I currently work for a 135 in AK flying twin turbine PIC. Ive had an app in since mid summer 2023. I attended the Seattle MTC in August and I thought it went good. I recently met with ANC chief this fall and thought it went extremly well. I was told - I would be a great fit, going to put a good word in for me, given a business card, and told to contact if I havent heard anyhting by January. I genuinely enjoyed the interaction and we talked for probably 40 minutes. Ive read through several forums and in regard to the Seattle MTC this past August in particular, I noticed that some particpants received a recomendation for interview, and actually did get an interview sometime after. I did not... and I wasn't really expecting some sort of recomendation or anything but meerely an opportunity to demonstate my seriousness about joining the Alaska team. Now I guess my question(s) are - Is a lack of recomendation after a large MTC event an indication of disinterst and time to start looking at other options? Ive read scenarios where qualified people wait and wait and never receive a call and at what point should someone quit holding their breath? Is the hiring boom for first officers coming to a hault?

Alaska is the only place I have a resume out to and I want to continue living in AK and not interested in commutting long term.

2500 total time
800 twin turbine pic
1800 AMEL
bachelors degree
Internal rec
3 LOR's from current Alaska pilots

 

It’s quite possible you hit a lull, as I don’t believe there was any interviews/hiring in September & October, so they could get the Airbus transitions all done. Definitely reach out to that ANC chief again, and also see if the Alaska pilots that wrote you LOR’s will reach out to their chief and see if that gets the ball rolling. Hopefully you’ll hear something soon!

 

What I can tell you is a little over a year ago I was sitting next to a lady on a flight from Anchorage who was high up at Alaska in the HR department. I was discussing my son and submitting a application and she was adamant that the applicant have at least 1000 hour of 121 time. Now this may have changed, and maybe they make exceptions. But she made it very clear that without that number, that you would not be considered. Best of luck to you

 

You slipped through a crack. Squeak a bit (respectfully, of course), and you’ll get that grease.

 

Probably not a firm requirement, but a resume would need something else to stand out. Plenty of pilots hired directly from Ace in the last few years.

 

why not apply to a real airline

 

I think with Widebodies even I might call this place a real airline now. As long as Ben and Friends can grow out of their über Regional mindset, that is…

 

Don't count on it until you're sitting in one and the checks are cashing on the 5th and 20th...

 

That is truth. Good call, Good Jet.

 

Alaska could have this deal go through, get up to 550 airframes with 50 widebodies, 400 737s and 100 RJs and some people here will still call Alaska a regional.