Alaska Air Hiring
08-21-2025 | 11:16 AM
#8562
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He’s a MIL guy with 2,000 PIC but Delta and United looked the other way like every other guy on this forum. Just hang in there. There’s 20 spots for the OCT/DEC classes each. Chances are most will get interviews and classes next year when the hiring picks up a little more. Keep flying and updating.
08-21-2025 | 02:25 PM
#8563
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From: 737 FO
Mi amigo is in the Horizon Pilot Development program awaiting a training date. He recently had an update phone call with his contact/recruitment person for the program and they told him that of the 20 just hired at Alaska 17 were Horizon pilots and the plan is to backfill them at Horizon entirely with Pilot Development program candidates. She also told him more hiring is expected shortly but they have been telling him that for 6 months to try and keep him from bailing to another regional I would guess. No other info was provided.
08-21-2025 | 02:31 PM
#8564
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
So priority is keeping the carrot dangling at QX , vice hiring Mcchordites?
What's the appeal of other regionals right now? Give up a few years seniority, to get stung along in somebody else's flow program?
What's the appeal of other regionals right now? Give up a few years seniority, to get stung along in somebody else's flow program?
08-21-2025 | 02:35 PM
#8565
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According to my friend. Endeavour wants you to have your ATP written now. But you can’t do just the written anymore you have to do the whole ATP course ($4k). Horizon is not requiring that. The other wholly owned regionals are pulling from their own cadet type programs and Skywest is 6-8 months out for a training date if you got hired today. So he feels pretty much stuck. Maybe stuck in a pipeline is the goal to prevent another hiring frenzy like a few years ago?
But he wants to be here so he’s just waiting it out and hoping to jump the line if a candidate bails out last minute.
08-21-2025 | 02:57 PM
#8566
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that’s crazy
08-21-2025 | 02:58 PM
#8567
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It’s always been this way. That’s why “go to the regional you’d rather not fly for their major” has been great advice. Why is a major airline going to pull from their own network and have to hire two pilots (one to replace the flowee) rather than just hire one OTS?
08-21-2025 | 10:11 PM
#8568
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Not familiar with the politics. But with a pro-business administration I would imagine there is pressure to pencil-whip the -7 and -10.
08-22-2025 | 05:25 AM
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
I'd expect a tendency along those lines as well. But boeing's issues are so high profile that politicians might be afraid to intervene with regulatory relief until more of the dust settles. While some folks blame the mcas crashes on inept third-world aviators, the door plug (and spaceship) hit pretty close to home (pun intended).
08-22-2025 | 10:06 AM
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I’ve never read a 10Q does it also mention aircraft retirements? I.E. how many of those are planned tail growth? I feel like we need to start talking about growth only in terms of # of tails because everything else doesn’t mean ****e to pilots. If they take on a bunch of -10s and unload a bunch of 800s they will cheerlead about growth while we experience no seniority progression.
Not familiar with the politics. But with a pro-business administration I would imagine there is pressure to pencil-whip the -7 and -10.
Not familiar with the politics. But with a pro-business administration I would imagine there is pressure to pencil-whip the -7 and -10.
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