It seems like they don't know what they want. I worked QX in the past and interviewed at Alaska last year. I was told by many Alaska pilots (when I was still at QX) that the fastest way to get to Alaska was to leave QX, get some PIC turbine, and then apply at Alaska. I did that and they had an ATTITUDE about what I had done.
Alaska was my first choice, but seemed VERY threatened by the thought of me leaving them to go elsewhere.
Board interview went really well, but H.R. interview with Ms. E.R. did not. She certainly seemed to have all of the answers to her own questions before I walked in the door.
Well Delta is hiring and seemed to like me, so off I go. It was a much more professional interview process/experience at Delta than Alaska (the HR part of it). I also think this is a great time to go to Delta, and look forward to a bright future and higher pay there.
Best of luck to those who want to go to Alaska, I still think its a great company, even if I was not impressed with my HR person/experience. Hopefully they will figure out exactly what it is they want. I seems like there is no ryhme or reason to how they hire people from my experience.
The most ironic part is that I really wanted to work for Alaska and live back in the Pacific NW again, it looks like now I'll live there and commute to work at some point!
