As I said in a couple other threads: PAY UP!

The shortage is even hitting majors now, and the industry is still 3-5 years from peak Mx retirements. I’ve been turning wrenches or have been in Mx management for 20 years, and I’m even trying to get out of it. That should say something about the state of the career currently.

Society and namely, aviation have never valued individuals that can troubleshoot and turn wrenches and have been treated as second (or third!) class citizens. All this and people are shocked to why people don’t enter the Mx field and stay (when Mx professionals have easily a transferable skill set that can be used where they are valued).

Let. It. Burn.