You are not planning to go to an airport and hassle airline pilots going to work, just to ask how they got their job, are you? . .I agree with others in this thread: Don't do that. It sounds extremely annoying to me. The place for questions like that is here, or at a flying club or so. . .. .Besides... there are many ways leading to Rome, and at least 2000 times more to get you in the cockpit.