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[Menace]

Has anyone who attended the job fair gotten a call from any of the airlines that were there?

 

[Boz]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 28, 2002

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AIRLINE PILOTS STILL IN DEMAND
—DCA Airline Pilot Career Seminar, Airline Forum, and Job Fair—

ATLANTA, GA – More than 400 pilots met with 57 representatives from 15 major, national, and regional airlines during AIR, Inc.’s final Airline Pilot Career Seminar, Airline Forum, and Job Fair of 2002, held on October 19, at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Washington, DC. Several of the airlines attending the Job Fair were either interviewing on-site or scheduling future interviews. Alaska Airlines confirmed that the only ways to get on file with them is to be recommended by an employee, be a Horizon pilot, or attend an AIR, Inc. Job Fair. Comair filled 39 of 44 available interview slots just from the pilots in attendance and had the résumés in hand to find the last five needed for its upcoming classes. USA 3000 Airlines and Colgan Air were conducting interviews on-site. Fractional operators NetJets and Flight Options were pleased to find so many military pilots with VIP ! passenger experience, plus experienced corporate pilots. Many furloughed pilots in attendance found several airlines – including Atlantic Southeast Airlines and Atlantic Coast Airlines – that had jobs to offer, but did not require them to resign their major-airline seniority numbers.

“The excitement over the verification of a pilot job market in the middle of this stalled recovery was contagious,” said Kit Darby, President of AIR, Inc. about the seminar/job fair in Washington, DC. “Many pilots are unaware that there are still opportunities at every level – majors, nationals, regionals, passengers, cargo, and fractionals, and it’s AIR, Inc.’s duty to inform them.” AIR, Inc. predicts 6,000 to 7,000 new pilots jobs will be created in 2002.

The 15 airlines represented at the Job Fair in Washington, DC, on October 19 were 3 Majors: Alaska, FedEx, Southwest; 8 Nationals: AirNet, AirTran, American Eagle, Atlantic Coast Airlines, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Comair, JetBlue, and USA Jets; 1 Jet Operator: USA 3000 Airlines; 1 Non-Jet: Colgan Air; 2 Fractionals: Flight Options, and NetJets.