air inc

[Jet_Dreamer]

any one going to the lax air inc seminar april 11-13?

 

[fr8doggydog]

Yeah, Kit.

 

[Jet_Dreamer]

are you an air inc member. and if you know, what is the membership price and cost to get into the air inc show? are the airline recruiters at the show all three days? any help would be great.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

I hear there are tons of companies hiring right now, also know that the majors will have a HUGE pilot shortage just as soon as the war ends and oil prices drop......

better get out the grey suit and fire up the resumes!!!!

Get in now or miss out on a golden opportunity.

 

[Wiggums]

blue suit, don't forget the red tie...

 

[bobbysamd]

Kit seminars

Take it from someone who attended one ten years ago, save your money. I was looking for work and hoped to get something out of the Kit seminar I attended in LAX. It was a waste of time but for me getting to meet Irv Jasinski. All the resume tips and interview advice he and his lackeys were dishing out was stuff he has published in his magazines for years.

Save your money. Use it to buy the blue suit, white shirt and red tie, and use the rest to improve your quals and/or paying the printer for resumes and cover letters.

 

[Gear Down]

Save your money and don't bother attending. What a joke Air Inc offers. Do you really think some company is going to hire you because you attended? Or better yet, do you think a company will hire you on the spot? -Not.

Use the money and get a few good books and postage stamps for the resumes.

 

[sleepy]

Get ready for the recovery of 2003. 6,000 new pilot jobs! At least that is what the AirInc ad said.

 

[GCD]

I do know that you will not get an interview with NWAirlink Pinnacle unless you attend, or are a furloughed NWA pilot. Furloughed pilots from other airlines get priority over anyone off the street, but I think they still have to attend. Right now, Pinnacle wants to fill the classes with 75% furloughed pilots and 25% from the street.

 

[Cadillac]

Some friends and I attended the one in D.C. last October. I wrote a thread on it if you want to do a search.

If not, I'll sum it up here. The previous posts on this thread are correct in that you are most likely better off saving your money and networking. I was dissapointed at the small number of airlines that attended, and even more dissapointed when many of them attented only to tell everyone that they weren't hiring. Then it hit rock bottom when you waited in line for hours to have those few hiring airlines tell you that "yes you meet the minimums, but you will need more time/different time to be competitive."
Noone I know got a call. I think Colgan did some hiring, and Comair may have done a number of interviews. I will not attend another. It might be worth your while someday when the economy turns around and things improve overall.