Not sure how it works over in the states but my experience in the uk I was trained as a car mechanic worked in garages for **** poor money saw the bright lights of the forklift industry and was wooed by the much better wages. Now twenty years on in a recession I am treated like the dirt under your boots and told I will have to give more and more back just to keep my job and be greatfull and lo and behold garage mechanics are on £15-£20 an hour!!! Isn`t hind sight a wonderfull thing.