“1000 TPIC magic bullet”
This number comes directly from AA when they are asked to define a well-qualified street regional applicant at hiring events. It isn’t a magic bullet by any means, and they are still looking for important factors like personality, cognitive ability and particularly diversity from street hires.
AQP is kinder, gentler airline training. It has a marginally better pass rate than traditional airline training and is much more forgiving - you can repeat maneuvers within certain parameters, for example - instead of getting slapped with a 5+ mark of shame and termination for messing up a steep turn.