Well JB, I admire your passion. I have always found better offers in other industries whenever I was looking. That is the NO.1 reason I say forget aviation MX. There has always been plenty of new and/or displaced A&Ps keeping wages depressed. Just like with pilots, only theres no chance of ever recouping the loss later in life. The only exceptions are the very few 18-20yo kids that get on directly with a major or are born into a family owned maintenance business. From my prospective, less than 10% of all working A&Ps do better than the average blue collar worker.