question about flying classes and experience?

Most fixed base operators (the folks at the airport that sell fuel, service planes, etc) offer flight training, and most will offer a "discovery flight" that will provide some orientation and 30 to 45 minutes of flight instruction. You can log this time as your first piloting time, and would count toward the requirements for getting your pilot certificate. You will be shown how to pre-flight the plane, be in the pilot seat, and taxi to the runway, do the pre-flight enginerun-upp, perform the takeoff and likely do most of the flying except for the last few feet of the landing.

Even if they do not have a discovery flight program, most instruction is sold on an hourly basis, with a discount if you pay for a block of time, or the whole course, in advance. You can sign up for one lesson, or two, or what ever, with no further financial obligation.

Airline Career>>>>

Training and education: $70,000usd average, 2-4 years study

Flight Experience: 1,500 hrs & ATP average, 2-4yrs small planes

Airline Interviews: Several before you are accepted somewhere decent

Holding the control wheel in an airplane with 140 people on board relying on your skills: Priceless

PS: chicks dig the uniform ;)

You're not going to get into the cockpit of a commercial airline...

Search for small airports in your area, and give them a call...they can always help you out with trainers and flight instructors that use their facilities.

Start with an introductory flight at your local FBO. You sit up front (probably in one of the only two seats the plane will have) and manipulate the controls with a CFI.