Delta Echo
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If you are with Alaska DX would you please PM me? I have some questions not related the merger.
Thanks,
DE
Thanks,
DE
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Delta Echo
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Some questions can be asked here. Others are better in PM as the answers might involve sharing of information from sources not everyone is cool with sharing publicly.
Burrito
Position And Hold My Beer
Straight from my PM, for those who are/were curious...
- How often does AS / QX post openings?
- "Flow" from QX into AS preferred, as opposed to other regional carriers
- Level of preferred experience going in to AS?
- Possibility of getting a tour of the ops center during upcoming off days?
- How often does AS / QX post openings?
- "Flow" from QX into AS preferred, as opposed to other regional carriers
- Level of preferred experience going in to AS?
- Possibility of getting a tour of the ops center during upcoming off days?
TaxiBack
Plane planes planes
Hear hear! Senior Burrito....May Salsa forever rain down upon you!! A nice dash of good old honesty and open-osity.!
I will perhaps suggest this, that as AS is now trying to swallow an entire (red and white) airline, they will not be posting anytime soon. That's just my feeling. No proof of that.
Avgirl
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The CEO has stated that they will most likely remain separate airlines, so it doesn't look like anyone is going to be absorbed. Perhaps in the future, but with the cultures being so different, it would make sense to keep things like that. At least, I hope so.
TaxiBack
Plane planes planes
Wrong, absorption and re-jiggering has commenced.
MAK49
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As to the posting about how often AS or QX posts positions...I worked with a dispatcher here at my company who is now a Captain at QX, that postings for them are extremely rare. Their lowest seniority dispatcher has been there over 10 years. So unless their workload goes up more or people start leaving, you've probably got a better shot waiting for AS.
manniax
Well-met in the Ka-tet
Pretty sure I know of someone getting hired from there sooner than 10 years ago. I think there was a discussion on this board when it happened so I want to say maybe in the 2010-2012 timeframe? Anyhow I imagine the merger with VX will shake things up a bit there and they may do some more hiring, if they integrate the two offices some people won't move from SFO to SEA. As to if/when this all happens, I have no idea but I'd check out Alaska's hiring page every few days if you really want to go there just in case.
747Dispatcher
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i believe they start around 60Ks - might NOT be very comfortable living for Seattle area
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DispatcherSam
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Depends on where you are. I'm from that area so I could make that work easy, but things aren't cheap there at all
747Dispatcher
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my bad, i mean NOT very comfortable
ASADispatch
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We probably won't be hiring anytime soon if all the Virgin dispatchers come up. We had approval to hire 2 but that got shot down from the very top just before the merger announcement. My guess is that we will merge in 2018.
Delta Echo
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Will Alaska replace the buses with current 737 orders or will they place new orders? That will factor into staffing over the longer term.
belgiumania
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We have no idea at this time. It is difficult to imagine us operating two types, but there has been no guidance whatsoever on that front. In theory AS holds enough 737 orders and options to replace the entire Airbus fleet and grow a little over the next 10 years without placing a new order.
While nothing is set in stone until the deal closes the company has stated explicitly that the airlines will be combined under a single operating certificate, so VX will be absorbed. What they have left open ended is perhaps keeping the Virgin brand around as a separate entity for some time/indefinitely.
ASADispatch
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We still have the Jet America brand around also if we wanted to use it. I think it is strange Southwest pushed back their Max orders to 2023-25. I would guess Boeing cut them a deal and will help Alaska get rid of the buses. There will be a fence around the buses for the pilots until they go away. And the CEO started they might stay a separate company, which is just posturing for the up coming pilot contract. Whipsaw
Avgirl
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Wasn't the delay in the Southwest orders related to the pilot contract issues?
ASADispatch
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That's the front they gave, they wouldn't want to say they are helping Alaska and getting a break from Boeing. The Southwest pilot issue could be solved pretty easy without pushing back orders.