Whatever your feelings on PFT are, it seems that at least a dozen Chinese airlines represented by Wasinc are going to be in Las Vegas and Miami next month with plans to interview on the spot. At least one of the operators on the business jet side is looking for younger folks with nothing more than an ATP and 500 hours ME jet. No type rating there. Pan Am decided to sweeten the deal by offering three free type ratings as door prizes, which is something trainers used to do when Southwest was running a few of these get-togethers a year.

Frankly, we could do with more of these job fairs / open houses, if you ask me. Middle Eastern and East Asian carriers show up in Europe and Oz all the time looking to pick up more pilots, and opportunities here aren't exactly quick in coming. And if I might make a sweeping generalization, pilots in the States aren't always as hooked into the expat hiring pipeline as some of our ICAO brethren. Face time can make all the difference. As many of these online doofers as I've filled out over the years, nobody's ever called me for an interview unless I looked someone in HR in the eye and shook their hand first.

Here's the link, if anyone else was looking.