CRJ,
Well, speaking from what I have seen, ( I got hired in May) alot of the classes that I have seen are roughly 50/50. The problem for civ guys (that don't have A320 time) is that they are heavily weighted to those with A320 time. In my class it was either guys with no mil time but prior A320 time or at least some mil time. Although, I did have a friend of mine interview in Dec that was all civ, no A320, so it might be changing now (no word yet on whether he got hired or not). From what I have seen, they have really changed their preferences over the past year or so. I understand that about a year before I got hired, almost no mil guys got in, and it was mostly commuter folks, or mil with 121 experience. It's tough to say what it will be in a year. As for applying before you have the mins, I don't think the app. website will even let you do it. Give it a try though, and if it takes, it takes.
Well, speaking from what I have seen, ( I got hired in May) alot of the classes that I have seen are roughly 50/50. The problem for civ guys (that don't have A320 time) is that they are heavily weighted to those with A320 time. In my class it was either guys with no mil time but prior A320 time or at least some mil time. Although, I did have a friend of mine interview in Dec that was all civ, no A320, so it might be changing now (no word yet on whether he got hired or not). From what I have seen, they have really changed their preferences over the past year or so. I understand that about a year before I got hired, almost no mil guys got in, and it was mostly commuter folks, or mil with 121 experience. It's tough to say what it will be in a year. As for applying before you have the mins, I don't think the app. website will even let you do it. Give it a try though, and if it takes, it takes.