Or improving things?
Personally, the only thing I want to do full time us work in aviation. I don't want to be "just" an engineer, or pilot, or academic. But I know plenty of people who are very happy being one thing only - but if you aren't, change things from within, or move out are perhaps more useful than complaining from inside?
But actually the main advice I offered was to look towards working within aviation and see if the OP's existing skills have a fit. There's far more to aviation than just scheduled flying - which yes, I personally would need to finish my IR off to do.
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