Many of us who are in the demographic of being the people to whom you are applying remember the time when we went north and we were the 50th pilot in town waiting for a job.
We never got hold of the CP via the phone, or even in person. We lobbed into town and found a job behind a bar and networked our way into a flying job, usually meeting the CP over a beer at an airport BBQ where one of our newly made pilot friends worked.
If you're not in town, the only time that you are likely to get any reply is if they need someone urgently now and there is no-one looking for work left in town.
You as a new CPL graduate are nothing special in the eyes of a CP. You might feel so after shelling out lots of $$, but the fact is there are many of you and the CP owes you nothing - not even 2 minutes of his/her busy time. 2 minutes replying to every one of you is a day's work.
What you have to do is make yourself stand out from the others.
How you do that is up to you.
BTW - It's still a bit early for the tourist season, but it's fast approaching.
Last edited by compressor stall; 11th Mar 2021 at 22:37.