Neptune, Chesty Puller is rolling over in his grave over your use of advise. It is advice. I bring it up because you never know what will discriminate you from your competition and that is glaring to anyone who grew up without spell check. On a different note, not sure how MV-22 time is counted, but if you have 750 hours of mil PIC you qualify for an ATP. LT's in my sqd were getting on with regionals using all kinds of sim and time reductions from the military. If you are retiring go to a regional and let them pay for your ATP while you collect your check. Good resume builder while you build enough time to be competitive for a major job. Be sure and log your ME/IP/instructor time. It is huge in the civilian world. Go take the mil equivalency test to convert your MIL IP into CFII. All you pay for is the test and you get ratings. You can't beat it. If you give checkrides for NATOPS/STAN you are the equivalent of a check airman. Put it on your resume. You might even be able to get the civilian equivalent of NSI on your certificate. Go take the written for the ATP, you'll need it to get hired. I knew several guys who went the contractor route after AD, they seem to go down a rabbit hole. The money is better and it is sometimes a cooler job, but they tend to stay in these jobs far too long. The people who went the regional route tend to surpass them in getting to a major quicker, if that is your ultimate goal. In full disclosure, I did the AD to Guard/regional road. It wasn't always easy, but it was worth leaving AD for. Best of luck.