The long version is too long so here is my story in a nutshell:
- '91 PPL
- '95 FAA IR and CPL
- '95-'00 broke and living paycheck to paycheck with no powered flight time
- Late '99 borrowed money from an ad in the TV Guide (no joke)
- '00 left for America
- '00-'13 Flight Instructor
- '13-'15 Charter Pilot CJ 2 made PIC early '15
- Nov '15 starting as FO on a 737....
It's not too late for you, I was 30 when I packed up and left.
USA is no option for you now after 9-11 and 2008 unless you go to Embry Riddle for a degree and instruct there...mucho dinero.
Europe: Apply as cabin crew and go from there, personally know somebody who did this and he's now on the 747 with BA
Africa, Far East: as suggested above.
Personally know somebody who at 50 got his first paying job in Indonesia, he's now PIC SE Turbine.
If you're not ready to burn bridges behind you consider time building programs like:
Home - Tropic Air Pilot Program | Build Turbine Time in Belize | Fly up to 100 Hours Per Month
Eagle Jet International, Inc.
But don't sit around and think too long....get up and RUN!!!