Take it FWIW, just what I "heard" from someone in recruiting.

But sadly, it doesn't matter which airline, they haven't had a "realignment" yet of expectations.

Years ago when the hiring started, and they ALL had the infamous "XX,XXX" applicants, MANY of those were well qualified and VERY EXPERIENCED in many areas. Didn't matter if it was civ, mil, or a combination of both. If you look at the graphs/charts put out by (insert legacy MEC) at that time, the "average" flight times were high, almost to hyper competitive levels. Some friends of mine that went through (then) said that of the civilians, not one has less than 10K TT and not less than 2 type ratings. I know, I know.......WE ALL KNOW, there were classes that had lower. But the FACT IS, what used to be in the applicant stack just isn't there in the numbers it was then. As mentioned, DAL's charts put out show a decrease in TT as well as TPIC time as far as the "averages" go for BOTH mil and civ, and the combination thereof.

Some of the HR people haven't come to realize that yet, and still expect that of their candidates. And toss in that AA is hiring more (relatively speaking), DAL doesn't seem to stop, FedEx has picked up, UPS has picked up, SW has picked up, sucking of more of the candidates as well.

The key word is "some', NOT ALL.