Hi Thomas,
If it's any consolation, I had 6,000+ TT, 2,000+ PIC, 1,100 TPIC and it took me 126 applications over the course of 3.5 years to get two interviews. I had a sponsor at FedEx and lots of people trying to pull for me at WN. I even have a historic artifact from WN I was hoping to trade for an interview. I only got the job I have because I knew someone and it's not FedEx or WN.

Yea that is my problem.. I really don't know anyone.. I know Of people, but I am not on a first name basis with any of them, and the work I do now, gives very little time at any FBO's or airports to chat and talk shop with other pilots..

Too Much time
 

It seems to me that sometimes employers are looking for people who fit inside a specific envelope of education, age and experience. If your career has not taken a similar path as other applicants you might be on the outside looking in.

Too much experience suggests that perhaps your intent is to hire on with a regional to work for six months and then leave for a better job once you have been 121 blessed. In contrast young pilot applicant with only 900 hours is going to be a faithful employee for many years.

Aside from that most legacy applicants come from known pools of experience like Navy, regional or fractional. If your background is outside of the norm then you might have a difficult time getting attention.

It takes a lot more than just meeting experience minimums to get anywhere in aviation.


Skyhigh

I think you need connections in which your line of work is dissimilar to 135 and 121 operations whereas connections are easier to come by.

thomasw - PM sent.

yea connections would be great to have.. problem is, other than on here and current co-workers (most of which have no time/experience or no desire to leave), I may spend a grand total of 2 hours in an FBO a year. It is very difficult to make any connections with those statistics, and I don't expect anyone to provide a letter of rec. based on a few conversations over the internet and If they did feel comfortable enough doing so, I highly doubt it would bring much weight to the interview table.

Go to an airline career conference. Attendance is very helpful in meeting HR representatives and pilots who sit on hiring boards. Oh, and get your ATP.