When it comes to AA and probably most other airlines today the selection process for the interview is done by HR. They use some sort of filtration system to filter through all the resumes. It's anyone's guess what parameters they set. Buddy of mine has his app on file with AA, Delta, and United for 2 years, no calls He exceeds the preferred requirements and has additonal boxes checked (union work). My suggestion is.. apply, update, update. You mentioned you worked at AA (assuming based on your profile name) for a while, call everyone you still talk to and ask for letters of recommendations. Good luck man!