> start offering trade jobs, which have been starving for new hires for 40 years. plumbing, HVAC, electrical, mechanical maintenance, and engine techs would stop traffic for a chance to so much as talk to someone from GenZ about the trade.

Salaries in those fields have been flat. That shows that there is NOT some magic pent-up demand in the trades.

Yes, a lot of people would like a flood of tradespeople to drive those flat salaries down but that does not mean that there is a shortage.