addy
I'm in the same spot.
I have almost twice your experience, done the integrated route, done the instructing route, done the air taxi pilot route, done all sorts of extra, extra aviation things to get noticed.
I know loads of people in aviation, however all are FOs.
But it is like you say. No contact - No job, unless you are lucky and your CV lands side up on the CP/HR persons desk.
How can people like us and many other wannabes make contacts?
Please if anyone here on Pprune is in the power of hiring give us some sort of hope/tips/advice so that we can continue the fight.
Because I won’t give up until I'm flying.
Maybe if there was a sort of mentorship program, a captain or someone high up the food chain takes on a junior pilot and introduces him/her to the aviation world and maybe help out with a job or just some good advice. This sort of thing is common in many other professions so why not aviation.
Anyone up for that?
/AK
ps. please forgive my English grammar. English is not my first language.