ATLANTA, GA – On December 15, 2000, Atlanta-based AIR, Inc. signed a one-year renewable agreement with AirTran Airways to conduct pilot applicant simulator evaluations for its First Officer new hires. The agreement came about as a result of the projected need to hire up to 250 First Officers by AirTran Airways over the next year.

"We plan to make the transition from AirTran’s current screening and hiring process to the new process as smooth as possible," said Kit Darby, President of AIR, Inc. "Under the agreement, AirTran will conduct their pilot applicant interviews at our headquarters here in Atlanta, as well as their simulator evaluations, flying an AirTran-designated profile, on one of our two MD-81 Elite Simulators." AIR, Inc. will also add a direct link from their Web site at www.jet-jobs.com to AirTran’s site at www.airtran.com.

AIR, Inc. is no stranger to providing pilot applicant screening services to the airlines using AIRAces (Airline Career Evaluation Services), their pilot recruitment, screening, selection, and hiring system. In 1995, AIR, Inc. assisted World Airways with pilot recruitment and candidate selection for its MD-11 new-hire program, providing résumé/application screening, telephone interviewing services, and making recommendations to World Airways’ Human Resources and Flight Operations departments, resulting in the successful selection of 50 MD-11 First Officers in about 60 days. Since then, AIR, Inc. has entered into pilot screening agreements with Atlas Air, AirNet Express, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Aloha Island Air, CommutAir, and Corporate Aircraft Partners.

AirTran Airways, established in 1993, currently operates a fleet of 54 aircraft including 35 DC-9-30s, 15 B-717-200s, and 4 737-200s. AirTran Airways will receive one new B-717 per month for the next 35 months, completing its order of 50. AirTran currently operates 310 daily departures to 34 destinations in the U.S. and the Bahamas.

For more information about AIRAces, please email Allen Nix at anix@airapps.com or call him at 800 JET-JOBS (538-5627), ext. 167.