Blimey, I'm in the wrong job! 40 quid an hour is not true. You are correct though, that the greater your lic coverage, the more per hour you will get...but it will be in some pretty dire places. I know a couple of good avionics guys who just left the security of a major facility to go contracting, just for more money.
The big boys do hire quite often as their pay is not as high as contarcting, so openings will always come up. Just get into an airline someplace and not GA work, you'll never get big bucks fixing corporate and puddle jumpers... good luck
ps: tallbloke just had a typical grad attitude and was rightly shot down in flames..as most are when they venture into the real world.
[This message has been edited by Jango (edited 06 June 2000).]