AIR Inc. Job Fair D.C.

[Rvrrat]

USA Jet

From the company perspective I understand the need to be dependably responsive to Ford & Chrysler's beck & call lest Uncle Matty steal away and sew up the airfreight as he's done the ground transportation of GM.

From the pilot's perspective it could be said that being being on hand practically 24/7 is decidedly a young mans game.

As one gets a bit older or has been exposed over time to the demands of JIT logistics the willingness to set aside balance in life dwindles. It raises the question of what 24/7 accesability is truly worth.

 

[210FR8DOG]

USA Jet

I would love to fly for USA Jet, but geez, I can't even take a good healthy dump in 20 minutes!!!!! Are you serious? Imagine wearing that sexy pilot uniform to the grocery store, mall, movies, etc. Also, you would have to invest in a Suzuki GSXR 1100 with carb and exhaust mods to make that "5 minute" commute in case there was more than say, 5 or 6 cars on the road. Or are there pilot dorms in the planes? I guess I'm not a very dedicated pilot.

 

[Cadillac]

when can we drink!?!?!

Pilotyip, I remember you speaking at the job fair. It sounds like a great job on everything but the call out time. Like many have said on this thread, quality of life has to come into play somewhere. I'm a young man (24) looking to get out of flight instruction, but I dont think I could make that commitment for more than a year. I don't mean to be picky, but 20 minutes! I believe it was Maxim magazine that ranked the largest towns in the US and Detroit didn't do too well. They're impression was that it was only a matter of time before they unbolted that rusted city and sold the remains for scrap!
Fedex was there and announced they would be hiring on a limited basis next year. Fantastic job but a little out of my league right now. There were quite a few people waiting to speak to them.
Air Inc. IS providing a service, but the price is outrageous. Especially when there aren't many airlines attending, and when the ones that are tell me I'm qualified, but still need more time. What was the point of going to the job fair then!?!?! I thought it was supposed to get you in if you were qualified. Whatever

 

[27Fossil]

Quality of Life

Okay Cadillac,

You stay in your Winnebago with wings as a starving flight instructor. I'd rather go to Detroit, fly a Falcon and make 33 k a year. It's a quality of life thing!

 

[Publishers]

Cadillac

Someone needs to inform Cadillac that being "qualified" is but a small part of it and in some ways the least important.

 

[AirJobs]

PilotYIP

Dear PilotYIP,

I attended the DC AirInc seminar. Unfortunately the pager went off just before the "job-fair" portion.

My company was desperately seeking an F/O (urgent!, emergency!, Can you help us out?) so, being the kind of guy that I am, I raced to the airport to do my part.

Unfortunately that meant that I did not have the opportunity to speak with you. After hearing your presentation I was sold. You made it sound challenging, fun, and exciting and I had really hoped I would have the chance to talk with you about it further.

I did, however, manage to get my hands on an application and mailed that to a friend of mine (one of your pilots) to walk in for me.

What are the chances that, given a deeper recession or war with iraq, there will be furloughs at USAjet? Obviously there are no guarantees in this industry and, although my wife and I are anxious to move to the Detroit area, we want to make sure that we would be making an educated decision.

I hope that I will have the opportunity to interview with you soon and have that conversation that I missed out on in DCA. I am excited about the possibility of joining the USAJet family and finally enjoying a little stabilty in my so-far turbulent aviation career.

Respectfully,
Mike in PIT

 

[CCDiscoB]

Nice cover letter!

 

[bobbysamd]

I agree . . .

Wonderful letter. He should send it to PilotYIP as is, with his resume and a copy of his app in case H.R. can't locate it.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

US Airways

Why do you think the representative from US Airways spoke?

He wasnt listed on the schedule of presenters and his speech appeared to be somewhat "off the cuff"?

I wondered how appropriate it was for him to speak at a pilot-hiring/jobfair event while his company was in the process of eliminating 30% of the pilot jobs.

Did this strike anyone else as odd?

 

[FurloughedAgain]

Execjet

Just found out that Execjet was handing out applications at the job fair to pilots who earned one in the mini-interview session.

I didnt get one.

So now that the industry is in a severe downturn and good jobs are few and far between --- whats everyone think of ol' Kit Darby. I mean, he was obviously swimming naked in money like Scrooge McDuck after that meeting ... did we get our money's worth?

There are what, 3 or 4 of those a year? Just deciding if I should start putting money away for the next one.