Danny
Thank you for your insight.
For anyone interested, in the last 6 weeks I have sent out 20 CVs. Ten of these were in my own name and gave a true account of my hours & experience (fATPL and approx. 1000 hrs/ 100 multi). I received two standard letters of rejection.
Ten were sent out with a fictitious name and experience of about two thirds of my own, but with an ATR 42 type rating and ONE hour on type. These were sent to UK/Irish ATR operators (about six) and operators of other turboprops. SO FAR I have received two interview offers and one operator has twice sent me an application to fill out that (assuming I fill the boxes correctly) comes with a letter stating I will be interviewed in the next six months. And they don't even have an ATR!!!
Now all I need is a quick name change and an ATR 42 type rating.....