Anyone aware of the competitive hiring times and qualifications at ATI these days?? Thanks!

I hope no one is looking on APC for marital advice.

Past successful candidates experience has been all over the place. So don't feel like you have to Chuck Yeager times.

It would be a good study to see how many acmi pilots end up in divorce for being gone 17 days in a row!!!

Didn't mean my post to turn into that...
Was trying to explain why I wasn't able to go to regionals and why I am short on those hours..(121 and crew).
And at the time my wife was making more $ than me on top of other issues that i didn't explain in that post.
Been married almost 20 years now, and with me being the one making most of the $ now, and have the better chance of making a better living for us, she is standing behind me when/if opportunities will come around.

That doesn't really answer the question..
I'm guessing he's looking for a different answer, as am I.
But according to you, they will hire anything from a CFI to a captain with heavy and International experience..

Find me a pilot who doesn't identify with their career choice. I've been dirt poor most of my working life and I found a good wife who stuck with me in those hard times.
I will never go back to being dirt poor and will always make the decision that brings in the money, even if it means family hardship. And I can tell you nothing is worse than having your career taken away from you, to lose your income, self worth, and means to support ones self. You are a flipping idiot if you let those things slip away, thinking it is better for the family! Have you ever woken up from a dream, and found life to be the nightmare? Try that for a few years.

Things in Our America are very negatively skewed because of the emphasis on money. There are plenty of poor people who are happy, and plenty of very wealthy people who are unhappy, because they want more money.

Note: I read here recently of a US pilot with a working wife. They moved from the US to Denmark, which has much higher income taxes than in Our America. They are both working in Denmark (as they were in the US), and they now have substantially more disposable income every month, than they did in the US. AND, their kids will all graduate from college, with ZERO student debt, which would not have happened had they stayed in Our America.

I live in Florida for a reason and it has nothing to do with winter weather. If I lived in NYC or SFO, I would feel substantially poorer.
One can make the argument that you get more bang for your buck with your tax money in Europe, especially when living in a high tax state. My wife wants to live in Germany, told her to divorce me and marry a German.

There is no such thing as competitive time when applying at ATI or any ACMI because they will hire anyone because hardly anyone with sense applies to an ACMI. Regionals have signing bonuses and quick upgrades, nationals such as Spirit, Jet Blue, Allegiant have quick upgrades and better retirement than AMCI. But wait at ATI you get a a free ticket to work on what should be your day off. All other carriers you get more time off and a no fault commute clause. So what are you waiting for apply today!