Hold tight, resilience is the name of the game.
Amen to that.
4 Whites...
I feel your pain mate. Three years ago I was flying Air Taxi (Chieftains admittedly not TP's) in Canada and I rolled the dice at the time and came back here to convert. I had decent enough prospects out there, but at the time the market here looked buoyant as indeed was the case during my ATPL conversion and writtens.
I was then fortunate enough to have an interview with a large UK carrier through a referral. Sim checked and passed I was told I would be contacted v soon for a start date for the TR. Then all of a sudden - WHAM - recession. I have been waiting 12 months now and will probably wait some more yet.
I have been desperate as to what to do. I consider myself lucky as the chance of that bonded TR is still there, all though god knows when. We all just want to get on with our lives, all while our other halves / families sit there and watch us, wondering what we are doing!
I honestly can't see the point in dropping £30K right now. There's a ton of 737 / Airbus guys out there laid off right now. Unless you have some kind of golden "in" I would really stand off. Do anything to keep current - I have managed to find some part time light a/c flying work and thats really about the best you can do right now.