Originally Posted by slimothy

I retired from the Marine Corps a year ago, similar background (1300 helo, 1700 BE20, 1600 of which is PIC, and around 600 PIC in the helo). One thing I have learned over the past year is that this is a crap shoot. Pure black magic. After 6 months of staying home with my kids, I got the interview with SWA. I made it to the background check portion, but was not selected to go on, and given no explanation. I can't think of anything in my background that should have come as a surprise, so I'm not sure what I did wrong. I was attributing it to my helo time, but a good friend of mine just got the CJO with very similar creds, so I must have punted the interview. Anyhow, with currency becoming a concern, I took the job at a regional in June, a week after I got the TBNT from SWA. I only have about 200 hours in the ERJ now, and I am in phase 2 with JB, hoping for a Feb class.

Long story short, you've got a good chance at landing an interview, but have a back up plan! Best of luck to you.