I just scheduled the RJ orientation course at ATP because I thought it would go a long way towards earning an interview at XJT. I've got 1300 and 145, but I was involved in an instructing accident eight years ago. I hoped taking the class might even out that black mark on my record.

If hiring is about to stop, it looks like I just unwisely spent about $2500. I tend to be someone who sets the top of the market though. I tried for a year to earn an interview at Eagle and finally got invited just before Thanksgiving. Ten days later it was cancelled when AMR filed for bankruptcy.

I love to fly, but had I known what the last ten years were going to be like, I never would have bothered. Back to the drawing board, potentially.