Originally Posted by usernamehere

1.Get a degree if you don’t have one,
2.fly your butt off - seems like 5500+ TT is sweet spot. (Based on a conference a few years ago)
3.upgrade if you can - (1000 TPIC)
4.check airman if you can.
5.Job fairs. - at job fairs/conferences you will probably meet some SWA pilots that would love to help/give you some rec letters.
6.Community involvement of some kind.

pretty much in that order of importance. but all are important. It seems to me that the computer attributes points to all those boxes (or at least most of them). This just seems to be the way it works to me. I’m not privy to the inner workings

You will need some letters of rec (2 or 3 I believe.) if you get an interview. Jumpseating may work? or another form of networking as mentioned above. Biggest lesson I learned in the whole process is - If you know your goal apply consistent effort over time to the goal and it will happen eventually.

good luck!