One thing I should add to my comments about the meet and greet. If we are going to continue it I think we need to formalize the process for getting an appointment a little better to avoid the perception (or reality) that there is an advantage for the guys who live in Memphis. Other than being closer to the office and being able to go in on an off day without traveling across the country there should be no advantage to living here. And there is nothing you can do about that.

I heard consistent rumors over the past several months though that there were still meet and greets going on even though they were officially suspended for a time. If guys who are close to the ACPs are able to back door the process (whether they live in Memphis or on the moon) then the rest of the crewforce has reason to complain that the system is unfair. I would agree.

I am not naive to think that if you get to the position of ACP that you won't help your buddies, but the formal system has to be improved so that the rest of us have equal access to the ACPs when they are accepting appointments.

My suggestion would be to use the online recs, let a guy be the primary sponsor for only one guy at a time, and do away with the meet and greet requirement. That gives everybody a chance at an interview, and folks could still walk in a resume if they were so inclined. Perhaps that would free up the ACPs to do the other stuff that they do.