Originally Posted by
dera
You weren't hiring pilots using one of the online portals(airlineapps, pilotcredentials), because that's not how they work.
If you don't meet the minimums, they won't let you apply. If you do but aren't competitive, then your application just stays in the pool but never gets out on any of the pulls. So there's absolutely no harm to have your app in the pool, but having an early timestamp can help you when you eventually become competitive. So your advice isn't relevant to the airline scale. Smaller 91/135, maybe, where they actually manually read every resume that comes in. Airlines don't do that.
My advice was to apply at the exact time you meet the minimum requirements. So, I think it is relevant. But, whatever. The bottom line is pilots will do whatever they want to do. So in that regard, you're right, my advice is not relevant.