Job fairs are just organizations that are hiding behind tax exemptions that are money making businesses that figured out how to generate even more income.
This job fair pay to play nonsense taking the form of minority promotion is a bubble that will hopefully burst sooner than later and I'm sure there are a lot of people who won't be sorry to see it go.
The cost of entry alone is absurd for just for a couple of minutes just to be told to go run along and go be a check airman, volunteer, etc,etc and come back in a year. Rinse and repeat.
Let's not forget how much it cost for a hotel, food, dry cleaning, interview prep course, rental cars, time off from work. The list goes on. It would be nice to see some statistics on the percentage of people who attended One single job fair and what the total cost was to attend and the result. Then two. Then Three.......
This is a huge moneymaker. We all know it's a scam. Unfortunately this is the only way (as of now) that qualified pilots can get any attention from the hot girl that otherwise would not look in their general direction.
The desirable major airlines which command the bulk of attendance at these seem less interested in getting to know you and more interested in your acting skills. This will be the norm until the burst of the bubble.
Why isn't ALPA, jointly with the companies, sponsoring and hosting their own job fairs while offering in-depth interview prep with ALPA carriers using ALPA volunteers ?
Last edited by AldiAirbus; 08-30-2016 at 06:08 AM.