very sad to see, but thats the reality at the moment.
I recently went to see britannia and of the seven there, five were ex-military just about to leave the forces.That was the aspect i overlooked when initially trying to get a job:there are four competing groups:ab-initios, ex-instructors, military and those looking to change jobs !
Certainly there are still well experienced pilots still waiting to get back in:of about 60 pilots who worked with me who were laid off, about 20 now have jobs:all with lots of jet time etc...
keep at it , but plan for a couple of years rather than weeks or months....