Originally Posted by
Dragon7
Read the "Avoiding Square Corners" Thread in the Hiring Topic. Not step 1, more like intro to the entire topic. Then...
1. Read the airline profiles on top of the web page.
2. Get ATP and Class 1 Physical Done.
3. Draft your Flying Resume.
4. Start Building Profiles on airlineapps.com and pilotcredentials.com.
5. Call everybody you know who is an airline pilot, wannabe airline pilot, every reserve squadron you know, and start asking questions.
That is a lot. Good luck getting started.
Totally solid advice. Two years out is really a great time to start all this. I did everything last minute--and it worked--but it wasn't fun and it's not an approach I'd recommend.
I'll add two things to Dragon's list
6. Find an interview prep company (Emerald Coast was excellent) and attend training/seminar, that will answer questions you didn't know to ask
7. Make a list of specific questions, and come back to ask. Yeah, you might get some flaming, but you'll get answers. What you've asked so far is so general it's unanswerable.