Goal: Alaska...fly anywhere but Horizon?
01-27-2018, 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by BigfatQ
If AS is hiring 400 this year and 30% is gonna be horizon, that's 120. And at 740 pilots that's 16% of our pilot group. Doesn't sound like peanuts to me
01-27-2018, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Packrat
It doesn't mean they'll hire 30%. It means they'll interview 30%. Big difference.
01-27-2018, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Packrat
It doesn't mean they'll hire 30%. It means they'll interview 30%. Big difference.
01-27-2018, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by BigfatQ
If AS is hiring 400 this year and 30% is gonna be horizon, that's 120. And at 740 pilots that's 16% of our pilot group. Doesn't sound like peanuts to me
01-29-2018, 08:39 PM
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Its about a six week difference between OO pilot getting a class and QX pilot classes that were hired in the same group. Rough estimate is one or two classes worth. QX folks are metered in by hire date and seniority order...OO, well not so much.
01-29-2018, 10:56 PM
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Why would ANYONE structure their entire career to work for AS??? AS has some of the lowest career earnings of of any Legacy carrier. Yeah, QX is a decent place to go it you REALLY want to work for AS, but thats it. Go to QX if they have a base where you want to live then apply to DL (who also has a SEA base....)
01-30-2018, 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by SIUav8er
Why would ANYONE structure their entire career to work for AS??? AS has some of the lowest career earnings of of any Legacy carrier. Yeah, QX is a decent place to go it you REALLY want to work for AS, but thats it. Go to QX if they have a base where you want to live then apply to DL (who also has a SEA base....)
01-31-2018, 05:40 AM
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Part of the reason for QX-AS aspirations would be strong northwest family ties (although not sure if that's a reason to make AS priority #1 or last priority some days...). Also, I'll be hitting the regionals in my early 40's so I'm not sure how much interest the Big 3 will have in me when I have the TT/TPIC/other objective attributes to be competitive for hire - doesn't it stand to reason that they'd hire someone younger than myself first because they can get more years of service out of them? I'd love to work for the Big 3 as much as the next guy/gal for the reasons you cited, but a major or LCC/ULCC might end up being my only options and/or best fit as a career changer.
Originally Posted by SIUav8er
Why would ANYONE structure their entire career to work for AS??? AS has some of the lowest career earnings of of any Legacy carrier. Yeah, QX is a decent place to go it you REALLY want to work for AS, but thats it. Go to QX if they have a base where you want to live then apply to DL (who also has a SEA base....)
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