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Old 05-19-2015 | 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by OceanCrosser
My son works on the Mississippi River and there are several high school educated Captains pulling in more than $250K per year... thirty days on.. thirty days off. Insurance is paid... good 401K and when they are off the boat.... no other work until they get back on the boat. And yes, they can live where they want.

Oh.. did I mention the food!!! The Captain hires/fires the cook so you can imagine how good they eat!!

Fly safe,

OC
Originally Posted by buzzpat
Are they hiring?
Yeah, what's the upgrade time? Or do we have to follow the typical career path, deckhand, first mate, chief engineer, captain?