Originally Posted by cadetdrivr

Good thinking. (Seriously.)

But I think that also exposes another issue. If you think you might want to apply to a legacy major in the future I'd suggest taking a good look at your overall career goals and proceed from there. From an outsider's perspective I'd say you are at a career V1 point (to use an aviation analogy.)

If it were myself, I'd much rather get hired by UAL or DAL or AA next month than four years from now when each of them has already hired 4000 new pilots above me.