bt wen u sit at home long enuf.desperation kicks in..
and THAT my friend, is THE VERY thing that all agents capitalise on !!
I have heard of pilots from the last boom in the early 90s who did odd jobs for a living, had no option but to remain single forever, remained unemployed with Instructor Rating for almost 4-5 years and FINALLY managed to pay bribes and get into an airline by begging/borrowing from their relatives/friends and mortgaging their only house/ancestral property.