Interview to class date can be to 2-4 months. Due to training back up at AA it's currently running 9 months. Four months means you need to interview in June. You can't apply on Tuesday and expect to get selected on Wednesday. It's typically several months lag so that means you have to apply around Jan-March of 2016.
How about face time? OBAP convention this August in DCA. WAI next March in Nashville. I'd make WAI a mandatory event. Every major and regional airline will be there.
Get a 121 job, even with a regional, when you retire. Don't sit around waiting for the majors to find you. Do everything you can to improve your resume/check off additional boxes.