Women in aviation Conference 2014
02-19-2014, 06:49 PM
#12
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Just curious for the men who attend: are you actually supporting and a proponent for women in aviation or are you just using them to get face time/interview at a major? Sounds like a slap in the face for WIA if a man uses them only to get face time/interview at a legacy and then never go to another WIA event again.
Airlines DONT hire the most qualified pilots, this shouldn't be a shocker to you or anyone. The entire process is a game and laughable at time. Why not use the flawed system to your advantage?
02-19-2014, 08:12 PM
#14
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Originally Posted by The Juice
Welcome to the real world.
Airlines DONT hire the most qualified pilots, this shouldn't be a shocker to you or anyone. The entire process is a game and laughable at time. Why not use the flawed system to your advantage?
Airlines DONT hire the most qualified pilots, this shouldn't be a shocker to you or anyone. The entire process is a game and laughable at time. Why not use the flawed system to your advantage?
02-19-2014, 08:18 PM
#15
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Position: 787 FO
Posts: 792
Originally Posted by WARich
...So if I read the info correctly on the website, you won't get a chance to talk to any of the majors unless you have a Fast Pass and in order to get a Fast Pass you have to be a member of WIA.
02-20-2014, 02:29 AM
#16
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Position: A320 FO
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So if you're not a member do you get to wait in line while the fast pass people get a specific date and time or is it that non members or those who don't get one of the 2600 passes (total for all three days) don't get any chance of speaking to a recruiter???
02-20-2014, 02:56 AM
#17
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Originally Posted by The Juice
Welcome to the real world.
Airlines DONT hire the most qualified pilots, this shouldn't be a shocker to you or anyone. The entire process is a game and laughable at time. Why not use the flawed system to your advantage?
Airlines DONT hire the most qualified pilots, this shouldn't be a shocker to you or anyone. The entire process is a game and laughable at time. Why not use the flawed system to your advantage?
02-20-2014, 03:13 AM
#18
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Originally Posted by b2mugsy
Silky,
Mil guy here getting to retire and sitting on fence going to the conference. Personally I would go since there is no other venue in the near future that will have the number of vendors there. I would change the story to: was volunteering at the local soup kitchen when all of sudden you heard sirens and rushed to the seen of the car accident. You saved several people to include a small dog. When one of the children you saved wanted her stuffed animal you rushed back to the burning car to save the stuffed animal and slipped on an oil patch. The good news is that you were able to crawl to the car and get the stuffed animal and make the young child happy.
Bottom line. It is hard to pass up the opportunity to talk to so many recruiters. I would get a wheel chair though since the lines could be long throughout the day.
cheers,
mugsy
Mil guy here getting to retire and sitting on fence going to the conference. Personally I would go since there is no other venue in the near future that will have the number of vendors there. I would change the story to: was volunteering at the local soup kitchen when all of sudden you heard sirens and rushed to the seen of the car accident. You saved several people to include a small dog. When one of the children you saved wanted her stuffed animal you rushed back to the burning car to save the stuffed animal and slipped on an oil patch. The good news is that you were able to crawl to the car and get the stuffed animal and make the young child happy.
Bottom line. It is hard to pass up the opportunity to talk to so many recruiters. I would get a wheel chair though since the lines could be long throughout the day.
cheers,
mugsy
02-20-2014, 03:17 AM
#19
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Originally Posted by ShyGuy
Just curious for the men who attend: are you actually supporting and a proponent for women in aviation or are you just using them to get face time/interview at a major? Sounds like a slap in the face for WIA if a man uses them only to get face time/interview at a legacy and then never go to another WIA event again.
Are you suggesting that only a certain gender or race can support an event? Is one race or color better than another? Sorry this world is about us ALL being equal and excepted at ALL events.
Cats and dogs alike.
02-20-2014, 03:47 AM
#20
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Originally Posted by Aviatorr
So if you're not a member do you get to wait in line while the fast pass people get a specific date and time or is it that non members or those who don't get one of the 2600 passes (total for all three days) don't get any chance of speaking to a recruiter???
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