I couldn`t agree more with Lori. She knows what she is talking about. Keep flying,but..now listen to this...you gotta get a four year degree, and not from degree mill. Without that, you have automatically excluded yourself from the majors. Some will disagree with this, insisting that either they or some friend is flying the big iron without one. I`m sure there are exceptions, but few and far between. Next item...forget the flight engineer rating. It`s almost extinct, like a navigator. Lastly..tossing bags or working in some other ground job at an airline ain`t gonna help you get hired on. Again, there are exceptions, but not worth the effort. Good luck to you....get that degree.