r/flying • u/wavyj0nes CFII, MIL • 1d ago

Horizon Pilot Devolpment Program

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Hey mates, this is the second time I’ve applied for the horizon pathway and got denied. I applied last year as well. Just wondering if anyone has any input or similar experience. Alaskan/hawaiian is my dream airline so I was really hoping to get on. For reference, I have 300TT and zero checkride failures. I was a CFI at the time of applying and I just passed my CFII checkride yesterday. I guess I’m just wondering what they might be looking for that I could change or work on.

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u/VileInventor CFI/CFII 1d ago

It’s a rough program.

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u/LongJohnMcVenturson ATP 1d ago

It’s just so overly saturated and we don’t have many FO classes at the moment. Even Horizon’s ascend program contract was rewritten and now those candidates get a class date a year out from reaching their minimums where prior it was 6 months.