Everyone knows someone who has always wanted to be a flight attendant.

"Ignore what you thought you knew in the past about the 'stewardess' career," says Tim Kirkwood, a 25-year airline flight attendant and author of the popular Flight Attendant Job Finder and Career Guide. Once the part-time job for the young, single and slender women of America and Canada, the career is now available to men, minorities, "empty nesters" and middle-aged persons as well, he says.

The company will conduct an aviation career AirFair in Atlanta Feb. 9-10 at the Georgia International Convention and Trade Center. There will be more than 50 companies in attendance to recruit for all job categories, such as flight attendant, pilot, mechanics, sales, ticketing, etc. Included in the list are local companies such as Delta and ComAir. There is a nominal fee to enter the hall.

In addition, the company is offering career seminars on the flight attendant, pilot and mechanic careers, presented by the recruiters from various attending companies.

AirFair hours are Friday, Febr. 9, 3 - 7 p.m., Saturday Feb. 10, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For information as well as a constantly updated listing of all the attending companies and what they are recruiting for, go to www.aepsairfairs.com.