If you had to choose a non-flying career...
09-17-2014, 02:39 AM
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If you had to choose a non-flying career...
....You would?
This is sort of a spin-off of a recent thread I started. Very curious to see what you all have to say.
Truck Driver?
FBO Manager? (you can still work in aviation, you just can't fly).
This is sort of a spin-off of a recent thread I started. Very curious to see what you all have to say.
Truck Driver?
FBO Manager? (you can still work in aviation, you just can't fly).
09-17-2014, 04:57 AM
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Originally Posted by JamesAA
....You would?
This is sort of a spin-off of a recent thread I started. Very curious to see what you all have to say.
Truck Driver?
FBO Manager? (you can still work in aviation, you just can't fly).
This is sort of a spin-off of a recent thread I started. Very curious to see what you all have to say.
Truck Driver?
FBO Manager? (you can still work in aviation, you just can't fly).
Crescent River Port Pilots' Association
09-18-2014, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by tomgoodman
I think this job would be quite acceptable. Not easy to get, though...
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I love NOLA so I'd be ok with it, I think. Then again it's easy to love a place when you are on vacay. Perhaps the incessant humidity would get to me after a while. Ha! Anyway, thanks for the link Tom!
09-19-2014, 06:26 AM
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It all depends on your education, interests, aptitude, and previous experience. If you have the time and money to go back to school you could do almost anything. The answer to that question would be different for every individual pilot.
But, yes porn star has it's appeal...
But, yes porn star has it's appeal...
09-19-2014, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by JamesAA
Pretty cool! And the best part is you could live in NOLA. Or is that a bad thing? I love NOLA so I'd be ok with it, I think. Then again it's easy to love a place when you are on vacay. Perhaps the incessant humidity would get to me after a while. Ha!
Anyway, thanks for the link Tom!
I love NOLA so I'd be ok with it, I think. Then again it's easy to love a place when you are on vacay. Perhaps the incessant humidity would get to me after a while. Ha! Anyway, thanks for the link Tom!
It's more challenging without tugs - I've only done that once, relying only on your linehandling crews and engines.
But getting a job as a harbor pilot - you really have to know people / networking and you have to know the ins and outs of the harbor conditions, and the people that do it really love their job, someone has to die (of natural causes - is the running joke) before there's an opening.
That's why you almost never see a "careers page" for harbor pilots.
09-19-2014, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by bruhaha
But getting a job as a harbor pilot - you really have to know people / networking and you have to know the ins and outs of the harbor conditions, and the people that do it really love their job, someone has to die (of natural causes - is the running joke) before there's an opening.
That's why you almost never see a "careers page" for harbor pilots.
That's why you almost never see a "careers page" for harbor pilots.
Career changing airplane pilots don't walk into harbor pilot jobs.
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