A friend of mine joined Lion Air on P2F about 2.5 years ago, and few weeks ago I got this e-mail from him, after no news for maybe 7 - 8 months.
"Still in Lion air, unfortunately, And now have around 1700 hours on the B737 Ng, and 2300 total Time. But it is not easy to find a better job. In fact, in the world of aviation, the companies prefer hire a young monkey.
I am so disappointed with this statement.
I have a friend, who was offered the B777 job but he told me the salary is ****, and you have to pay for the TR.....so he decided to stay in Lion Air."
I find this both sad and compelling, but this is the truth of the industry, it is being destroyed for all with the illusion of a good future career once you get passed 500 hours.
There is not much sympathy from me to your case either, chance was taken, and the writing has been on the wall all the time.