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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.....