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I should probably make sure I get an app in this round too
Same, missed the last one.
I should probably make sure I get an app in this round too
Yes, though I haven't yet. It feels presumptuous to bother a BCP with something like that, though most of that is that I don't really understand the culture well enough to know whether that sort of thing is normal or not.Is your rec able to set up a CP meet and greet? (They’re on Zoom now)
Yes, though I haven't yet. It feels presumptuous to bother a BCP with something like that, though most of that is that I don't really understand the culture well enough to know whether that sort of thing is normal or not.
I'll send an email this week, just in case.
Yes, though I haven't yet. It feels presumptuous to bother a BCP with something like that, though most of that is that I don't really understand the culture well enough to know whether that sort of thing is normal or not.
I'll send an email this week, just in case.
I set up one for a buddy. No one seemed bothered. It is the best way to get an interview IMO. It was just difficult to coordinate 3 schedules and the onus is on the pilot doing the recommendation. So buy your buddy a beer or 3…
My buddy wisely went to United
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Can you give a breakdown of the questions, format, length, etc?
The base CP we spoke with had my buddies resume printed out but I would bring one anyway. We went through the cursory set of awkward introductions and I did my best to not look like I wanted to leave the entire time. My buddy treated it like a job interview. He dressed nice. I dressed in business casual. Like you would for the sim center.
Really it was just 15-20 minutes of informal discussion after that. Just show up with some dazzling questions to make the Chief well, feel like the big wig Chief he is. I don't remember what we spoke about. Just my typical feelings of skepticism for anything that management says around here. I smiled and nodded my head a lot because I felt like not opening my mouth and looking like I was enjoying myself would help my buddy get an interview.
Once you are done stroking ego and looking dapper and extremely interested you will likely be granted either a pony or the opportunity for an interview. It was pretty standard meet and greet stuff. Basically do you creep the entire room out and make the Chief feel like he would rather be doing something else than talk to you? Yeah you probably wont get an interview.
Nothing earth shattering, just a slightly formalized networking event.
That's the Hageland spirit!
Noooo, this is the Hageland spirit .Send it
Nice attitude!
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The odds of them calling are almost zero—~5000tt (that's respectable), only ~600tpic (jet) (a lot of folks have zero tpic), no degree (that's correctable), no job fairs (I've never been to a job fair and in the last 3 weeks have scheduled 3 interviews at legacy carriers), two checkride busts (these are building blocks. What did you learn? how did you correct the issues? A lot of folks have a bust), and only one internal LOR. But I have my app in, because AS is where I want to work.
I'm going to guess that a number of those 1500 are pilots like me, with apps in but little realistic chance of being hired.
Keep on trucking. You're more competitive than you'd think.
For a legacy, absolutely.Wanting to leave your ACMI carrier?
The base CP we spoke with had my buddies resume printed out but I would bring one anyway. We went through the cursory set of awkward introductions and I did my best to not look like I wanted to leave the entire time. My buddy treated it like a job interview. He dressed nice. I dressed in business casual. Like you would for the sim center.
Really it was just 15-20 minutes of informal discussion after that. Just show up with some dazzling questions to make the Chief well, feel like the big wig Chief he is. I don't remember what we spoke about. Just my typical feelings of skepticism for anything that management says around here. I smiled and nodded my head a lot because I felt like not opening my mouth and looking like I was enjoying myself would help my buddy get an interview.
Once you are done stroking ego and looking dapper and extremely interested you will likely be granted either a pony or the opportunity for an interview. It was pretty standard meet and greet stuff. Basically do you creep the entire room out and make the Chief feel like he would rather be doing something else than talk to you? Yeah you probably wont get an interview.
Nothing earth shattering, just a slightly formalized networking event.
For a legacy, absolutely.
I am not, it was a general statement. I'm not interviewing with AS. I was addressing who I quoted.If you are lumping Alaska Airlines in with Legacy carriers such as Delta, United, American, etc. and expecting a similiar career at Alaska, I think you’ll find you are in for some disappointment.
If you are lumping Alaska Airlines in with Legacy carriers such as Delta, United, American, etc. and expecting a similiar career at Alaska, I think you’ll find you are in for some disappointment.
Wait til you upgrade and start making 300k. Your tune will change
With reserve guys no longer able to pick up trips on days off, there's no way a junior skipper is making that muchtruly making 300k as a captain at Alaska Airlines