Alaska Air Hiring
#6273
I call shenanigans! Many of the ex and current mil guys at Alaska are working their tails off for the pilot group. Don’t throw stones at these guys.
The short list of reasons why:
Until Delta put a base in SEA if you wanted to live in the PNW they were the only game in down in all the years where there were more pilots than jobs.
Contracts with a no strike clause and binding arbitration being the norm.
Infiltration of the Union leadership by management where once a Union leader sold the pilots on the TA and it passed, amazingly, they got a sweetheart job in management.
Kasher
A large contingent of PNW ex mil pilots with mil retirement that tend to not “buck the system”
My hot take anyway.
Until Delta put a base in SEA if you wanted to live in the PNW they were the only game in down in all the years where there were more pilots than jobs.
Contracts with a no strike clause and binding arbitration being the norm.
Infiltration of the Union leadership by management where once a Union leader sold the pilots on the TA and it passed, amazingly, they got a sweetheart job in management.
Kasher
A large contingent of PNW ex mil pilots with mil retirement that tend to not “buck the system”
My hot take anyway.
#6274
Not bad mouthing the ex military, I am one, but they come out of an environment where they are forbidden by law to form a union and retirees have both a CPI adjusted pension and Tricare coverage. Their experience and needs are often a little different than those who have come up through most regionals.
#6275
Blame doesn’t matter anyway. Here we are. Times have changed. Time for our contract to evolve as well.
#6276
Not bad mouthing the ex military, I am one, but they come out of an environment where they are forbidden by law to form a union and retirees have both a CPI adjusted pension and Tricare coverage. Their experience and needs are often a little different than those who have come up through most regionals.
#6277
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2016
Position: 737 tiller master
Posts: 288
I’m not here to turn this into a civ vs. mil ****ing contest so don’t get your panties in a wad. As a veteran myself, you have to admit that there are more than enough Uncle Sam’s yes men. Majority of those who elect to climb the corporate ladder tend to be spineless and lack integrity. Just look at the previous and current CPs, VPs, and Directors. When I was hired here, there were a lot more of them here in middle management and at the bowling alley. GT was a rare one and look where he ended up. It’s a given that veterans/mil retirees who receive government bennies have different needs than someone who doesn’t. FYI, veterans/mil retirees have earned every penny of those benefits. At the end of the day, each pilot will vote with their pockets. This mentality can perhaps change with union’s leadership. I’m cautiously optimistic.
#6278
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2013
Posts: 647
Mil, civilian, who cares - what matters is perspective. If Alaska is your first airline after leaving the military (or 135 or whatever), then there's a good chance you have a lot to learn about the industry. There's also a good chance that through no particular fault of your own you don't even know what kinds of work rules you are missing by working here, whereas the guys coming from previous airline jobs, or multiple previous airline jobs, know exactly what they're missing here. And that knowledge of the industry that extends outside of one's own airline is what gets us a contract that holds its own against the rest, and that effects all of us.
#6279
I’m not here to turn this into a civ vs. mil ****ing contest so don’t get your panties in a wad. As a veteran myself, you have to admit that there are more than enough Uncle Sam’s yes men. Majority of those who elect to climb the corporate ladder tend to be spineless and lack integrity. Just look at the previous and current CPs, VPs, and Directors.
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