Kit Darby - Is he back yet?

[freightdogfred]

I wish there had been a Kit FAPA back in 1977 when I left the Navy, a lot of guys got jobs from contacts made at those shows. I remember DAL in 1998 when SWA had a short line, the one you went to after standing in line a UAL for four hours. I remember LA in 2001, USA Jet had a longer line than Jet Blue. I remember 2000 at ATL where NJ was trying to get pilots to come by their booth.

Ya shoulda got the degree first

 

[LearLove]

Prior to Al Gore giving us the internet (and free porn) Air Inc companies were important to getting hired for the fact they had all the contact info and such. While the internet was around for the last "boom" (pre 9-11) most airlines hadn't gone online with the pilot hiring process and boards like this one and WFFF came about in 99-2000ish we still were in the "get your info from vendors" mode.

12 years later it is a diff story. The gouge is on the internet and when you apply you go right to the company site. Most of the KD info he sold is available for free these days. The only thing left of value is the job fair where you can go and meet face to face with pilot hiring people. However the first thing they will ask is "did you fill out an app online"

As for the job fair lines - that is how my buddy got on with AK back in late 1999. He was at the IAD job fair in the Delta or AA or UAL line which was out the door and he saw the lone AK recruiter sitting alone at her booth. He figured he would come back to the Delta line at the end when it died down and went and talked to the AK girl. He had about 3000TT and maybe 3 months as a J32 CA and had never been further west then the Miss River. 2 weeks later he was in SEA for the interview and a month after was in class at AK at age 25.

I'll take luck any day in this bizz.

Also WRT the Air Inc fairs - I may or may not know several pilots that went to job fairs for free by walking in at 4pm after the seminars when the "face to face" recruiter time started.

 

[pilotyip]

Ya shoulda got the degree first

Ha Ha your funny, you know I got that degree in 66 a BS from Mich State Univ, didn't make any difference. I knew it had nothing to do with flying an airplane because of the Navy guys I flew with in Vietnam who did not have degrees, fantastic pilots, great guys, many hired a DAL in the late 60's without their degrees.

As for the job fair lines - that is how my buddy got on with AK back in late 1999. He was at the IAD job fair in the Delta or AA or UAL line which was out the door and he saw the lone AK recruiter sitting alone at her booth. He figured he would come back to the Delta line at the end when it died down and went and talked to the AK girl. He had about 3000TT and maybe 3 months as a J32 CA and had never been further west then the Miss River. 2 weeks later he was in SEA for the interview and a month after was in class at AK at age 25.

I'll take luck any day in this bizz.

ah! yes the element of luck and timing. Like the Jet Blue booth next ours at the LAX Job Fair in 2001, no line, everyone hired made CA one year later top of seniority list.

 

[Wesb737fo]

I ran into him at a mall in ATL a few months ago. He took a job with a legacy carrier in their training dept.

 

[Ty Webb]

While the internet was around for the last "boom" (pre 9-11) most airlines hadn't gone online with the pilot hiring process and boards like this one and WFFF came about in 99-2000ish we still were in the "get your info from vendors" mode.

Actually, this board was one of the very first, I joined it in 1996 (a database change reset all of us to 2001).

It was started by a guy named Mark, great guy, a Lear 35 pilot. He was killed in a G.A. accident. I still have a few PM's from him in my my inbox.

 

[LearLove]

Actually, this board was one of the very first, I joined it in 1996 (a database change reset all of us to 2001).

It was started by a guy named Mark, great guy, a Lear 35 pilot. He was killed in a G.A. accident. I still have a few PM's from him in my my inbox.

Thanks. I do remember marks passing. And thanks for the startup clarification. I found the site in late 99 or early 2000ish. I do remember the data base reset but didn't sign back up until 2002. The days before the reset people would post under multiple screen names or just reinvent themselves after a thread gone downhill.

 

[Ty Webb]

Thanks. I do remember marks passing. And thanks for the startup clarification. I found the site in late 99 or early 2000ish. I do remember the data base reset but didn't sign back up until 2002. The days before the reset people would post under multiple screen names or just reinvent themselves after a thread gone downhill.

Remember the "Flight Instructor Message Board" or whatever it was called? Talk about flingin' poo. . . . That place was a riot.

Of course, we were much younger then . . . . We're waaaay above that now.

 

[jmreii]

Those were the days, how soon we miss them!

 

[Andy]

Actually, this board was one of the very first, I joined it in 1996 (a database change reset all of us to 2001).

1996? What did you use - a Commodore 64 or Apple II?
I bet things were blazing fast once you upgraded to a 14.4 modem. :laugh:

I bought my first home computer when Win95 was released; a state of the art P75 with a 28K modem. Back when AOL dialup was the bomb.

 

[Ty Webb]

1996? What did you use - a Commodore 64 or Apple II?
I bet things were blazing fast once you upgraded to a 14.4 modem. :laugh:

I bought my first home computer when Win95 was released; a state of the art P75 with a 28K modem. Back when AOL dialup was the bomb.

AOL is still a bomb . . . just ask Time Warner shareholders . . . . :erm: