I have seen older guys than you making it into a cockpit, paying a price for it, yeah, but making it nevertheless.
Please do not take what I am going to say on the bad side, but I just don't understand posts like yours. You are not asking for specifics about job market or airlines, you are just asking for a general opinion about how things are going at the moment. So, what if we all say that things are crap? Are you just going to burn the CPL license and dust off the cab drivers license?
Dude, do not mind what anyone else tells you about the market because you will not know how things are until you actually try. PLOW AHEAD AND DO NOT GIVE UP.
I wouldn't be where I am know if I had given up during any of the other miriad of crisis I have had to face during my career.
Please persevere, and after you make it into a cockpit, come back here to let us know how hard it was so we can compliment you!