Historically, your point is valid.

There are MANY military guys at the regionals waiting for calls. In the last 6 classes at my company, we have had more than 35 military pilots. Everything from F-18's to C-5's to Harriers to Helicopter guys. They all had one thing in common - plenty of military experience and applications at all of the majors, but no calls from those majors. It seems that the current hiring people at the majors are looking for some 121 time - at least that is what the hiring departments have been telling the military guys.

Delta is probably the biggest exception, and we all know of a guy that knows a guy that got hired, but it appears to be changing in the last 6 months for some reason. And in the 80% part of ickt86's plan, it would leave a backdoor for military and others in.