Life after the aircraft maintenance game
I left aircraft maintenance behind some time ago (aged 35) and moved into flight management which paid considerably more, provided more free time and had its moments but, looking back, it was a life of wall-to-wall trivia and career posturing - the big thrill was planning the budget which was total fiction however many £m and how many joke MBA's were involved. Life was like one long, low-budget edition of BBC2's 'The Apprentice' except nobody got fired. I'm now in my mid fifties and working in IT management and having a ball but, looking back, the people I worked with on the line at Gatwick and around Europe were some of the funniest and cleverest people I worked with anywhere. If you want to stay in aircraft maintenance then there will always be jobs though you may have to relocate to maintain salary and conditions. There are other jobs out there but few, after a life of fixing unserviceable airliners and seeing them on their way, will be as rewarding.
Good luck.