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All great advice above.

IMHO, no point in applying now. I would, however, be ready to apply the day you hit 1000 turbine and then keep updating on a very regular schedule.

And also assuming you have a 4-year degree, and also assuming your GPA was not 1.5....

Network, network, network. Establish and maintain career mentors. Not just for the next job, but for the next 40 years.

Those in a position to help you can spot a phony kiss-a$$ a mile away and young pilots wanting to get to a major are a dime-a-dozen. However, you’d be amazed by the support that a sincere young pilot can receive. Everybody who “made it” was once there themselves and many enjoy helping another pilot climb up the ladder.

Also note that human nature has not changed for several thousand years and in the so-called “real world” the really low time guys (and gals) that get hired know, or are related to, somebody. It can be as simple as leaving a positive impression with a recruiter at a job fair or the result of extreme nepotism as the son of a chief pilot.

It’s the old adage, “If you don’t know who has the inside track it’s not you.”

This does not mean you have to be so close to the manger of pilot hiring that you exchange Christmas presents, but knowing somebody that can make an introduction to somebody who knows somebody can make all the difference in the world. It’s almost amazing how small the aviation community really is and these informal networks have been in place long before you were born.