I thought he was talking about when Alaska would call asking you to take a job with Horizon.

 

Throw enough spaghetti against the wall and it sticks. Can’t blame the air group really.


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Reminds me of an interview date back in the 2000 hiring frenzy. AA and American Eagle were both interviewing and hiring quickly trying to fill classes months in advance. I was on the van over to corporate for my interview when I struck up a conversation with a young lady dressed to the nines who said she was on her way to interview as well for an FA position. Young and eager, she was super excited. As we pulled up I asked her was she there for AA or for an Eagle interview and she said, " Oh....I don't know....is there a difference?" They were opening the door to the van and I said, "yes, big difference, don't have the time to go into the differences now, but trust me if they offer you the choice, your answer is AA"

During the AA interview they would often ask, "would you accept a position at Eagle if you weren't successful in the AA hiring process?" The word on the street at the time was to politely decline, otherwise that's where you'd go.

 

The insane thing about this industry is, that the 2000 hire at Eagle probably had a better income and job stability than the 2000 hire at AA.

 

Is this still a thing? I was asked if I needed a nicotine test along with my standard drug test the other day as a new hire, to which I responded that I hadn’t been informed about that.

 

Buddies app was rejected because he said he did smoke on the app.

I was tested for nicotine with a mouth swab at the interview 2018.

I think it’s a health insurance thing?


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I only had to do the regular urinalysis, so unless it’s worked into that, I doubt I was actually screened for it. The official form states what was tested for and nicotine was not on the list.

 

Don't use Bidpairings, it's a $7-10 per month subscription and the guy that owns and profits from it and our line bidding misery is on the ALPA scheduling committee. I'm told he is a stand up guy and that I don't question but ask yourself when there is a way better bidding system out there that we should be using to get our QOL back, do you think he'll be in our court when he stands to lose $100-200,000 a year?

BIDSMART.US does the same thing for free and all that Alaska pilot asks for is, if you feel like it go ahead and donate to a worthy charity, NOW THAT'S A STAND-UP GUY!

 

I had no idea this existed. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.


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If it's anything like our bidding system then there is a ruler and pencil envolved followed buy a recall email and at least one do over.