[jstarfish]

> What I cannot do is synthesize years of experience in some other domain. [...] They are not interested in outsiders or people who lack traditional credentials and experience in their exact field.

This is the third thread about this same topic that you've posted. I get that you're desperate, but what else are you doing with your time?

You say employers are ghosting you and you express belief that it's because you're not ticking the right boxes. What are you doing to make yourself more marketable so you can tick those boxes?

"Years of experience" is arbitrary and negotiable. Employers routinely make dumbass demands like 5+ years of experience in tech that only launched last night. If you really can "learn" anything, you're going to have to step up your showmanship and convince them of that during the interview. On paper you're competing with people falsifying and exaggerating such backgrounds altogether.

(If you're serious about becoming an airplane mechanic, consider the military. They're hurting for recruits, and your lack of a degree would ironically put you on the vocational track. They also provide housing.)