asupilot--I faced something similar about 10 years ago. The flesh peddlers had me penciled in for a predator. I was pushing hard to get to Beale on the U-2--but MPC would not release me to compete. So I found something else to do. If you look at Southwest's application, I think you'll find that SE turbine time won't hurt--they don't break out ME vs SE time. I haven't researched other airlines though.