Probably harder today, when I started I got a job as a line boy at a small airport in CT. As it turns out, there were a few airline pilots that hang out for the coffee and friends. Over the three years in college, I learned a lot from them on weekends and summers, gassing planes, sweeping the hangars, washing the trainers, etc. Several airline captains owned planes and gave me a chance to fly with them--immeasurably valuable lessons with only a hundred hours.