Some further speculation about DL's ATP-CTP course and its effect on one's appeal to the HR crowd. IF this is true, coughing up $5K changes the landscape a bit:
"Apparently when folks arrive to the course they’re told that completing the Delta or Delta affiliated ATP-CTP course (through MIL2ATP IIRC) that their apps will be pulled for scoring shortly upon their request as a “perk” of using the program, but usually within 2 weeks.
A normal Line pilot LOR takes upto 3 months to pull an app for scoring apparently."