Network.
Hang around the local airfields get to know people and make contacts!Amazing the people you can meet at an airfield cafe.
Go to your local Parachute/glider club and again network with them and show interest and be keen about volunteering with them.
Become an instructor.
Most importantly stay positive, keep current with flying and also technical theory and target specific airlines you feel you have a good chance with. Ie not BA,Virgin, or anything like that. But visit small airlines and actually go to their offices and talk to them.