Deadpool
how is the hiring environment right now? Its fair to say the pretty much every major airline here in the Sates is hiring and the regionals are practically begging for pilots.
Leaving non work lifestyle, politics and equivalency of licence/qualifications aside I'd say the UK is nothing like as good for hiring at the moment as the US is reputed to be, certainly not for "decent" jobs.
Just take a look at the "wannabes", and other sub sections here on Pprune, such as the one that button push mentioned ( Terms and Endearment). You'll see there's no shortage of pilots trying to enter the industry in Europe at the entry level and a significant number of experienced pilots looking to move into seats into/ or within the UK. Worse still demand might be drying up - e.g. as has been mentioned the likes of BA have suddenly stopped DEP recruitment, and the hold pool is not showing any sign of being emptied, despite recuitment having been in full flow until recently......
In short there's no shortage.