I had a word with a friend who is close to 2 particular people yesterday, they hold a respectable post in an airline and call a lot of important shots within, is what he says. I've been told that 2010 looks good (sometime during Jan to March), as a few low budget carriers are planning on recruiting a bunch of pilots for FO's and Commanders. I'm not sure if your going to have to pay for your TR or have a heavy amount of influence on your resume but yeah, I'm just letting you all know what I've been told. Hope this helps anyone in any which way.
We'll have to wait and watch, to see if it really is true or not