Slightly off thread so am preparing myself to be shot down.....but....If you are coming to the UK there was an interesting article in either last months Flyer or Pilot magazines about a guy who self sponsored himself through a type rating (think it was a 320). Was good to read what was involved and the effort required. The punchline came in the last paragraph where he had no job after months and months had passed since getting the rating. Guess it was down to having the rating but no line experience. Don't most applications require 500 hours or so? Good luck.