Alaska

[manniax]

Just heard that they will be hiring for dispatchers soon - keep an eye out on their web site if interested. Unsure of how many positions. Good luck to all who apply!

 

[womanpilot73]

Thanks for the heads up

 

[belgiumania]

I would expect it to be up externally later this week/over the weekend. AFAIK it's for just one position.

 

[PlaneFan82]

I hear Seattle is beautiful this time of year.

 

[Kev]

I hear Seattle is beautiful this time of year.

Pac. N.W. is lovely year-round in my book. Only thing missing from Seattle is an NHL team.

 

[belgiumania]

I hear Seattle is beautiful this time of year.

Clear blue skies here for the last week, no rain. I'd say it's alright.

 

[AKdx]

Just an update on this one--internal interviews were this week. No word yet on whether they'll be posting externally.

 

[Kev]

I'd imagine you guys at AK are used to merger speculation. Ownership and management seem to remain consistent in expressing the desire for independence.

Do you think shareholders, customers, and crew would ever accept such a thing?

 

[AKdx]

I think acceptance would hinge on what the situation was prior to any merger and whether those groups (shareholders, customers, labor) felt there was a better alternative.

If AS were to ever lose its way financially, I'm sure shareholders would be only to happy for a merger. I would guess employee acceptance would vary by group (do you have to relocate to Atlanta/Chicago/Dallas or not?) and by how seniority rosters were integrated. Probably a fair bit of attrition, but nothing out of the ordinary.

Customers might be a tougher sell for a while at least...but they've been happy to forget a lot of perfectly good defunct airline brands over the years, including a number of AS competitors in Alaska.

So, from where I sit, if it happens, it happens. A lot of feathers would be ruffled, but the uproar would die down eventually.