Want to be a pilot...but I'm clueless about how to get started.
Go to the local hardware store, buy a large wooden mallet. Take said mallet home. Upon arrival, remove any packaging material. Locate a flat, stable, solid surface (I'd suggest a good workbench).
Remove your {testicles} from your pants, place on the flat surface and proceed to beat them with the mallet for several days.
If you find this to be a pleasurable or even tolerable experience, then perhaps you are just the sort of deviant that the regional airlines are looking for.
If you prefer not to take this approach, read and consider the previous posts (and linked thread) very carefully and contemplate if it's really worthwhile.
I got in about 20 years ago before things went down the toilet, so I've done OK, but it is definitely NOT what I signed up for back then. I'm not sure I'd do it over if I had a crystal ball and the insight that comes with age (no offense intended). That said, I've made my bed and am somewhat stuck at this point.