Ah to be young with so many choices in today’s world of all airlines hiring. A 30 year cycle and we are in it.
Step one: Get hours. As many as you can as fast as you can.
Step two: Get PIC. As much as you can as fast as you can.
Step three: Will take care of itself. The chances of you threading the needle of your career path is slim. This window of unprecedented opportunity will go on for about a decade on sheer retirements alone. Which leaves you some breathing room. But not as much as you think. Getting hired at a top tier carrier takes both huge effort and luck.
Keep on truckin’. That’s the best advise I could give. Your path and options will better define themselves as you progress. It might sound like vanilla advise, but most often the most overwhelming dilemmas boil down to the simplest solutions: hard work in this case.
Work hard with dedication and the pieces will fall into place.