TAC News The official newsletter of Texas Air Cargo

Volume I, Issue 1

April, 2000

Texas Air Cargo is up and running

Classifieds

**Hub Captain needed** Texas Air Cargo is looking for a Hub Captain for it's ABIA hub in Austin, TX. Candidates must be employees of Texas Air Cargo and the usual 25 flight hour minimum requirement is being waived. The Hub Captain is responsible for all daily operations of the hub such as: ensuring adequate staffing, checking flight requests, and employee relations. Interested parties should e-mail your resume to the Chief Operating Officer's office by Friday, April 21, 2000.

Texas Air Cargo, a 100% owner-operator staffed virtual airline officially opened it's doors for business in March. Since the initial posting of the homepage, slightly less than one month ago, TAC has had over 600 hits. During the last week of March the daily average of hits jumped to 40 per day. Shane Bouton, the Chief Operating Officer for this fledgling V.A. attributes this to the company's registering with all of the major search engines. He goes on to say that he was dissappointed at first at the low number of employment applications the company received, but things are really picking up now. "Many simmers just stopped by to see what this was all about, but now the idea is catching on" Bouton said.

Sign on and recruiting bonuses

We are proud to announce that TAC is now offering Sign on and Recruiting bonuses. If a person joins Texas Air Cargo during the month of April, they will receive a $1,000 bonus. For employees who missed out on this, don't sweat it! TAC is gonna take care of you, too! For every pilot you refer to us, we will give you a $1,000 bonus. And this is not a limited time offer. This is going to be TAC policy. In order to receive the recruitment bonus simply have the person you referred put your name on their application. When they finish their probationary period of 10 hours you get your bonus. In addition to this, if you refer a helicopter pilot to us during the month of April, your bonus jumps to $1,500! Start referring those people today!!

Austin News

April 1-2, Cactus Show April 2, Capitol 10,000 Road Race, Downtown April 9, Running of the Horns, UT Campus April 15, Austin Earth Day 2000 Celebration, Waterloo Park April 15-16, Bob Marley Festival, Auditorium Shores April 29, Thrill of the Hill 5K, Liberty Hill Road Construction: Bad Everywhere. Watch out at I-35 and Ben White, also the lower deck of I-35 will be closed at night and the upper deck will be reduced to one lane beginning April 3rd. Be Careful!!

TAC - UPS Negotiations

Texas Air Cargo is currently negotiating a new contract with United Parcel Service (UPS) to fly various cargo from and to airports such as: Chicago-O'Hare, JFK Intl, San Francisco Intl, and LAX among others. Details are still confidential, but COO Shane Bouton did state that owner-operators that are looking for real long haul oportunities will love this deal. It was also revealed that this contract could make at least two new hubs a real possibility. New hubs would mean great things for everyone. Let's keep our fingers crossed on this one!

Flying; Part 1

Spring is in the air in central Texas and across the states. That means beatiful flowers, warm days and thunderstorms that can pop up out of nowhere. Texas Air Cargo would like to remind all of it's pilots that Austin, as well as many of our destinations are within "tornado alley". This translates to the possibility of strong thunderstorms at almost anytime from now through about mid-May. Please use extreme caution during this period and always use the Weather.com icon on the available flights page to get an up to the minute weather forecast for you route. Above all else, BE SAFE!

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