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#41
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Amen. I hope we put the turbine PIC requirement back in. It will reward the pilots at Horizon that hustle and take the first upgrade oportunity. It will be a motivator to the copilots that just park in the right seat for life style. It will be a good thing for both airlines
#43
It is kinda both. After you've been hired and on the line for a bit, you sign up for an interview. Instead of an all-day marathon, you get a 20 min Q and A with an HR employee and a management pilot from Alaska. We're seeing about a 90% pass rate (last I heard) on these interviews. Next, you're placed on the list in order of company seniority. Though the guarantee is about 30%, at present Alaska is hiring about 50% of their new pilots from the Pathways list.
#44
It is kinda both. After you've been hired and on the line for a bit, you sign up for an interview. Instead of an all-day marathon, you get a 20 min Q and A with an HR employee and a management pilot from Alaska. We're seeing about a 90% pass rate (last I heard) on these interviews. Next, you're placed on the list in order of company seniority. Though the guarantee is about 30%, at present Alaska is hiring about 50% of their new pilots from the Pathways list.
As is...if you think your chances are better of getting to AS sooner on your own, you don't have to go the 'pathway' route.
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It is kinda both. After you've been hired and on the line for a bit, you sign up for an interview. Instead of an all-day marathon, you get a 20 min Q and A with an HR employee and a management pilot from Alaska. We're seeing about a 90% pass rate (last I heard) on these interviews. Next, you're placed on the list in order of company seniority. Though the guarantee is about 30%, at present Alaska is hiring about 50% of their new pilots from the Pathways list.
Horizon is advertising 2-3 years to be sitting an Alaska class. Is that true or is it just an advertisement?
#46
If you're at Horizon, from what I have heard the pathways program is the only way to get to Alaska. I heard they wont take you outside that program.
#47
I already have over 5000 hrs. 121 time....don't want to wait 3 more years.
Sad, too. QX was my 1st choice.
#48
Its hard to say. I will be here two years in September and I am roughly 150 on the list. If I were a betting man I would say more than the 2 to 3 years.
#49
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Horizon is also starting to have an issue with people bypassing upgrade, especially in the Q. I really do believe that a new requirement for a pathway class will be 1000pic at Horizon by next year. That will mean you’ll have to be at Horizon atleast 4 years if you’re not previous 121. If Horizon cannot keep up with attrition, they will meter the pathway guaranteed.
On top of that many guys will leave for other opportunities, I think times will be interesting again here in a few years. Horizon just took away the referral bonus for pilots, and stated they are way ahead of the hiring curve. That is true, for now. Watch what happens when the vacuum turns on in 2021. Grab that popcorn, sh&t’s gonna get real
Last edited by Fixnem2Flyinem; 03-16-2019 at 12:01 PM.
#50
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The other part of the equation is the amount of hiring at Alaska. This is a bit of a wild card, but absent growth, there won’t be much hiring. Retirements won’t help much either. It’s a young pilot group relatively speaking. Growth and higher attrition due to pilots leaving Alaska for other airlines would really be the only factor that can keep the Pathway Program moving at a good pace.
My honest guess(it’s a total guess and I hope I’m wrong on this) is that we will see some movement over the next couple of years. The pathway will look pretty good for awhile maybe even getting some pilots from Horizon to Alaska within 4 years of their hire date but then the late sign ups will start coming in and that number will begin to go more into the 5 to 7 year range or more.
Hopefully some of you can convince me otherwise.
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