Things are bad at the moment for us wannabee's. Want a job of any sort getting paid to fly - you probably will have to make some sort of sacrifice. If you dont want to, the person behind you will.
However, the pickings are rich for the airlines still. Plenty of type rated people with lots of hours to choose from. But when the industry turnsaround and the major's start to expand again I wouldn't be surprised to see lots of people move out of the LCC's and back to the flag carriers. The seemingly endless supply of "type rated 737" pilots will dry up at some point - it cannot be a bottomless pit.
Then things will start to look up for us.