Originally Posted by rdc034

I had a similar thought ... They did interview a lot of people this spring and if class size is decreasing to 20 and below, they may have an excess of candidates in phase II.

Here is the timeline leading to my TBNT email.

-Applied in November
-Mil IP/EP, Fighter/Trainer background, 3000 TT, 1900 ME, 2200 TPIC, CFII, MEI, ATP. No 121 experience.
-One internal rec
-Email in mid February to invite to interview on 11 March, 1300
-I felt the interview went very well
-Late March - Phase II email
-Background cleared in April (TS-SCI clearance, clean record)
-May - "JB still wants you, expect mid/late summer class date" phone call
-Two weeks ago, email, then phone call, requesting recency of experience since 2010, year by year breakdown of hours, duties and accomplishments, for a PHC meeting later that day
-Immediately responded with the data
150+ hours in last 12 months, still actively flying, 500+ hours since Aug 2010, current EP in the T-6
-Yesterday generic rejection form email addressed to "pilot candidate".

I think what killed me was one or a combination of these three things:

A-My internal rec left for for a Legacy since my interview
B-150 hours in 12 months was considered too low
C-All my recency was a single engine turbo prop

If it was A, I think it would be extremely short sighted, but since I live in Texas, maybe they thought I'd jump to AA, SWA or UA at the first chance (they'd be wrong if they thought that). If it was B, then they misunderstand how many hours a pilot in a leadership position flies in an AF training unit. If it was C, well, they knew that going into the interview... so who knows?

I was extremely excited at the idea of going to JB for the long haul. If I wasn't a good fit, then I wasn't a good fit, I just wish it didn't take 100 days to make the call.

Good luck to the rest of you.

Cheers!