Originally Posted by flensr

22 yrs Military, zero checkride busts.
2470 TT
1900 PIC (very conservative conversion from Mil "Primary" time)
1190 IP
About 2350 jet/turbine (F-15E, T-37, T-6)
About 1700 multi-engine jet

9 years experience in training program management and squadron chief of stan/eval plus some evaluator time probably helped a bit but I can't prove it.

Submitted app online approx early July
Job Fair DFW July 15
Interview July 29
CJO Aug 1

Good interview experience, can't say enough good things about how smoothly it went for me. All the FO candidates and employees I met seemed to be good people too, a good sign I think. Again I can't prove it but I bet going to the job fair cut months off my wait time since my raw hours aren't anything special. But the job fair interview went well and explaining my resume experiences seemed to catch their attention.

Key phrase - "Quality of life".