A little research would provide you with info like, we're not currently hiring. There is a holiday break going on.

Also, the pool has around 30 people in it for the Jan startup of hiring.

As far as a "Thank you for applying" email, I don't think they do that. After applying, and they like your stuff, they will do a phone interview and start the process. The recommendation letters don't help until the actual MIA interview. They don't help you get the phone interview.

As far as being 744 typed, "it don't make no never mind'. You'll go thru the whole training program anyway. Our failure rate is like one in forty, so no real cost benefit to hire typed guys/gals.

All that being said, I will contact the Atlas Exco and see if there is anything they can do. I know there was talk when World furloughed, of giving them some preferential handling. Remember, it's a points based system and it has worked VERY well. Bean counter type folks run it with VERY little crewmember input.