Strato Q
The market is indeed improving in the coming years as well. I left in Dec 02 as I was going to start a cadetship with bmi despite having just been awarded a pilot crossover.
Even after the the events of 9/11 I still elected to gamble on completeing the training at my own expense after bmi dropped us all like hot potatoes.
I have got my first job, a mere 3 months after I had finished all my training, and it is not with a regional airline. It's not even with a low cost carrier. It's not even with bmi who were hoping to recruit us one we had got our licences. I have got a place with BA and there are plenty more spaces out there, not just with BA but with a whole host of airlines at the mo. Now is certainly the time to start making some of those decisions you have been mulling over in recent times.