Dear AIR, Inc. members and ALPC subscribers:

A lot has been going on at AIR, Inc. recently to help our members and customers find and prepare for their next job. With hiring beginning to improve, it’s more important than ever for you to be informed and knowledgeable about every facet of your job search.
Included with this issue, all AIR, Inc. members will receive the 2004 Annual Salary Survey—our newest publication—and with next month’s magazine (March ‘04) all members will receive a second all-new book, our 2004 Airline Address & Information Directory. (Both of these publications have been available to members online at www.jet-jobs.com for several months.)
The new Salary Survey is loaded with the latest salary and benefit information at 57 airlines, plus it includes up-to-date career values for the major airlines. These top jobs still average $7.7 million for a 30-year career! Even after all the cutbacks and concessions we’ve seen over the past two years, this is and will remain the best career value for a professional pilot in the United States. Read this new survey and see for yourself that your career is alive and well.
The new Airline Address and Information Directory details the need-to-know specifics at 202 airlines, including majors, nationals, regionals, fractionals, crew-leasing and training companies, and even foreign airlines that hire U.S. pilots. It includes contact names and addresses, Web site addresses, minimum requirements, active fleet, aircraft orders and options, starting pay and benefits, crew bases, key people, and much, much more.
All of the publications in AIR, Inc.’s Career Development System (CDS) are available to members online at www.jet-jobs.com. Just go to the member’s area, click on CDS, then click on the Salary Survey or the Address & Information Directory. After entering your user name and Web password, both of these books can be downloaded as PDF files. Plus, the Address & Information Directory features a searchable database. If you want to avoid those pesky monthly updates, just use the searchable online database—it always has the latest information.
Additionally, one more new book is available FREE on the Web to members only—the 2004 Airline Fleet Directory—which costs $17.95 for non-members. All AIR, Inc. books cost $5 less for members, just 1/2 price if you ever need a replacement copy, and are free online, 24 hours a day/7 days a week.
Also new on the Web is our FREE interview-briefing system. The same briefings that previously were available on the phone for a fee are now FREE to AIR, Inc. members, all day, every day! Before your next interview—or just for fun—check out the details of interviews at the airlines that are hiring today—FREE at jet-jobs.com!
Finally, keep in mind that our Airline Pilot Job Monthly newsletter and this magazine are ready for you on our Web site several days (newsletter 10th on the month) to several weeks (magazine 1st of the month) earlier than through the mail. We announce their postings to the site by e-mail to all members as soon as they are ready, so beat your competition to the jobs by using our Web site to get the latest information as soon as possible.
Approximately 70 percent of the pilots hired in the U.S. are AIR, Inc. members—make sure you’re one of them! Join, renew, or upgrade today!

PS. Don’t miss our West Coast Airline Pilot Career Seminar, Airline Forum, and Job Fair and the career workshops on the Friday before and the Sunday after in LAX April 23-25. The airlines are hiring again—we are predicting up to 6,500 new jobs in 2004—so make plans to attend now! Call 800 JET-JOBS (9-5 eastern, M-F) for early-bird savings.