There will always be work for you. The question is can you feed yoruself and put a roof over your head at the amount those jobs pay? I am you in a few years. I have 1400 total time and almost 1000 multi, but now that I am being laid off I am job hunting again. Check hauling is almost always an option. Regionals are an option. But I have a wife and a kid and a mortgage. I was making $40k a year, so to go back to $20k will most certainly make my house go away, and being gone that much will put a real strain on me as I will miss my family.

My suggestion is to find a good busy flight school and get to 1500 and take your ATP ride as soon as possible. Then go the regionals. The key... buy a truck and a small RV and try to own them outright (no debt)... then stay single. The key is to be mobile and live cheap.

I do believe that there will be jobs. I dont think we will ever have the proverbial pilot shortage, but there will always be fluctuations. Im seing it now a little... for teh last few years nobody wanted to learn to fly because there was no job oppurtunity in the business. Now that the hiring has started and everyone is moving up,. it leaves holes in teh bottom (CFI jobs)... problem is there arent as many CFIs left who havent moved on to soemthing else. You check climbto350 and you will see a lot of places looking for instructors if you are willing to move to their location.

IN short, yes there will be jobs...BUT... you will have to make huge sacrifices to get to where you want to go.