FYI, a neighbor of mine attended the WIA conference last week and talked to AA, UAL, and SWA. He's close to 1000 SIC in the CRJ900 and is scheduled for Captain upgrade in mid-April. AA was ambivalent (he's at an AA wholly owned) but UAL and SWA both said once he upgrades and gets a few hours PIC he should be hearing from them. He's not talking to any ULCC's right now since he's got a good shot at getting hired at UAL. He has a 4yr degree and standard route via Flight School training then CFI until 1500 hours.