Air Inc Job Fair

[Sir Humpalot]

So it is saturday morning and i am kicking myself right now. I had a chance to go to the airinc fair but my wife just had an uncle that died today and so i was not able to attend the fair. I was so close to walking out the door but when i saw my wife this morning, i decided to stay with her. Now i am sitting in this room surrounded by people crying and thinking about my career in the background. I know its wrong, but i feel like crying also. Another point is that i used the $200 for the fair to help pay for some of the costs of the funeral. I know that many people get jobs at the fair, and i am pondering the "what if i went" possibility.

Have many of you attended the fair and was it worth it? This was going to be my first fair. I am trying to get on with midwest airline and i heard that stephanie miller was going to attend today. I have sent her my resume many times, but i am sure that it just sits there in the pile with thousand more qualified applicants. Here was my chance to meet stephanie and i just chose the route to spend more time with my wife and her family. **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**, someone shoot me.

My other question is that i used to work for a reputable 135 company that had bad management and i decided to leave a year ago. I now work as a cfi making over $40k a year and want to move on to the next step. Does this also look bad on my resume.

thanks for your patience and sympathy.

 

[labbats]

Sorry to hear it bro. And sadly, I feel your pain in the job hunting department.

 

[hawkerflyer]

Sitting here in Phoenix after a 2 day trip trying to convince myself to go but just couldn't talk myself into going.

 

[Reelbigfish]

I went to the Atlanta job fair last November, and I don't think you missed out on much. Kit Darby will feed you a line of bull, and you could get as far with most airlines on your own, as you possibly could with AirInc.I heard nothing from the airlines I talked to at the seminar, but several months later have received positive replies from apps/resumes I sent on my own to several airlines. You might want to think twice about parting with any money when it comes to AirInc, and instead save that money for a sim prep or something like that for when you get an interview. Keep applying, and good luck...you don't need AirInc!

 

[apdsm]

Do not stress over it! I will admit, I have not attended an Air Inc. seminar since '99, but I don't think it will make a difference in your career IF you are out there pushing for an airline job. The seminar had a lot of good information and the biggest advantage is being able to pick up applications and ask question of the airlines. It all makes you feel good, but realistically I'm not sure it makes that big of a difference IF one is really trying.

Regardless of all that, you made the right decision. Your wife and family needed you. That is more important. There will be another seminar if you really feel you need to go, but when your wife needed you, you had one chance to prove yourself and you did...

Keep building your flight time, updating your apps, and talking to people. It will happen.

 

[Sir Humpalot]

Thanks for all the kind words. Hiring is picking up and so i wanted to be in with everyone else at the fair. Okay i will take all the good advise and just start pushing resumes more now. Anyone know if i walk my resume to skyway that they will give me the time to atleast introduce myself.

I am going to the full court press starting today and i hope to find a good job soon. Thanks again.