I’m in a similar boat to Plot. I was well experienced in my trade before getting into Aviaton, and have the ability to go back to the trades if required, and I have done in the past when Aviation has thrown up the short term difficulty’s that it seems to. But I have to be quite humble about it, I end up working for people that used to work for me, not that that’s an issue but does make it easy to find work,I take a respectable wage that reflects that I’ve not done anything trade related for years outside of my own property, and that my current vehicles don’t exactly allow me to work as I used to be able to. I’m unlikely to get work where I’m currently located either so that’s another difficultly, and like plot, I’m not exactly thrilled of the thought of being on the tools in the latter part of my working life but, if the current situation in aviation doesn’t work out for me well I won’t go broke and could probably spend a few years in the trades and return down the track.