Yep - nothing going in the U.S. right now . I've got FAA & JAA ATPL , airline background in U.K. , instructor tickets for both U.S. & U.K. , plenty of hours plus the right to work in both the U.S. & U.K. & I can tell you from bitter experience that I have found not one opportunity on either side of the atlantic in the last 10 months . The sad thing is that I have contacts in various airlines , flight schools & corporate operations but all to no avail .
What is really depressing is that I went to get a checkout on a cub ( cheap ) the other day just to get up in the air again . The instructor seemed quite upbeat about the state of the industry so out of interest I asked him what experience he had - roughly a fifth of mine ; I just shut up .
I'm seriously contemplating attending a baggage handling seminar in a couple of weeks because I'm having trouble finding any kind of work right now & at least it's related to flying !
If things are going to improve it will have to be in a big way before I'm convinced - good luck .