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re: Screw being an operator, I want to be a river pilot.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 2:40 pm to VetteGuy
Posted on 10/5/15 at 2:40 pm to VetteGuy
Don't these guys work an on/off schedule? On for 24 hours, off for 4 days or something? So in that 24 hr period they might get 1, 2, 3, 5, whatever boardings.
I have no doubt the job is stressful, hard, requires a ton of education and experience and these guys may well earn every dollar they make.
My issue is that you have to be born into it or be politically connected. How this is allowed to occur in 2015 is beyond amazing.
Wouldn't it be interesting if a governor just decided he wasn't going to appoint anyone until the board/associations truly had an open process?
I have no doubt the job is stressful, hard, requires a ton of education and experience and these guys may well earn every dollar they make.
My issue is that you have to be born into it or be politically connected. How this is allowed to occur in 2015 is beyond amazing.
Wouldn't it be interesting if a governor just decided he wasn't going to appoint anyone until the board/associations truly had an open process?
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Posted on 10/5/15 at 2:48 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Don't these guys work an on/off schedule? On for 24 hours, off for 4 days or something? So in that 24 hr period they might get 1, 2, 3, 5, whatever boardings.
The bar pilots do not work this schedule. They work 2 weeks on (on call 24 hours a day) and 2 weeks off.
I know Crescent and NOBRA doesn't follow that same schedule but they cannot catch several ships a day. Their routes are too long for that.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 2:48 pm to LSUFanHouston
The guys I know just work when they want to
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