Holy thread length batman, I just read the whole thing (took about 4-5 hours off and on)

Anyway, I have an interview for the 16th of Jan. I am a military guy so this will be a whole new realm of aviation for me. I have my ATP and am hoping to go directly into the SAAB out MEM for the obvious reason plus its an easier commute for me from Pensacola FL. (All assuming I get hired of course)

Couple of random questions, where did the "XJ" tag come from. Took me about 70 pages of threads to figure out what it was referring too.

Also being that I am right at 1500 TT with almost 1000 ME (All turbine), I would expect to still have to hold FO for a time in order to get to AT LEAST 2000 hrs TT right? Many times in this thread the term "ATM Mins" is mentioned for upgrading, but I thought the Mesaba Mins for CA was 2000 TT. Am I missing something here? Not to mention I personally would not feel comfortable flying as CA with little to no time in a particular model A/C.

This is a GREAT thread, and it is truly refreshing to see a complete lack of bickering/off topic issues in a thread so long.

I look fwd to the oppurtunity of becoming a Mesaba employee and working with this great group of Pilots.