Then don't. Your choice.

Nobody is saying you have to preemptively quit in order to get hired, but the game is the game. Fair or unfair, the things you're b*tching about are part of the game you're trying to play. In this case, two shops, FedEx and Delta, are saying they want a rock-solid availability date, and has effectively penalized guys who were trying to speed on that date.

My point in my previous post was that I wasn't willing to play the burn-the-candle-at-both-ends game, balancing establishing and moving around a separation date to try and capture an airline class date. I saw squadronmates losing years off their lives trying to work that one out, and I just didn't want the hassle of it. Now we see that trying to play the separation date game has resulted in CJOs being effectively revoked, or guys not being offered CJOs in the first place.

Proceed as you like once you're armed with this information. Remember, it is you that is wanting to join the game -- it isn't trying to join you.