Superpilot - first, just WAITING for that first job is the wrong way to go! You have to make it come your way.
Secondly, there is no substitute to working in the aviation industry or on an airport to make connections and do intensive networking. Quite frankly, sending CVs and waiting for a positive answer just doesn't work anymore. Airlines receive litterally HUNDREDS of CVs every day, so the only way in is to be recommended or to get to know the right person(s). I'm sorry to say, it won't happen unless you keep working in the aviation industry in some capacity. I've sent over 350 CVs over 3 years with no luck and it's only through networking that I now see some light at the end of the tunnel.
CVs are even more of a waste of time, paper and postage now that an increasing number of airlines have on-line application forms.
(CPL/IR, 440 hrs, Flight Dispatcher).
Cheers
