AeroService Job Fair MIAMI

HVYMETALDRVR · January 14th, 2009, 03:51

Just out of curiousity is anyone coming to the AS job fair this Saturday? I'm going just out of interest, I gave up on Aviation for awhile and am going into the US Army Reserve. After I get out of summer camp and I get my finances straight I'm going to build up some multi and have another go this fall/winter.

I'm just curious to test the waters, supposedly Mesaba will be there now too. I'm interested to see who shows up! Anyone else?

JrsyGuy · January 15th, 2009, 13:02

yeah ill be going with a buddy of mine. i've never been to a job fair so i want to see what its all about.

atpboi · January 16th, 2009, 22:44

yea me and a bunch of my buddies are going.. and who knws we might get lucky! and if not we'll go to the beach and look at sum ittie bitties

CRJDriver · January 17th, 2009, 15:26

Anyone have a report from the job fair? Which companies were present?

falconvalley · January 17th, 2009, 17:53

That's something not heard much lately. "Job Fair". This is not just a token job fair, is it?

falconvalley · January 17th, 2009, 17:57

These are the companies that were signed up:

• Aeroservice Aviation Center
Hiring ground and simulator instructors

• Airliners Magazine
Opportunities for Airliners Contributing
Writers and Photographers

• American Eagle
Hiring ATR and CRJ First Officers and
Flight Attendants

• Amerijet International
Hiring B-727 First Officers &
Flight Engineers

• Arrow Cargo
Hiring DC-8 and DC-10
First Officers and Flight Engineers

• Centurion Air Cargo
Hiring DC-10 First Officers & Flight
Engineers

• CTS
Hiring A&P Mechanics

• Dana Air
Hiring MD-80 Captains & First Officers

• Go Jet
Hiring RJ First Officers

• Gulfstream Training Academy
First Officer Program And Official
Training Partner for Continental
Connection flying BE1900D. Fast Track
to an airline pilot job – 3 month!

• Mesaba Airlines
Hiring First Officers

• Miami Air
Hiring B-737-800 First Officers

• North American Airlines
Hiring First Officers

• Paramount Aviation Resources
Hiring Captains & First Officers

• STS Services
Hiring A&P Mechanics

• UFly Airlines
Hiring MD-80 Captains, First Officers
and Flight Attendants

So maybe it's not necessarily a token fair. Sounds about like what it is out there right now.

HVYMETALDRVR · January 18th, 2009, 05:12

I went late, so I didn't see everyone, in fact I didn't bring a resume I just wanted to test the waters. I'm going to basic soon for the Army Reserve but will want to jump back in once I finish training in November.

Mesaba- not hiring, apparantly they got screwed and 10 of their 15 CRJ-900s (under Deltas infinite wisdom) were sent to ASA. The result, all hiring classes canceled and 60+ pilots in the pool swimming. The woman there was very friendly however and still took paper resumes from everyone.

Am Eagle- Taking resumes but not hiring until summer 1000TT and 100ME

Ufly- formerly known as Falcon Air Express? who went bankrupt, was sold and now restructuring. Miami based company with one airplane hiring for PHX. Pilots must pay for type in MD80 and not hiring, requirements 1000 hrs. for FO. Despite the tough hiring situation the Chief Pilot? (i think he was) was positive and said the anticipated more growth and 2+ more planes by this Fall. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the current largest customer. 1000TT minimums

GoJet- caught them just as they were leaving, also very friendly and still growing, looking to hire approximately 100 pilots in 2009. Minimums 50ME and 500TT

Miami Air International- also hiring, not sure how many. Representative was very friendly. Currently have 8 737s, including a few -800s for a worldwide charter operation. Fly many sport teams, Fortune 500 companies and government departments. I'd love to work for them but I'm short on flight time, 2500TT with 1000 Commercial jet no type rating required.

I didn't see Colgan (though I may have missed them I came late). Also there was Gulfstream International. There was a big line in front of Amerijet so I didn't wait for them. They was also a huge line in front of Capeair as well (surprisingly). Danajet the Nigerian company was there as well, I've talked to them before and I'd love to work there but my military commitment prevents me from really going overseas.

Hope this helps if anyone can fill in the gaps I'd appreciate it!

SFCC/UND · January 18th, 2009, 05:27

I'm shocked to see the Gojet is still hiring people with low hours. I thought almost everyone hiring mins would be higher than that. Weird world we're living in.

Doug Taylor · January 18th, 2009, 05:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by SFCC/UND

I'm shocked to see the Gojet is still hiring people with low hours. I thought almost everyone hiring mins would be higher than that. Weird world we're living in.

They, most likely, have no choice.

SFCC/UND · January 18th, 2009, 05:31

I read somewhere on a gouge that they were getting massive amount of resumes from pilots. So that why I was confused.

Doug Taylor · January 18th, 2009, 05:36

Massive amounts of resumes does not equal low minimums.

Low minimums = acceptance of higher risk candidates. Higher risk candidates (for the most part) equals lower experience.

The day you see one of the "higher echelon" jobs advertising low minimums is one thing, but that company is nowhere near 'higher echelon' at all.

SFCC/UND · January 18th, 2009, 05:41

Cool all I need is 40 hours of multi to apply, but I don't graduate college till September. Curse whoever thought I need 16 years of education.

CRJDriver · January 18th, 2009, 10:23

I heard there are a lot of furloughed guys with tons of flight time and experience going to GoJets. Personally, I'd rather be unemployed than for GJ.

Socal321 · January 18th, 2009, 21:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by HVYMETALDRVR

Am Eagle- Taking resumes but not hiring until summer 1000TT and 100ME

That's crazy. 1000 tt and be stuck there for a decade to upgrade. Good luck with that.

david2000 · January 18th, 2009, 22:03

How many hours does amerijet, miami air, hours require?

HVYMETALDRVR · January 19th, 2009, 02:15

Miami Air mins see my post above >

Amerijet I didn't wait but I was hoping someone else there would post, but my guess is probably close to Miami Air.

Also is anyone familiar with the aviation portal site? Lots of good info here:

coffeelovesmilk.de

anyways good luck

OBTW SFCC are you a UND grad?

JrsyGuy · January 19th, 2009, 02:32

All in all a rather uneventful day. I don't recal seeing colgan there either. The woman working the eagle room gave out business cards to some people and mentioned that with all the pilots handing in resumes that have priof 121 experience it will be very difficult to get in without it. Ladies working gojet and mesaba were very nice and you can tell liked working for the companys they represented.

HVYMETALDRVR · January 19th, 2009, 21:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by JrsyGuy

All in all a rather uneventful day. I don't recal seeing colgan there either. The woman working the eagle room gave out business cards to some people and mentioned that with all the pilots handing in resumes that have priof 121 experience it will be very difficult to get in without it. Ladies working gojet and mesaba were very nice and you can tell liked working for the companys they represented.

did you stop by Amerijet or Centurian?

Bluto · January 19th, 2009, 23:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by HVYMETALDRVR

Miami Air International- also hiring, not sure how many. Representative was very friendly. Currently have 8 737s, including a few -800s for a worldwide charter operation. Fly many sport teams, Fortune 500 companies and government departments. I'd love to work for them but I'm short on flight time, 2500TT with 1000 Commercial jet no type rating required.

Interesting, their website says they do require a type.

HVYMETALDRVR · January 20th, 2009, 23:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluto

Interesting, their website says they do require a type.

They make exceptions I talked to them about a year ago and they said the same thing but without the Commercial jet time, they're probably just sick of all the 250 hr. applications they get these days.

JrsyGuy · January 22nd, 2009, 16:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by HVYMETALDRVR

did you stop by Amerijet or Centurian?

I don't have the time they are looking for. Not really even close actually. So I didn't bother with them.

atpcliff · January 27th, 2009, 12:48

Hi!

Colgan was not there. MIA Air does NOT need a type rating-they were interested in me without one-I'm sure it helps.

Centurion was there and told me hiring soon-said they'd be in touch. They told other guys (I assume low time) that they were not hiring.

Cape Air is hiring-just ran a small class this week. He said it was BY FAR the most # of resumes and qualified guys he'd seen.

I did NOT go by Amerijet, as the line was so long, and I already fly and old pos jet-I need to get experience on something more modern-wanted to apply at Etihad, but found out need 1000 glass jet-I have 0.

Arrow is running classes, but heard need DC-9, DC-10 or 757 experience-I was hopeful, but now not so much.

GoJets said they were only looking for highly qualified FOs who could upgrade to captain right away-they were hiring street captains a while ago-heard they had a TON of resumes.

Just found out Lynx Aviation (Frontier feeder) is hiring, but you do need some quals, like 500 PIC, according to the website.

cliff
GRB

HVYMETALDRVR · February 3rd, 2009, 04:18

Not to beat a dead horse but did anybody get any call backs?

JrsyGuy · February 3rd, 2009, 10:11

Nothing for me, which was kind of expected. My friend that I went with got a call back from gojets for an interview which I believe is tomorrow.

HVYMETALDRVR · February 3rd, 2009, 19:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by JrsyGuy

Nothing for me, which was kind of expected. My friend that I went with got a call back from gojets for an interview which I believe is tomorrow.

what kinda time did he have?

January 14th, 2009, 03:51	#1
HVYMETALDRVR Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Miami Posts: 206	AeroService Job Fair MIAMI Just out of curiousity is anyone coming to the AS job fair this Saturday? I'm going just out of interest, I gave up on Aviation for awhile and am going into the US Army Reserve. After I get out of summer camp and I get my finances straight I'm going to build up some multi and have another go this fall/winter. I'm just curious to test the waters, supposedly Mesaba will be there now too. I'm interested to see who shows up! Anyone else?

January 15th, 2009, 13:02	#2
JrsyGuy Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Secaucus/Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 118	Re: AeroService Job Fair MIAMI yeah ill be going with a buddy of mine. i've never been to a job fair so i want to see what its all about.

January 16th, 2009, 22:44	#3
atpboi Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 7	Re: AeroService Job Fair MIAMI yea me and a bunch of my buddies are going.. and who knws we might get lucky! and if not we'll go to the beach and look at sum ittie bitties __________________

January 17th, 2009, 15:26	#4
CRJDriver Old Skool Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: KBOI Posts: 2,183	Re: AeroService Job Fair MIAMI Anyone have a report from the job fair? Which companies were present?

January 17th, 2009, 17:53	#5
falconvalley Old Skool Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: KMKE Posts: 2,822	Re: AeroService Job Fair MIAMI That's something not heard much lately. "Job Fair". This is not just a token job fair, is it? __________________ British Airways flight asks for push back clearance from terminal. Control Tower replies: "And where is the world's most experienced airline going today without filing a flight plan?"

January 17th, 2009, 17:57	#6
falconvalley Old Skool Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: KMKE Posts: 2,822	Re: AeroService Job Fair MIAMI These are the companies that were signed up: • Aeroservice Aviation Center Hiring ground and simulator instructors • Airliners Magazine Opportunities for Airliners Contributing Writers and Photographers • American Eagle Hiring ATR and CRJ First Officers and Flight Attendants • Amerijet International Hiring B-727 First Officers & Flight Engineers • Arrow Cargo Hiring DC-8 and DC-10 First Officers and Flight Engineers • Centurion Air Cargo Hiring DC-10 First Officers & Flight Engineers • CTS Hiring A&P Mechanics • Dana Air Hiring MD-80 Captains & First Officers • Go Jet Hiring RJ First Officers • Gulfstream Training Academy First Officer Program And Official Training Partner for Continental Connection flying BE1900D. Fast Track to an airline pilot job – 3 month! • Mesaba Airlines Hiring First Officers • Miami Air Hiring B-737-800 First Officers • North American Airlines Hiring First Officers • Paramount Aviation Resources Hiring Captains & First Officers • STS Services Hiring A&P Mechanics • UFly Airlines Hiring MD-80 Captains, First Officers and Flight Attendants So maybe it's not necessarily a token fair. Sounds about like what it is out there right now. __________________ British Airways flight asks for push back clearance from terminal. Control Tower replies: "And where is the world's most experienced airline going today without filing a flight plan?"

January 18th, 2009, 05:12	#7
HVYMETALDRVR Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Miami Posts: 206	Re: AeroService Job Fair MIAMI I went late, so I didn't see everyone, in fact I didn't bring a resume I just wanted to test the waters. I'm going to basic soon for the Army Reserve but will want to jump back in once I finish training in November. Mesaba- not hiring, apparantly they got screwed and 10 of their 15 CRJ-900s (under Deltas infinite wisdom) were sent to ASA. The result, all hiring classes canceled and 60+ pilots in the pool swimming. The woman there was very friendly however and still took paper resumes from everyone. Am Eagle- Taking resumes but not hiring until summer 1000TT and 100ME Ufly- formerly known as Falcon Air Express? who went bankrupt, was sold and now restructuring. Miami based company with one airplane hiring for PHX. Pilots must pay for type in MD80 and not hiring, requirements 1000 hrs. for FO. Despite the tough hiring situation the Chief Pilot? (i think he was) was positive and said the anticipated more growth and 2+ more planes by this Fall. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the current largest customer. 1000TT minimums GoJet- caught them just as they were leaving, also very friendly and still growing, looking to hire approximately 100 pilots in 2009. Minimums 50ME and 500TT Miami Air International- also hiring, not sure how many. Representative was very friendly. Currently have 8 737s, including a few -800s for a worldwide charter operation. Fly many sport teams, Fortune 500 companies and government departments. I'd love to work for them but I'm short on flight time, 2500TT with 1000 Commercial jet no type rating required. I didn't see Colgan (though I may have missed them I came late). Also there was Gulfstream International. There was a big line in front of Amerijet so I didn't wait for them. They was also a huge line in front of Capeair as well (surprisingly). Danajet the Nigerian company was there as well, I've talked to them before and I'd love to work there but my military commitment prevents me from really going overseas. Hope this helps if anyone can fill in the gaps I'd appreciate it!

January 18th, 2009, 05:27	#8
SFCC/UND Old Skool Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: humuhumunukunukuapuaa Posts: 3,100	Re: AeroService Job Fair MIAMI I'm shocked to see the Gojet is still hiring people with low hours. I thought almost everyone hiring mins would be higher than that. Weird world we're living in. __________________ Applied PUBNAT8 7/6/2009 AT-SAT Auth 8/13/2009 10/27/2009 AT-SAT in SLC

January 18th, 2009, 05:31	#10
SFCC/UND Old Skool Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: humuhumunukunukuapuaa Posts: 3,100	Re: AeroService Job Fair MIAMI I read somewhere on a gouge that they were getting massive amount of resumes from pilots. So that why I was confused. __________________ Applied PUBNAT8 7/6/2009 AT-SAT Auth 8/13/2009 10/27/2009 AT-SAT in SLC

January 18th, 2009, 05:36	#11
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 50,355 Blog Entries: 1	Re: AeroService Job Fair MIAMI Massive amounts of resumes does not equal low minimums. Low minimums = acceptance of higher risk candidates. Higher risk candidates (for the most part) equals lower experience. The day you see one of the "higher echelon" jobs advertising low minimums is one thing, but that company is nowhere near 'higher echelon' at all. __________________ Doug Taylor PPL-SEL PA-38 Typed

January 18th, 2009, 05:41	#12
SFCC/UND Old Skool Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: humuhumunukunukuapuaa Posts: 3,100	Re: AeroService Job Fair MIAMI Cool all I need is 40 hours of multi to apply, but I don't graduate college till September. Curse whoever thought I need 16 years of education. __________________ Applied PUBNAT8 7/6/2009 AT-SAT Auth 8/13/2009 10/27/2009 AT-SAT in SLC

January 18th, 2009, 10:23	#13
CRJDriver Old Skool Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: KBOI Posts: 2,183	Re: AeroService Job Fair MIAMI I heard there are a lot of furloughed guys with tons of flight time and experience going to GoJets. Personally, I'd rather be unemployed than for GJ.

January 18th, 2009, 22:03	#15
david2000 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 69	Re: AeroService Job Fair MIAMI How many hours does amerijet, miami air, hours require?

January 19th, 2009, 02:15	#16
HVYMETALDRVR Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Miami Posts: 206	Re: AeroService Job Fair MIAMI Miami Air mins see my post above > Amerijet I didn't wait but I was hoping someone else there would post, but my guess is probably close to Miami Air. Also is anyone familiar with the aviation portal site? Lots of good info here: coffeelovesmilk.de anyways good luck OBTW SFCC are you a UND grad?

January 19th, 2009, 02:32	#17
JrsyGuy Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Secaucus/Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 118	Re: AeroService Job Fair MIAMI All in all a rather uneventful day. I don't recal seeing colgan there either. The woman working the eagle room gave out business cards to some people and mentioned that with all the pilots handing in resumes that have priof 121 experience it will be very difficult to get in without it. Ladies working gojet and mesaba were very nice and you can tell liked working for the companys they represented.

January 27th, 2009, 12:48	#22
atpcliff Newbie Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Green Bay Posts: 4	Re: AeroService Job Fair MIAMI Hi! Colgan was not there. MIA Air does NOT need a type rating-they were interested in me without one-I'm sure it helps. Centurion was there and told me hiring soon-said they'd be in touch. They told other guys (I assume low time) that they were not hiring. Cape Air is hiring-just ran a small class this week. He said it was BY FAR the most # of resumes and qualified guys he'd seen. I did NOT go by Amerijet, as the line was so long, and I already fly and old pos jet-I need to get experience on something more modern-wanted to apply at Etihad, but found out need 1000 glass jet-I have 0. Arrow is running classes, but heard need DC-9, DC-10 or 757 experience-I was hopeful, but now not so much. GoJets said they were only looking for highly qualified FOs who could upgrade to captain right away-they were hiring street captains a while ago-heard they had a TON of resumes. Just found out Lynx Aviation (Frontier feeder) is hiring, but you do need some quals, like 500 PIC, according to the website. cliff GRB

February 3rd, 2009, 04:18	#23
HVYMETALDRVR Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Miami Posts: 206	Re: AeroService Job Fair MIAMI Not to beat a dead horse but did anybody get any call backs?

February 3rd, 2009, 10:11	#24
JrsyGuy Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Secaucus/Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 118	Re: AeroService Job Fair MIAMI Nothing for me, which was kind of expected. My friend that I went with got a call back from gojets for an interview which I believe is tomorrow.

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