Originally Posted by
Duesenflieger
it should be stressed that not all the 11000 applications are the same 11000 applications everywhere else. There are pilots who want to work for Delta, but not United, and vice versa.
It seems vast majority publish their applications to all of the legacies regardless of whether or not they're the first or last choice. Now, after the applications are on file people tend to update their top choices and let the rest lag.