Jobs at Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air

Company Alaska Airlines

The Team

Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you.

Role Summary

The Crew Staffing Analyst supports the short-to-mid-term pilot staffing forecast across multiple fleets. This role assists in tracking key staffing inputs such as attrition trends, training release schedules, and pilot vacation data. Working under the guidance of senior analysts, this role helps identify potential staffing constraints and contributes to solutions that support operational needs. As an individual contributor, this role exercises considerable judgment to make decisions for short-term staffing strategy and identifies any areas of concern and strategizes how to reduce the impact.

Key Duties

• Supports the maintenance of short- to mid-term pilot staffing models by tracking seat, base, and fleet-level data and assisting in identifying areas where flying may need to be adjusted.

• Assists in aligning short- and mid-term staffing models with long-term forecasts, helping to gather and review data on trends that could influence future planning.

  • This includes preparing forecasts for pilot bid eligibility, non-flying credit hours, training availability, attrition estimates, and reserve line projections.

• Contributes to base-level pilot staffing models by helping to track and update forecasts for ALV (Available Line Value), TLV (Total Line Value), and reserve requirements.

  • Helps create and maintain reports that monitor key metrics by base and seat that impact PBS (Preferential Bidding System).

• Provides data and insights to support hiring plans, aiming to balance pilot availability with flying needs, especially during lower-demand periods.

• Collaborates with Crew Scheduling to gather feedback on reserve coverage challenges and helps incorporate that information into daily reserve planning tools.

• Prepares and reviews regular and ad-hoc reports, dashboards, and scorecards to help validate reserve staffing needs by base and support PBS planning.

Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills

Required

• 2 years of experience working with analytics and/or business intelligence in Treasury, Finance, or related discipline.

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, administration management, Aviation or similar business-related area, or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.

• Proven experience of applying data driven results and best practices to influence operational action.

• Critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Detail driven with the ability to produce accurate results.

• Highly self-motivated, able to work independently or in a team, to meet business objectives.

• Strong attention to detail, ability to multi-task and follow through with a variety of division initiatives.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.

• Minimum age of 18.

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Preferred

• Experience with data mining tools (e.g., Brio, Tableau, Power BI, SQL)

• Working knowledge of the Pilot Collective Bargaining Agreement and Flight Operations Training Manual

• Innovative thinker, ability to evaluate and promote process improvement through analytical trends.

• Basic competency in business mathematics or financial analysis.

Job-Specific Leadership Expectations

Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be kind-hearted, deliver performance, and be remarkable.

Salary Range

$76,400 -- $114,600 / year

Salary Details

Pay will be based on multiple factors, including and not limited to location, relevant experience/level and skillset while balancing internal equity relative to other Alaska/Horizon employees. Alaska/Horizon is committed to fair, unbiased compensation along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate.

Note: We don’t typically hire at the top of the range.

Total Rewards

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air pay and benefits can vary by company, location, number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status.

• Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air

• Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits

• Generous 401k match program

• Quarterly and annual bonus plans

• Generous holiday and paid time off

For more information about Alaska/Horizon Total Rewards please visit our career site and view benefits.

FLSA Status Exempt
Employment Type Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
Requisition Type Management
Apply by 7:00 PM Pacific Time on 7/9/2025
Location Seattle - Flight Training Cntr
Regulatory Information Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement 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 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.
Government Contractor & Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulations Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air are regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT – regulations, 49 CFR part 40) and all applicants are advised that post-offer and/or pre-employment drug testing will be conducted to determine the presence of marijuana, cocaine, opioids, phencyclidine (PCP) and amphetamines or a metabolite of these drugs prior to any offer or employment or transfer into a safety-sensitive position. Failure to submit to testing or positive indications of drug use will render the applicant ineligible for employment with Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air and any employment offer will be withdrawn.
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Job Locations USA-WA-SeaTac
Requisition ID 2025-14829
Category Corporate & Operations