There are numerous Regionals to choose from that'll pay you well, get you the desired 121 time, and have fairly quick upgrades for TPIC. Like mentioned above, a few have Flow programs with AA. Your current times are far from competitive. Not trying to be harsh, just realistic.

So, I have been updating my app for a good while now and finally getting to those barely qualifying #'s (4K tt{all 135/91} PIC jet time and finishing my bachelors). I'm interested in knowing if the "FIT" assessment on the application ever expires? or is it a one time and you're done sort of thing?

OP - There's an entire thread about getting hired where guys have put down their qualifications when they got the major job. There's dozens, and perhaps hundreds, of resumes listed. The airlines also put out some averages. Basically the median guy has about 3000-4000 hrs PIC and 5000-7500 hrs total. Most of them are jet qualified, or turboprop qualified, in several different aircraft. The number of single engine turboprop pilots getting hired might be zero, especially with 2500 hrs TT.

You're competing with RJ Captains that have thousands of hours of 121 experience flying multi-engine turbine equipment. Nothing On your resume screams "major material".....you need a job at a regional to be even remotely competitive.

any guesses on when/if guys with between 3,000 and 3,500 TT and 1,000 TPIC might start getting looked at?

Right now, when they're within 6 months of getting off Active Duty.

It's probably not impossible for non military with those flight hours to get looked at but they're probably going to need something substantial outside of flying to make their resume breakout from the crowd.

Maybe around 5500-6500 hours. Unless you have amazing volunteer work.

I know thats what is competitive now, i was just wondering when/if that number would make it down in the 3,000 range.

When B-61s & W-76s start raining down on Pongyang you can kiss any hiring goodbye for at least 5 years

So the airlines are just going to massively shrink?