Rumor is another round of senior mechanics leaving due to poor management and lack of pay. 

How will PHI survive if lazy old as dirt mechanics leave and we hire younger, able bodied, less likely to get hurt walking mechanics?  

 Rumor laid to rest. Extensive rumor exploration has revealed senior mechanics exoudus rumor was started by several senior mechanics that can't get work anywhere else as their lazy ways reputations have closed all exit doors.

we all went to Metro, where we are valued

6 weeks to track/balance a EC 135

2 weeks to change a 407 eng

3 weeks to do a 300 hour on a 145

should I go on

22 days into tracking a 407 right now 

let us know if anything else exciting like that happens

Here's a question for you all: Think of the best mechanic you've worked with here at PHI... the hard worker who is efficient and goes above and beyond, who is very good at what they do. If they decided enough is enough and they got an offer with another company paying more money, dealing with less crap that we all have to deal with here and they gave their manager an ultimatium "I have a better opportunity, these are my demands. What can you do to keep me?".

What do you think will happen? 

They don't care.

Does not deal with terrorist employees who make demands.

I knew a guy who met all of your described qualifications minus the demands part.......he went work at a Plant near Lake Charles that refines petro as a service tech.  Had A&P while at PHI, was a Day man several times at both Houma and Galveston Bases, ran up 76's ...one of the few Mechs allowed to do so.  Smart as a whip, could troubleshoot autopilot on 76 better than most of the avionics guys around.  PHI let him go.  Literally, instead of raise the pay he was requesting.  So he went work at the plant....and told me what he was making.  It was much more, for roughly the same hours.

The heli industry is lagging.  Always has, always will.

If you are single no kids with everything paid off, it's great.....but if you are trying to raise a family...and in his case quite a big family.....PHI is not a good place to try to do that......hell, IMO, you're better of going to med school to be a doctor or a lawyer.  That's the only way you'll swing a big family now days.....