Originally Posted by LUV FLYING

I've gained a lot of insight from watching this and similar threads over the last couple decades. It's my turn to contribute. More important than the stats below is the networking aspect. Delta, American, United, and UPS CJOs all happened in a 3 month window, and now have a purple interview opportunity.

Retiring military in 2017, F/A-18 and T-45 instructor
Stats at publishing:
2600+ Total, 2300+ PIC, 1500+ Instructor, 250+ last 12 months
Others: 10+ traffic tickets, 3 training flight failures.
Aviation highlights: Director of Safety, Aviation Safety Officer, CRM I, NATOPS Instrument Evaluator
Community: 20+ years of service in multiple capacities.
LoR: 4 internal UAL, 4 internal DAL, 0 at AAL (1 internal at interview), 3 UPS (all internal of course), no PE for FDX.
Exceptional help from OBAP mentors I volunteer with for UAL, DAL, UPS, and FDX.

Had been preparing for all aspects of interviews at over ten companies for several years. Researched all the options out there for app review and interview prep and chose two great companies. Also networked at the OBAP Job Fair in August 2016 at 7 months ahead of availability date which light speeded the interviews, all well ahead (3-6 months) of my availability date.

One of the best resources along the way has been this website with the valuable insight gained by reading posts from several dozen folks over the years as I pondered multiple career decision points along the way including my most recent decision a few weeks ago for where to go out of these 4 CJOs and now pondering whether to interview at purple. Thank you to the multiple folks that keep this site running and most importantly thank you to the selfless mentors on this site that respond to folks they've never met with incredibly informative posts.