don't really think that false hope is the correct term, the "top end" is getting very short here, but it is filtering down,when you consider the utter shambles that the u.k. caa is in with regards to lic' issue, it is very hard to get one, and when you manage to get a lic', you only have about 250 hrs to go job hunting with, so anyone with over 1000 hrs should find the market good, and with some determination should be driving a jet in 12 months or so
things are good in euroland at the moment, so if you want to move over here, then get going, and good luck