You'll need to shave.

Then you'll need a couple hundred hours of recent flight experience. The problem is timing the wave. You want to be hired at the start of a wave, but others will be getting hired while you are getting current.

Also, airlines wonder if you really like flying if you get out when times are tough. I understand your position, but it was a question that has come up in my interviews. Only Delta seems to really appreciate the idea of a pilot getting a Masters (or other higher eduction) and going into management, then coming back out to fly. Delta probably has more pilots in management positions than other airlines.