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When you're a student pilot, finding the right support and guidance for launching your career as a pilot can be challenging. Horizon Air is here to help. Pilots who are enrolled in our pilot development program will receive a $12,500 stipend, have opportunities to develop skills through mentoring from a professional pilot, and be included in special events. After completing the program and meeting all qualifications, you’ll be assigned a class date with Horizon Air and on the fastest path to mainline flying at Alaska Airlines.

Apply > Interview > Sign Contract > Fly

Application and interview

  • Contact your school to register your interest and/or apply with Horizon Air if program is currently posted.

New flight training stipend

  • Receive a flight training stipend of $12,500: $5,000 after instrument and $7,500 after commercial

Work towards ATP/R-ATP mins

  • Build hours as a CFI while updating us on your progress towards the ATP/R-ATP minimum requirements.

Join Horizon as a First Officer

  • Prepare for takeoff once ATP/R-ATP minimums met

Pilot Development Requirements

Before you apply.

  • Active Private Pilot License
  • Valid U.S. passport and driver’s license
  • Hold a First Class Medical (required at time of application)

First Officer Requirements

  • ATP minimum flight hours met
  • Active FCC radio permit
  • 21+ years old

For additional questions, reach out to us at pilotdevelopment@horizonair.com .

 

Looking for a streamlined path to mainline flying? Get your pilot career to the next level via our Pathways program, the fastest path to mainline flying at Alaska Airlines.

Pilot Pathways: Horizon to Alaska
 

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It is the policy of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and to ensure equal opportunity in all terms, conditions, and benefits of employment or potential employment.

We also prohibit discrimination and harassment against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” Poster | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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We have established an EEO Compliance Program under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ("Section 503") and the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 ("VEVRAA"). All applicants and employees are treated without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. In addition, we have established an audit and reporting system to allow for effective measurement of its equal employment opportunity activities.

To implement this policy, we will:

(1) Recruit, hire, train and promote qualified persons in all job titles, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and any other legally protected categories;

(2) Ensure that employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements; and

(3) Ensure that all personnel actions and employment activities such as compensation, benefits, promotions, layoffs, return from layoff, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air sponsored programs, and tuition assistance will be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories.

Employees and applicants for employment will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion or discrimination because they have engaged or may engage in (1) filing a complaint, (2) opposing any act or practice made unlawful by, or exercising any other right protected by, any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA, or (3) assisting or participating in any investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA.

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We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact peopleresourceline@alaskaair.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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The Transparency in Coverage Final Rules require certain group health plans to disclose on a public website information regarding in-network provider rates and historical out-of-network allowed amounts and billed charges for covered items and services in two separate machine-readable files (MRFs). The MRFs for the benefit package options under the Alaska Airlines, Inc. Welfare Benefit Plan can be found at https://premera.sapphiremrfhub.com . Note that these files are not intended to be user-friendly; this is raw data presented in a specific machine-readable format per the requirements outlined by the Department of Health and Human Services.

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