sky high, I never new anyone in aviation but now I have contacts everywere, from 135 to Ups and all the reginals , legacies and LCCs in between. you can make contacts and get to know people.
the school were you got your cfi and flight instructed or the company you started ding traffic watch for should have had some guys leaving to fly for a 135 cargo outfit, any of whom could write you a LOR. then some of the 135 guys you flew with and went to the regionals could have written you LORs. then at the regional level you flew with guys that went and have had jumpseaters that worked for the then called nationals (Polar,airtran,fronter,gemini,kaitta2......etc...) , and those guys could write you LORs , finally while you are working and the nationals ( spirit, frontier, polar, gemini....) there were guys there who went to UPS, united, alaska,AA..... AGAIN they could have written LORs for you
are you telling us you never made any contacts? that is a personality problem dude. you don't need to know the CP or the vp of ops or vp of hr. any 2 or 3 line pilot rec with the right experience would get you and interview.