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Learning to drive a Super Tanker: Maritime Pilot school in New Orleans
Posted on 9/5/16 at 4:03 pm
Posted on 9/5/16 at 4:03 pm
Pretty cool short video on the techniques that go into training the people who pilot the biggest boats in the world.
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Posted on 9/5/16 at 4:05 pm to MC5601
You know the right people to get in on those jobs?
Posted on 9/5/16 at 4:06 pm to MC5601
I hear it's a hell of a sweet gig. Too bad basically the only way to get that job is to be born into it.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 4:07 pm to Y.A. Tittle
It's a government built and government protected industry. It's insane the amount of money these guys make.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 4:11 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Bout tree fiddy. Seriously.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 4:11 pm to RogerTheShrubber
$365k a year last I heard for the lower Miss River pilots.
Its like a modern day mafia racket going on with that shite
Its like a modern day mafia racket going on with that shite
Posted on 9/5/16 at 4:19 pm to notiger1997
my dad had a chance pre 1958 to become a pilot after he got his license...he had a good career with Freeport Sulphur but I wonder how much different my life would have been if he did...
we have simulators up here in Vicksburg that can imitate any port in the US
we have simulators up here in Vicksburg that can imitate any port in the US
Posted on 9/5/16 at 4:22 pm to vl100butch
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dad had a chance pre 1958 to become a pilot after he got his license...
Why the frick didn't he?
Posted on 9/5/16 at 4:22 pm to notiger1997
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$365k a year last I heard for the lower Miss River pilots.
Its like a modern day mafia racket going on with that shite
Yeah, cruise ships have to have them on the inland passages around here. It's a racket.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 4:44 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Too bad basically the only way to get that job is to be born into it.
My late wife's dad and now her brother are pilots for NOBRA. It's one hell of a job.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 5:02 pm to notiger1997
NOBRA & Crescent make 500+
Posted on 9/5/16 at 5:06 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Can someone explain the politics behind getting on of these jobs?
Posted on 9/5/16 at 5:14 pm to Jizzy08
How much does the Bar pilots lobby donate every year to keep the legislature from opening it up.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 5:14 pm to SippyCup
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NOBRA & Crescent make 500+
No they don't.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 5:22 pm to Jizzy08
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Can someone explain the politics behind getting on of these jobs?
1. Find a river pilot.
2. Does said pilot have daughters?
a. If no, find a different pilot.
b. If yes, get the daughter pregnant.
3. Explain to her dad that in order to support the daughter in the lifestyle to which she's accustomed, you need a job.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 5:25 pm to foshizzle
Well you still have to graduate from a maritime academy before you can even think about the other steps.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 5:33 pm to Breesus
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dad had a chance pre 1958 to become a pilot after he got his license...
Why the frick didn't he?
my dad was a lot of good things, but he admitted later in life that he was too proud to do the fraternity pledge types of things that an apprentice pilot would have to do (fraternity pledge is my description, not his)
becoming a river pilot in the 1950s was not as limited a group as it is today
Posted on 9/5/16 at 5:33 pm to foshizzle
Our neighbor somehow sued based on nepotism in the early 90s and got a job.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 5:34 pm to SippyCup
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NOBRA & Crescent make 500+
No
Posted on 9/5/16 at 5:39 pm to snake23
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you still have to graduate from a maritime academy
Or a hawse piper.
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