AEROSERVICE / CLIMBTO350.COM CAREER FAIR / OPEN HOUSE INFO

[thomay]

Hello all

The following information is from climbto350.com:

Miami, Florida - Saturday, April 22nd, 2006 from 10am - 4pm
WIN A FREE B-737 TYPE RATING! Attend the April 22nd, 2006 Aeroservice / Climbto350.com Career Fair Open House and enter to win a Free B-737 Type Rating. Come see what makes this event different from the others. Last year we helped more pilots obtain interviews and jobs than any other aviation career event.

This is a free event for both job seekers and employers. Don’t be surprised if you attend on Saturday and start class on Monday. In many cases you're actually given your drug test and simulator evaluation on the day of the Career Fair… so come prepared.

Attending Employers and Recruiters:

Southwest Airlines - Hiring B-737 Captains & First Officers
Cape Air - Hiring Cessna 402 Captains & ATR-42 First Officers
Pinnacle Airlines - Hiring CRJ First Officers
Cathay Pacific - Hiring B747-200 & B747-400 Direct Entry First Officers on Freighter fleet. B747-400 and A340 for Direct Entry Second Officers (cruise pilots) on Passenger fleet.
Amerijet International - Hiring B-727 First Officers & Flight Engineers
Miami Air - Hiring B-737 First Officers
Kalitta Air - Hiring B-747 First Officers & First Officers
Direct Personnel International - Hiring A320, B757 and B747-400 Captains & First Officers. Direct Personnel International's Event Schedule
Omni Air International - Hiring DC-10 First Officers & Flight Engineers
Colgan Air - Hiring B-1900 & Saab 340 Captains & First Officers
Focus Air - Hiring B747 Classic Captains, First Officers, Second Officers & Professional Flight Engineers

Airlines are attending for only one reason, to interview and hire! The day is simple. The doors open at 10am. When you arrive, you simply sign in and start meeting the representatives from each of the airlines. When you come, make sure that you bring enough resumes, copies of your passport, pilot certificates and drivers license with you. You won’t be forced to sit through hours of lectures, we promise.
You don’t want to miss this career fair. We anticipate over 1200 job opportunities will be available with minimum hour requirements as low as 600 – 1200 hours.


Questions: Has anybody ever attended any of their previous open houses? Would it be worth it to spend money to go there without any airline time in my logbooks (2100 h in GA as CFI in my case)?
Cathay Pacific (not an option for me, I reckon, if even airline captains seem to be applying for their Direct Entry Second Officers program) is going to be there and a couple of other international airlines, but other than that, is it a fair that guys from Europe should/must attend?
Are they overblowing it with the "anticipated 1200 job opportunities"? What is the ratio of opportunities in the US vs. the rest of the world?
I know that some of the American airlines listed above are asking for the quoted 600 - 1200 hours, but what about us "International" guys looking for jobs?


Anybody with previous "open-house-time" reading this: Please enlighten us (me and undoubtedly countless others) with your wisdom as to this career fair.

Thank you very much for your insights!

thomay

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