A buddy sent me the linked article below with a bit more info on Horizon. Without more details, it’s hard to know what’s what. It seems like a real Hail Mary Pass but at least creative. I don’t see what’s in it for the “major international airline” (Guessing it’s not European) which likely has its own cadre of low-time pilots who need the experience:
“Haugaard outlined another workaround to the U.S. rule that Horizon is considering.
He said Alaska Air is in discussion with “a major international airline” about a plan to have prospective pilots go overseas, “operating under different rules,” and build up their 1,500 flight hours flying for the foreign airline in a Bombardier Q300 turboprop, an earlier variant of the Q400, then returning to the U.S. to fly for Horizon.”
?A painful and frustrating experience?: Horizon Air scheduling havoc will continue into the fall | The Seattle Times