Intern. It's who you know and the more people you know, the better. I interned with Continental Airlines back in 1999. They told me to give them a call when I got some flight time and they'd send my resume down to Express down in Houston. I wound up sending it to them with 750 TT and 90 ME and I got a call a week later with an interview offer. I knew guys (who didn't intern with CAL) that sent their resumes to COEX with 1200+ TT and 100+ ME who either got the, "We'll call you when we need you." letter or didn't get a letter at all. It's who you know to get the interview and then what you know to get the job. Needless to say, this was back in August of 2001 and my October interview as subsequently cancelled after Sept 11th, but that's besides the point.