Alaska Airlines info help

[airludy]

Whats their minimums?

[bafanguy]

Originally Posted by airludy

Whats their minimums?

Google knows everything so we don't have to. But this still doesn't tell much about who/what actually GETS the job:

https://pilotjobcentral.com/alaska-a...indow-is-open/

[masonlim]

In my experience, chasing short upgrade times has rarely been productive. Things in this business change way too quickly and suddenly to do any real planning around seat movement. It took me 10 years and 3 airlines to finally move to the left.

[Flyer1015]

The APC profile page is outdated. For example the payscale went up 3% from the posted rates (new pay effective April 1st, 2019). The retirement numbers and pilot totals in the bar graph above don't represent the combined Alaska and Virgin America pilot group. There are over 3,000 pilots combined now. The 10 year timeframe 2019-2028 Alaska only retires about 660 pilots which represents 22% of the pilot group. In comparison the next 10 yrs American retires 8,300 pilots out of 15,000 which represents 55% gone in the same time period.

[maxerion]

Alaska logically includes turboprop as turbine time, while some other carriers may using the term turbine as slang for turbojet or turbofan only. Also Alaska has a very strong preference for Horizon pilots, if memory serves more half of Alaska hires come from Horizon, because they use that stat for recruiting new Horizon FOs.

[Fokker28]

Originally Posted by maxerion

Alaska logically includes turboprop as turbine time, while some other carriers may using the term turbine as slang for turbojet or turbofan only. Also Alaska has a very strong preference for Horizon pilots, if memory serves more half of Alaska hires come from Horizon, because they use that stat for recruiting new Horizon FOs.

I've never seen a US carrier not count turbine time as turbine time, as long as it wasn't helo. The usual distinction they make is PIC time of aircraft over a certain weight (75k lbs. or similar), and MULTI turbine time vs. single engine.

Unfortunately, your take on AS hiring of QX crew is pretty much backward. Horizon has screwed themselves so badly staffing-wise that the airgroup is loathe to rob them and exacerbate the issue. In fact, many QX pilots are told they've been accepted at AS and then NOT GIVEN CLASSES WHILE LATER APPLICANTS GO AHEAD OF THEM. This has predictably not been a boon to morale.
Please note: reality will NOT prevent QX middle management lifers from promising the moon (lying) to eager young recruits.

Source: 15yrs at QX