Voadar & others, keep the faith man!
I'm also in the game since 1995 - TIME FLIES!
Although I have to admit that I left the scene from 2002 till end of 2005. Apparently not such a bad decision as I spoke a lot to guys lately who are complaining that they are waiting for 2 years now...2 years; what a laugh! Off course some slip through the net but let's say 3 out of 4 had not such luck in the last couple of years.
What amazes me most is that I speak to people or hear stories of people who were in it for 100hrs + ATPL and just quit because there was no job waiting for them... You can't do that these days...frozen ATPL expires etc. Imagine man - just be proud that you're still in the running!!
I'm sure you'll get back what you deserved
What comes around, goes around - it's 100% pure science!
Good luck.