American didn't just order 460 F16s or F18s to fly JFK-LAX. They ordered A320 and B737 family aircraft. It would only make sense that the most qualified pilots would be the ones already flying A320s or 737s. The whole application is based on a point system that will score the application and narrow a pool for the first round of interviews. The AA pilotcredential website is notorious for barely having any information. How do you expect them to score the application? The fact they didn't put down any minimums means that even brand new regional airline pilots can apply. When they have 10,000+ applications, they need to narrow it down to a couple hundred for interviews.

How do you do that? Total time? TPIC time? IMO, the first round they will run is a system cutoff for Boeing/Airbus time pilots and see how many there are throughout the system.