We're fed up with the exorbitant cost of renting in San Francisco, so we've decided to move the entire Cordarounds operation onto our brand-new airship as soon as possible. That's right, the world's finest horizontal corduroy pants will be produced amongst the clouds. Soaring eagles will inspire our scientists; brilliant sunshine will invigorate our seamstresses. It's one more reason to feel superior when you slip on a pair.

But we're going to need help.  Lots of help.  The Cordarounds Zeppelin will require hundreds of able-bodied crew members, from pilots to Pilates instructors.  Of course, liftoff may be later rather than sooner (see funds raised below), so there’s plenty of time for you to begin training. All you need is the right attitude and at least one pair of horizontal corduroy trousers. Remember, we’re not looking for just anyone, we’re looking for anyone who wears pants.  

All positions will carry the "aero-” prefix, making even the most mundane endeavor significantly more important-sounding (Aeroaccountant -- now that's more than a job, that's an adventure!)  In addition, our salaries and comprehensive benefits package are among the best in the airborne pant-manufacturing industry.

Current job openings:

Aerochef: Duties will include overseeing the harpooning and gourmet preparation of geese and other migratory fowl.

Aeroconductor: Responsible for leading our in-house symphony orchestra in thunderous Wagnerian overtures whenever the Cordarounds Zeppelin appears on the horizon.

Aeroaristocrat: Pompous dandy, professional layabout, with blood bluer than
the stratosphere. Manages compulsory cocktail hour(s).

Aerostrongman:  Will do the business’ "heavy lifting," both literally and figuratively -- mostly literally.  Minimum three years of handlebar-mustache growth required.

AeroC++ Engineer, Level 5: Conceptual understanding of software design process, with focus on database and data analytics. Knowlege of Perl and formation.  Wing-walking experience encouraged.

AeroAquanaut:  Did we mention our Olympic-sized swimming pool?

We're as new to Zeppelineering as you are.  So if you have skills that would make you uniquely suited for our airship, or know of a position the Zeppelin can't do without, please add it to the comments section by clicking below.

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So we’re small.  But we think preposterously big.  And after a few pints at the Blackhorse Pub, bigger still.  So at 2:00 AM Pacific, we proudly announce our Global Advertising Campaign…the Cordarounds Zeppelin!

Yes, now that we’ve sold pants to customers as far away as Dar es Salaam, we've built up a modest advertising budget.  Of course we could go the standard route, placing ads in such venerable publications as Filbert’s Haberdashers Quarterly, Pant and Leg, and The Corduroy Intelligencer. But instead, Cordarounds has decided to build a blimp so big that it blots out the sun.

Know that with each Cordarounds purchase, you're not only getting a pair of world-class, aerodynamic corduroy pants, you're contributing to a much bigger cause -- a cause so big, it will be able to house a crew of 500, plus livestock.

But that's not the only way you can help.  Cordarounds zeppelin scientists recently submitted their so-called "Pant Dreadnought" design (pictured above).  While their work is practically infallible, we like to keep the heat on them, so your zeppelin ideas are also welcome.

Please send all design suggestions to fans@cordarounds.com.  Valuable feeback will be posted in our blog. By our calculations, the maiden voyage is a mere 10 million pant sales away.

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This year, we've eliminated the cargo pocket from our Shortarounds. Why? Because unless you’re toting grenades or trout, these pockets are a tad superfluous. The same can be said of many features on the Cordarounds Zeppelin, our 1,000-foot-long airship, which, when completed, will serve as Cordarounds corporate headquarters.



Yes, we're cutting the fat to build a sleeker, higher-performance dirigible, eliminating the bells and whistles to get our airship aloft sooner (goodbye, cognac-filled Jacuzzi!). In fact, the cuts have been so radical that our famous pant-blimp (see the Spring 2006 issue of Blimpsmen’s Quarterly) now resembles shorts! While the Cordarounds corporate dreadnought will still comfortably house a crew of 500, plus livestock, it will do so at nearly half the size. How so? Some of its legendary ammenities will have to go.

While each cut is painful, rest assured our zeppelin will still offer a first-rate work environment for hundreds of Cordarounds employees, whom we'll be hiring en masse no later than June 2045!

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