Airline Pilot Central Forums - Now for a anti-happy pilot post...

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Originally Posted by Seattle1 (Post 161678)

Skyhigh,

You always talk about Alaska Airlines and a SEA base. What are typical schedules and benefits at Alaska that make that company appealing and not others?

I grew up in the shadow of Alaska Airlines in the Seattle area. I also was an Alaskan bush pilot and as such flying for Alaska Airlines is a natural dream. AS also has a Seattle base that often goes junior. AS use to mostly have trips of shorter duration and mostly kept to the western US. A lot of that stuff has changed now but most is still there.

Overall though I remember being a 24 year old Cessna 207 pilot in King Salmon and would stand on the ramp in awe as the jets would come and go and would think " man by dinner time those guys will be back in the world while I rot here eating caribou helper, powdered milk and pilot bread.

SkyHigh