Got a couple of friends who fly for ACC, two are captains now. One of them recently told me that ACC had 1000+ resumes. When any company gets that many, they can afford to be picky. I have heard recently that most, if not all, of the newhires are from internal recommendations. If ya don't know someone, you stand less of a chance of getting the interview than if you know someone. Time doesn't seem to matter. Even though you have more than 1000, it only takes somewhere around 500 to get called, so the folks with recs will get called before you. I had a former student get hired back in the spring. He did the MSFS sim check. He said it seems that will continue. They seem to keep hiring, and you'll only be swimming until the current class ends. Good luck to you all.