Would they blackball someone for taking their resume right into the Purchase office after a year, a job fair, and a 98 on the test? Even with 2 LORs.

Is there any chance of getting hired without a jet type rating?

I've been to a 142 school several times on a King Air 200 but alas, no type. It's probably a bit of a long shot but is it worth applying?

It'd be great to get this ball rolling without getting typed at my current outfit or going to a regional.

Yes. But glass and FMS experience will be a big benefit during sim training and OE. Those skills are important, as you will be trying to master international ops as well as be proficient in the plane your flying. (74 or 76)
Going to a regional and being PIC typed in a CRj or EMB 170 and getting some flight experience will be a huge help moving forward-and give you options.

Excellent. I'm comfortable with glass and FMS stuff. I just feel bad going to a regional when I don't have long term prospects of staying, but maybe I'm over thinking things, who stays at a regional anyway?

There's lots of great folks with superb skills and quals that are at the regionals....tough industry.

The regionals need pilots-as bad as some of the pilots need them. Its almost a mutual relationship, they use you to provide a service as a feeder, and you can use them for the experience to move forward.

Pretty certain there is no issue with my reference trying to black list me. He's been advocating pretty hard for me. Only person I know at the company. Can't be sure that he didn't get on someone's bad side. Who knows. I'm pretty gutted about the high test score "problem". I honestly did not see that coming. Sounds possible that I went overboard and screwed myself.

Just watched a guy doing OE with the biggest acft he had flown being a king Air 200.

Apply.

That it is. I did have a buddy at Eagle for years, he finally made it over to AA via flow... He just had terrible timing. That said, he was home based and home nearly every night. That isn't bad!

I scored 90% on the test(completed 94 questions, got 4 wrong apparently), and was contacted 2 or 3 days later for the phone interview and in person interview invitation. The tech portion of the interview didn't seem to relate at all to what was on the test(which was probably 75% from the ATP bank, 20% figuring out when to start descent using the 3:1 rule, and 5% other), but then again, the guy I did the tech portion with was tailoring his questions to the type of flying a candidate was currently doing it seemed.