Not that this adds any fuel to the rumors.... Had my pc last month. Instructor said he had two new hires for students, both from Seattle. Both attended one job fair and had zero recommendations. Both students believe they were hired without a rec because of the city they reside in based on certain things HR mentioned to them..... But, we all know this is a Marketing driven airline, so who knows if the Marketing Dept would let HR know what geographical location they prefer new hires to be from.......