SEAIR GROUP INC
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                                SEAIR GROUP, INC.
                               2000 INCENTIVE PLAN


                                   ARTICLE I.

                                   DEFINITIONS

          1.01 ADMINISTRATOR  means the Board and any delegate of the Board that
is appointed in accordance with Article III.

          1.02 AGREEMENT means a written  agreement  (including any amendment or
supplement  thereto) between the Company and a Participant  specifying the terms
and conditions of a Stock Award or Option granted to such Participant.

          1.03 BOARD means the Board of Directors of the Company.

          1.04  CHANGE IN CONTROL  shall mean an event or series of events  that
would be  required  to be  described  as a change in control of the Company in a
proxy or information statement distributed by the Company pursuant to Section 14
of the  Exchange  Act in  response  to Item  6(e) of  Schedule  14A  promulgated
thereunder or otherwise adopted. The determination  whether and when a change in
control  has  occurred or is about to occur shall be made by the Board in office
immediately   prior  to  the  occurrence  of  the  event  or  series  of  events
constituting such change in control.

          1.05 CODE means the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986, and any amendments
thereto.

          1.06 COMMON STOCK means the common stock of the Company.


          1.07 COMPANY means Seair Group, Inc.

          1.08 CONTROL  CHANGE DATE means the  occurrence of the event or series
of events constituting a Change in Control as determined by the Board.

          1.09  EXCHANGE  ACT  means the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
amended and as in effect on the date of this Agreement.

          1.10 FAIR MARKET VALUE  means,  on any given date,  the closing  price
(or, if there is none,  the  average of the closing bid and asked  price) of the
Common Stock on such quotation system or principal  securities exchange on which
the Common Stock is traded on such day, or, if the Common Stock is not so traded
on such day,  then on the next  preceding  day that the Common Stock was traded,
all as reported by such source as the Administrator may select.

          1.11  FORFEITABLE  SHARES  shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.04.

          1.12 OPTION means a stock option that  entitles the holder to purchase
from the  Company a stated  number  of  shares of Common  Stock at the price set
forth in an Agreement.

          1.13  PARTICIPANT  means an  employee  of and  non-employee  director,
advisor and independent consultant to the Company or a Related Entity, including
an employee who is a member of

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the Board,  who satisfies the  requirements of Article IV and is selected by the
Administrator to receive a Stock Award, an Option or a combination thereof.

          1.14 PLAN means the Company's 2000 Incentive Plan.

          1.15  RELATED  ENTITY  means any entity that  directly or  indirectly,
through one or more intermediaries,  controls,  or is controlled by, or is under
common control with, the Company.

          1.16 STOCK AWARD means Common  Stock  awarded to a  Participant  under
Article IX.

          1.17 STOCKHOLDERS means the stockholders of the Company.

                                   ARTICLE II.

                                    PURPOSES

          The Plan is intended  to assist the  Company  and Related  Entities in
recruiting  and  retaining  employees,   directors,  officers,  consultants  and
advisors,  and in compensating  such individuals by enabling such individuals to
participate in the future success of the Company and the Related Entities and to
associate  their interests with those of the Company and its  Stockholders.  The
Plan is  intended  to  permit  the grant of Stock  Awards  and the grant of both
Options qualifying under Section 422 of the Code ("incentive stock options") and
Options not so qualifying.  No Option that is intended to be an incentive  stock
option shall be invalid for failure to qualify as an incentive stock option. The
proceeds  received by the Company from the sale of Common Stock pursuant to this
Plan shall be used for general corporate purposes.

                                  ARTICLE III.

                                 ADMINISTRATION

          The Plan shall be administered by the Administrator. The Administrator
shall have  authority  to grant Stock  Awards and  Options  upon such terms (not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Plan) as the Administrator may consider
appropriate.  Such terms may include  conditions (in addition to those contained
in this  Plan) on the  exercisability  of all or any part of an Option or on the
transferability or forfeitability of a Stock Award,  including by way of example
and not  limitation,  conditions  on which  Participants  may defer  receipt  of
benefits under the Plan,  requirements that the Participant complete a specified
period of employment  with or service to the Company or a Related  Entity,  that
the  Company  achieve a specified  level of  financial  performance  or that the
Company achieve a specified level of financial return.  Notwithstanding any such
conditions,  the  Administrator  may, in its discretion,  accelerate the time at
which any Option may be exercised, or the time at which a Stock Award may become
transferable  or  nonforfeitable.  In  addition,  the  Administrator  shall have
complete  authority to interpret  all  provisions of this Plan, to prescribe the
form  of  Agreements,  to  adopt,  amend,  and  rescind  rules  and  regulations
pertaining   to  the   administration   of  the  Plan  and  to  make  all  other
determinations  necessary or advisable for the  administration of this Plan. The
express grant in the Plan of any specific power to the  Administrator  shall not
be  construed  as limiting  any power or  authority  of the  Administrator.  Any
decision made, or action taken, by the  Administrator  or in connection with the
administration  of  this  Plan  shall  be  final  and  conclusive.  Neither  the
Administrator  nor any  member of the Board  shall be liable for any act done in
good faith with  respect to this Plan or any  Agreement,  Option or Stock Award.
All expenses of administering this Plan shall be borne by the Company.

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          The Board, in its discretion, may appoint a committee of the Board and
delegate to such committee all or part of the Board's  authority and duties with
respect to the Plan.  The Board may revoke or amend the terms of a delegation at
any time but such action shall not  invalidate  any prior actions of the Board's
delegate or delegates that were consistent with the terms of the Plan.

                                   ARTICLE IV.

                                   ELIGIBILITY

          Section 4.01 GENERAL. Any employee,  director,  officer, consultant or
advisor  to, the  Company or a Related  Entity  (including  a  corporation  that
becomes a Related  Entity  after  the  adoption  of this  Plan) is  eligible  to
participate  in  this  Plan  if  the  Administrator,  in  its  sole  discretion,
determines that such person has contributed  significantly or can be expected to
contribute  significantly  to the  profits or growth of the Company or a Related
Entity.  Directors of the Company who are  employees of the Company or a Related
Entity may be selected to participate in this Plan.

          Section 4.02 GRANTS. The Administrator  will designate  individuals to
whom Stock  Awards and Options are to be granted and will  specify the number of
shares of Common  Stock  subject  to each award or grant.  All Stock  Awards and
Options granted under this Plan shall be evidenced by Agreements  which shall be
subject to the applicable  provisions of this Plan and to such other  provisions
as the  Administrator  may adopt. No Participant may be granted  incentive stock
options  (under all incentive  stock option plans of the Company and any Related
Entity)  which are first  exercisable  in any calendar  year for stock having an
aggregate  Fair Market  Value  (determined  as of the date an Option is granted)
that exceed the  limitation  prescribed  by Code section  422(d).  The preceding
annual limitation shall not apply with respect to Options that are not incentive
stock options.

                                   ARTICLE V.

                              STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN

          Section 5.01 SHARES  ISSUED.  Upon the award of shares of Common Stock
pursuant to a Stock Award, the Company may issue shares of Common Stock from its
authorized  but unissued  Common  Stock.  Upon the  exercise of any Option,  the
Company  may  deliver to the  Participant  (or the  Participant's  broker if the
Participant so directs), shares of Common Stock from its authorized but unissued
Common Stock.

          Section 5.02 AGGREGATE LIMIT.  The maximum  aggregate number of shares
of Common  Stock that may be issued  under this Plan shall not exceed  5,000,000
shares.

          Section 5.03  REALLOCATION OF SHARES.  If an Option is terminated,  in
whole or in part, for any reason other than its exercise, or if a Stock Award is
forfeited in whole or in part, the number of shares of Common Stock allocated to
the Option or Stock Award or portion thereof may be reallocated to other Options
and Stock Awards to be granted under this Plan.

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                                  ARTICLE VI.

                              OPTION EXERCISE PRICE

          The price per share for Common  Stock  purchased on the exercise of an
Option shall be determined by the Administrator on the date of grant;  provided,
however,  that the price per share for Common Stock purchased on the exercise of
an Option  that is an  incentive  stock  option  shall not be less than the Fair
Market Value on the date the Option is granted.

                                  ARTICLE VII.

                               EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

          Section 7.01 MAXIMUM  OPTION  PERIOD.  The maximum  period in which an
Option may be exercised shall be determined by the  Administrator on the date of
grant,  except  that no  Option  that is an  incentive  stock  option  shall  be
exercisable  after the  expiration  of ten years  from the date such  Option was
granted.  The terms of any Option that is an incentive  stock option may provide
that it is exercisable for a period less than such maximum period.

          Section 7.02  NONTRANSFERABILITY.  Any Option  granted under this Plan
shall  be  nontransferable  except  by  will  or by  the  laws  of  descent  and
distribution.  In the event of any such transfer, the Option must be transferred
to the same person or person(s).  During the lifetime of the Participant to whom
the Option is granted,  the Option may be exercised only by the Participant.  No
right or interest of a Participant in any Option shall be liable for, or subject
to, any lien, obligation, or liability of such Participant.

          Section  7.03  EMPLOYEE  STATUS.   For  purposes  of  determining  the
applicability  of Section 422 of the Code (relating to incentive stock options),
or in the event that the terms of any Option  provide  that it may be  exercised
only during employment or within a specified period of time after termination of
employment,  the  Administrator  may decide to what extent leaves of absence for
governmental  or  military  service,  illness,  temporary  disability,  or other
reasons shall not be deemed interruptions of continuous employment.

          Section  7.04  CHANGE  IN  CONTROL.   Section  7.01  to  the  contrary
notwithstanding,  after a  Control  Change  Date  each  Option  shall  be  fully
exercisable thereafter in accordance with the terms of the applicable Agreement.
If not  sooner  exercisable  under  the  terms of the  applicable  Agreement,  a
Participant's  Option shall be fully  exercisable  (i) as of his  termination of
employment if his  employment  terminates  after a Control Change Date and he is
terminated without cause or following his refusal to move to another location or
(ii) as of the date that  there is a  material  reduction  in the  Participant's
compensation or duties if such reduction occurs after a Control Change Date. For
purposes of the preceding  sentence the term "cause" means a willful  neglect of
responsibilities to the Company or a Related Entity.

                                 ARTICLE VIII.

                               METHOD OF EXERCISE

          Section 8.01  EXERCISE.  Subject to the provisions of Articles VII and
XI, an Option may be exercised in whole at any time or in part from time to time
at such times and in  compliance  with such  requirements  as the  Administrator
shall determine. An Option granted under this Plan may be exercised

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with  respect to any number of whole  shares less than the full number for which
the Option could be exercised.  A partial exercise of an Option shall not affect
the right to exercise the Option from time to time in accordance  with this Plan
and the applicable Agreement with respect to the remaining shares subject to the
Option.

          Section 8.02  PAYMENT.  Unless  otherwise  provided by the  Agreement,
payment of the Option  exercise  price shall be made in cash.  If the  Agreement
provides,  or in the  discretion  of the  Board,  payment  of all or part of the
Option price may be made by surrendering  shares of Common Stock to the Company,
including  by allowing the Company to deduct from the number of shares of Common
Stock deliverable upon exercise of the Option, a number of such shares which has
an aggregate  Fair Market Value,  determined as of the day preceding the date of
exercise of the Option,  equal to the aggregate Option exercise price. If Common
Stock is used to pay all or part of the Option  price,  the  shares  surrendered
must have a Fair Market Value  (determined  as of the day  preceding the date of
exercise) that is not less than such price or part thereof.

          Section 8.03 INSTALLMENT  PAYMENT. If the Agreement  provides,  and if
the  Participant is employed by the Company on the date the Option is exercised,
payment of all or part of the Option price may be made in installments.  In that
event  the  Company  may,  if so  determined  by  the  Administrator,  lend  the
Participant  an  amount  equal to not more than 90% of the  Option  price of the
shares acquired by the exercise of the Option. This amount shall be evidenced by
the  Participant's  promissory  note and shall be  payable in not more than five
equal  annual  installments,  unless the amount of the loan  exceeds the maximum
loan value for the shares purchased,  which value shall be established from time
to time by regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal  Reserve System.
In that event, the note shall be payable in equal quarterly  installments over a
period of time not to exceed five years.

          The  Participant  shall pay  interest  on the  unpaid  balance  at the
minimum rate  necessary to avoid  imputed  interest or original  issue  discount
under the Code. All shares acquired with cash borrowed from the Company shall be
pledged to the Company as security for the repayment thereof.  In the discretion
of  the  Administrator,  shares  of  stock  may be  released  from  such  pledge
proportionately  as  payments on the note  (together  with  interest)  are made,
provided the release of such shares complies with the regulations of the Federal
Reserve System relating to securities credit transactions then applicable. While
shares  are so  pledged,  and so long  as  there  has  been  no  default  in the
installment  payments,  such shares shall remain  registered  in the name of the
Participant,  and he shall have the right to vote such shares and to receive all
dividends thereon.

          Section 8.04 SHAREHOLDER  RIGHTS. No Participant shall have any rights
as a stockholder  with respect to shares  subject to an Option until the date of
exercise of such Option.

                                  ARTICLE IX.

                                  STOCK AWARDS

          Section 9.01 AWARDS.  In accordance with the provisions of Article IV,
the Administrator  will designate each individual to whom a Stock Award is to be
made and will  specify  the  number of shares of Common  Stock  covered  by such
awards.

          Section 9.02 VESTING. The Administrator, on the date of the award, may
prescribe that a Participant's rights in the Stock Award shall be forfeitable or
otherwise restricted for a period of time set forth in the Agreement.  By way of
example and not of limitation,  the restrictions may postpone transferability of
the shares or may provide that the shares will be  forfeited if the  Participant
separates

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from the service of the Company and its Related  Entities  before the expiration
of a stated term or if the Company and its Related  Entities or the  Participant
fails to achieve stated objectives.

          Section  9.03  CHANGE  IN  CONTROL..  Section  9.02  to  the  contrary
notwithstanding,  after a Control  Change  Date each  Stock  Award  will  become
transferable and  nonforfeitable  in accordance with the terms of the applicable
Agreement.  If not sooner transferable and nonforfeitable under the terms of the
applicable  Agreement,  a  Participant's  interest  in a Stock  Award  shall  be
transferable and  nonforfeitable  (i) as of his termination of employment if his
employment  terminates after a Control Change Date and he is terminated  without
cause or  following  his  refusal to move to another  location or (ii) as of the
date that there is a material  reduction in the  Participant's  compensation  or
duties if such reduction occurs after a Control Change Date. For purposes of the
preceding sentence the term "cause" means a willful neglect of  responsibilities
to the Company or a Related Entity.

          Section  9.04  STOCKHOLDER  RIGHTS.  If all or any  portion of a Stock
Award  is  forfeitable  pursuant  to the  Agreement,  at all  times  prior  to a
forfeiture  thereof,  a Participant  will have all rights of a Stockholder  with
respect to  forfeitable  shares of the Stock Award (the  "Forfeitable  Shares"),
including  the  right to  receive  dividends  and vote the  Forfeitable  Shares;
provided,  however,  that (i) a  Participant  may not  sell,  transfer,  pledge,
exchange,  hypothecate, or otherwise dispose of the Forfeitable Shares, (ii) the
Company shall retain  custody of the  certificates  evidencing  the  Forfeitable
Shares,  and (iii) the  Participant  will  deliver to the Company a stock power,
endorsed in blank, with respect to the Forfeitable  Shares.  The limitations set
forth in the preceding sentence shall not apply after the Forfeitable Shares are
no longer forfeitable.

                                   ARTICLE X.

                     ADJUSTMENT UPON CHANGE IN COMMON STOCK

          The maximum  number of shares as to which Options and Stock Awards may
be granted under this Plan shall be proportionately  adjusted,  and the terms of
outstanding  Stock  Awards and  Options  shall be  adjusted,  as the Board shall
determine to be equitably required in the event that (a) the Company (i) effects
one or more stock dividends, stock split-ups,  subdivisions or consolidations of
shares or (ii) engages in a transaction to which Section 424 of the Code applies
or (b)  there  occurs  any  other  event  which,  in the  judgment  of the Board
necessitates  such action.  Any  determination  made under this Article X by the
Board shall be final and conclusive.

          The  issuance  by the  Company  of  shares of stock of any  class,  or
securities  convertible into shares of stock of any class, for cash or property,
or for labor or services, either upon direct sale or upon the exercise of rights
or warrants to subscribe  therefor,  or upon conversion of shares or obligations
of the  Company  convertible  into such  shares or other  securities,  shall not
affect,  and no  adjustment  by reason  thereof  shall be made with  respect to,
outstanding Stock Awards or Options.

          The Board may make Stock Awards and may grant Options in  substitution
for performance  shares,  phantom  shares,  stock awards,  stock options,  stock
appreciation  rights,  or similar  awards held by an  individual  who becomes an
employee of the Company or a Related  Entity in  connection  with a  transaction
described   in  clause  (ii)  of  the  first   paragraph   of  this  Article  X.
Notwithstanding  any provision of the Plan (other than the limitation of Article
V), the terms of such substituted  Stock Award(s) or Option grant(s) shall be as
the Board, in its discretion, determines is appropriate.

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                                  ARTICLE XI.

                             COMPLIANCE WITH LAW AND
                          APPROVAL OF REGULATORY BODIES

          No Option shall be  exercisable,  no Common Stock shall be issued,  no
certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be delivered, and no payment shall
be made under this Plan except in  compliance  with all  applicable  federal and
state laws and  regulations  (including,  without  limitation,  withholding  tax
requirements),  any listing  agreement to which the Company is a party,  and the
rules of all  domestic  stock  exchanges  on which the  Company's  shares may be
listed. The Company shall have the right to rely on an opinion of its counsel as
to such compliance. Any share certificate issued to evidence Common Stock when a
Stock Award is granted or for which an Option is exercised may bear such legends
and statements as the Administrator may deem advisable to assure compliance with
federal and state laws and  regulations.  No Common  Stock  shall be issued,  no
certificate  for shares  shall be delivered  and no payment  shall be made under
this Plan  until the  Company  has  obtained  such  consent or  approval  as the
Administrator may deem advisable from regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over
such matters.

                                  ARTICLE XII.

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

          Section 12.01 EFFECT ON EMPLOYMENT. Neither the adoption of this Plan,
its  operation,  nor any documents  describing or referring to this Plan (or any
part  thereof)  shall  confer upon any  individual  any right to continue in the
employ or  service of the  Company or a Related  Entity or in any way affect any
right and power of the Company or a Related  Entity to terminate the  employment
or service of any  individual  at any time with or  without  assigning  a reason
therefor.

          Section 12.02  DISPOSITION  OF STOCK.  A Participant  shall notify the
Administrator of any sale or other disposition of Common Stock acquired pursuant
to an Option  that was an  incentive  stock  option if such sale or  disposition
occurs (i) within two years of the grant of an Option or (ii) within one year of
the  issuance of the Common  Stock to the  Participant.  Such notice shall be in
writing and directed to the Secretary of the Company.

          Section  12.03  RULES  OF  CONSTRUCTION.  Headings  are  given  to the
articles  and  sections  of this Plan  solely  as a  convenience  to  facilitate
reference. The reference to any statute,  regulation,  or other provision of law
shall be construed to refer to any  amendment to or successor of such  provision
of law.

          Section  12.04  EMPLOYEE  STATUS.  In the event  that the terms of any
Stock  Award or the grant of any  Option  provide  that  shares may be issued or
become  transferable  and  nonforfeitable  thereunder only after completion of a
specified  period of employment,  the  Administrator  may decide in each case to
what extent leaves of absence for  governmental  or military  service,  illness,
temporary  disability,  or other  reasons shall not be deemed  interruptions  of
continuous employment.

          Section  12.05  LIMITATION  ON  AWARDS.   Notwithstanding   any  other
provision  of the Plan,  if any award under this Plan,  either alone or together
with payments that a Participant  has the right to receive from the Company or a
Related Entity,  would  constitute a "parachute  payment" (as defined in section
280G of the Code), all such payments shall be reduced to the largest amount that
will  result in no portion  being  subject to the excise tax  imposed by section
4999 of the Code.


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                                  ARTICLE XIII.

                                    AMENDMENT

          The  Board  may  amend  or  terminate  this  Plan  from  time to time;
provided,  however,  that no amendment shall,  without a Participant's  consent,
adversely affect any rights of such Participant  under any Stock Award or Option
outstanding at the time such amendment is made.

                                  ARTICLE XIV.

                                DURATION OF PLAN

          No Stock Award or Option may be granted  under this Plan more than ten
years after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board.

                                  ARTICLE XV.

                             EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

          Stock  Awards  and  Options  may be  granted  under this Plan upon its
adoption by the Board,  provided that no incentive stock option will continue to
be effective unless this Plan is approved by a majority of the votes entitled to
be cast by the Stockholders, voting either in person or by proxy, at a duly held
Stockholders'  meeting or by the consent of stockholders owning more than 50% of
shares of the Common Stock within twelve months of such adoption.




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