Hey one more piece of advice. You might consider becoming an instructor for a few months at FSI or PAIFA to get yourself some contacts. Otherwise, you could try AEX air or Catalina flying services, both out of Burbank, who are known to take "interns" (nudge nudge wink wink)on. The fly Navajos and Beech 18s, but have VERY good connections with Ameriflight, Embry WW and Fedex, which is where most of their pilots end up.