The job maket looks pretty good across the pond from where I am sitting.
I got my first airline job at 38 after 10 years of sending out applications. I had 5000 hrs total with 1500 turbine PIC and 3 type ratings. That dream job lasted 3 years until I was furloughed
on Oct 12, 2002.
I now have 7500 hrs and it has taken a year to find a new airline job with starting pay of 32,000 dollars a year.
I was one of the lucky ones in that I was able to get a corporate jet job shortly after my furlough and have been working steadily the whole time. Many of my co workers have been out of work for a year or more.
In the USA one must have several thousand hours of expirience to get an airline job in the right seat of a large jet.
If I could have landed a job right out of college with 300 hours it would have been a dream come true.
Sincerely, Stearperson