pilotdrummer,

I concur with HectorD. I would hang tight for right now. Job security is a rarity these days. Keep pumping those students through. Set a goal to get your ATP written completed/passed and to meet/exceed ATP mins ASAP. Make yourself competative. I can guarantee that once the regional airlines start hiring again (hopefully towards the end of this year...knock on wood) that the hiring mins will be at least ATP mins and gobs of ME time. (Note Piedmont Airline's hiring mins on APC: 1500TT/500ME)

Just stay positive, keep plugging' away, keep your eyes wide open, and your ear to the ground. Hiring will resume soon...you just have to wait a little and ride out the storm with the rest of us.

Cheers!