In a similar situation myself and I can tell you there are lots of others. Just seen 4 of my friends go to Atlasjet in Turkey and hand over €40K for 500 hrs on type so waiting it out for a few months to see how they get on. I'm not willing to sell my soul just yet but might have to in 6 months if no sunshine at the end of the tunnel.
Before anyone blasts me for mentioning P2F I hate to tell you but the old fashioned way is dead where I come from. There are no regional jobs and no instructor jobs either.
On another note I'm wary about doing the 500 hrs on type as I only have around 500 TT at the moment and feel like I would have a much better chance if I waited until I had 1000 TT, then did the 500 on type, bringing me to 1500 TT with 500 on type... where to get those missing 500 in between tho.., suggestions welcome!