Alaska Air Hiring
07-12-2019, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by SaturnV
LGB has been going to the last few classes of new hires but I agree it’s effectively little to no movement unless JetBlue announces some master west coast plan or a merger with AS down the road.
That being said, I wouldn’t not apply to JB because of the slow LGB movement. There are only about 8 large pax/cargo airlines (Alaska & JB are two of them) out there that will allow you to earn $170-200k/year after 3-5 years on property in the right seat. Why limit yourself over geography when there are so few “desirable” jobs? You can always leave IF your hometown/coast airline calls. But there is no gurantee even 1 of the 8 will call. If your current job is paying $180k/year and depositing 16% of your earnings into your 401k every two weeks and paying out 2-15% in profit sharing then sure, sit on the side line and narrow your choices down to 4 or 5 out of the 8. But if you are at a regional with no flow or the like with no defined career progression, keep the apps out everywhere I say.
Just my 2 cents.
Edit: you may not be advocating for someone in general not to apply because of slow LGB movement but rather just stating the personal choice you made. My 2 cents is food for thought for those who may currently be on the fence about applying.
That being said, I wouldn’t not apply to JB because of the slow LGB movement. There are only about 8 large pax/cargo airlines (Alaska & JB are two of them) out there that will allow you to earn $170-200k/year after 3-5 years on property in the right seat. Why limit yourself over geography when there are so few “desirable” jobs? You can always leave IF your hometown/coast airline calls. But there is no gurantee even 1 of the 8 will call. If your current job is paying $180k/year and depositing 16% of your earnings into your 401k every two weeks and paying out 2-15% in profit sharing then sure, sit on the side line and narrow your choices down to 4 or 5 out of the 8. But if you are at a regional with no flow or the like with no defined career progression, keep the apps out everywhere I say.
Just my 2 cents.
Edit: you may not be advocating for someone in general not to apply because of slow LGB movement but rather just stating the personal choice you made. My 2 cents is food for thought for those who may currently be on the fence about applying.
If you can move East it would be a very good career.
If they merge, you could get lucky. Not unrealistic.
Better than a West coast regional? Too risky for me, but I'm anchored on the west coast.
Just wanted to make sure I didn’t miss it. I would hate to have to explain a ticket after the fact.
07-18-2019, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Jet J
Does anyone have any suggestions on a good interview prep service to use for the Alaska interview?
07-18-2019, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Jet J
Does anyone have any suggestions on a good interview prep service to use for the Alaska interview?
07-19-2019, 01:52 PM
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Interview format
Is anyone hired over the last year or so able to share some interview information? Is it primarily HR questions these days? I’ll
Continue to scour the various threads for relatively current thoughts but would greatly appreciate anything you’d be willing to share with the masses. Thanks in advance.
Continue to scour the various threads for relatively current thoughts but would greatly appreciate anything you’d be willing to share with the masses. Thanks in advance.
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