If you guys are already theory qualified,but have no real long time exposure,then why not try Australia?
Both Qantas & Virgin are struggling to get qualified AMEs & LAMEs,as well as the smaller airlines.
And from what I can see on the airmech site in regards to wages,Australia is certainly up there in what is currently being paid to engineers worldwide.
Plus on the upside,the weather is a damn sight more pleasant to work in.