 121 time. One of them had a personal connection to the system chief pilot. The other lived in Anchorage.
Most of my career has been in 135. I have a couple thousand hours of multiengine jet PIC time including 17 years of flying in and around Southeast Alaska. I've been applying to Alaska continuously since at least 2012. I've been to the various recruiting events. The first time I made any headway with them was the first time I reapplied (which happens on a roughly annual basis) after getting a 121 job and stopped going to the recruiting events.
You do the math.
I know of people who have been hired without 121 time. One of them had a personal connection to the system chief pilot. The other lived in Anchorage.
Most of my career has been in 135. I have a couple thousand hours of multiengine jet PIC time including 17 years of flying in and around Southeast Alaska. I've been applying to Alaska continuously since at least 2012. I've been to the various recruiting events. The first time I made any headway with them was the first time I reapplied (which happens on a roughly annual basis) after getting a 121 job and stopped going to the recruiting events.
You do the math.
09-18-2018, 06:52 PM
#3529
On Reserve
Joined APC: Nov 2010
Posts: 22
My class about a year ago had three people with only 135 experience including myself. It was a class of 12. If you put in the work at job fairs and you have PIC Jet time, I think your chances are still fairly good.
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09-19-2018, 06:21 AM
#3530
Line Holder
Joined APC: Dec 2008
Posts: 70
I would. Anyone defending Alaska has their head in the sand. Every American, Delta, Southwest, United guy I have in my jumpseat is happy. Almost everyone at our company isn’t. It’s real simple.
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