getting out of it....
Okay, we all know someone who knows someone that
left the aviation industry, took their aircraft
technical skills, and walked into a wonderful,
well-paid, great benefits, no night shift, treated-with-respect job. There are many stories
of such moves, and word-of-mouth is that several
industries are happy to welcome people with our
kind of training and standards. For the benefit of those of us (myself included) thinking of pulling the plug, what particular things have people moved on to? After standing back enough to
look with the eyes of a "leaver", I find it very
difficult to translate my qualifications. There doesn't seem to be any formal way to make the move, at least not without taking a very large pay
cut to start at an entrance level position. How about sharing your stories? If I go, it'll be one
less to compete with! Thanks.