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Screw being an operator, I want to be a river pilot.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:19 am
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:19 am
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Louisiana’s chemical industry has filed suit to block raises for two groups of Mississippi River ship pilots that would boost their average annual pay more than $50,000 over four years, to $473,692 in 2019.
River Pilots laugh at you. All day.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:20 am to Artie Rome
Is your dad/granpaw a river pilot?
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:21 am to Artie Rome
Unless you have an in you have no shot of ever becoming a river pilot.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:21 am to Artie Rome
You have better odds at winning the Powerball.... seriously
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:21 am to Stud Bud
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Is your dad/granpaw a river pilot?
Sadly, no. It is not my birthright.

Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:22 am to Artie Rome
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This post was edited on 10/5/15 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:22 am to O
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Unless you have an in you have no shot of ever becoming a river pilot.
I almost 40. I wasn't really planning on it. I can barely park my Camry.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:23 am to Artie Rome
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Louisiana’s chemical industry has filed suit to block raises
Another business filing another frivolous suit. Bet they vote for Vitter
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:25 am to Artie Rome
quote:Wait, according to some, an operator at Exxon in BR makes $275K yearly and sits at a gigantic computer panel with his feet up all day.
Screw being an operator,
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:27 am to Motorboat
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Louisiana’s chemical industry has filed suit to block raises
watch what happens when the pilots refuse to get on the ships until the raises are approved and the law suits are dropped.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:29 am to Artie Rome
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average annual pay more than $50,000 over four years, to $473,692 in 2019.
For that, you could hire a couple guys to do the piloting for you.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:30 am to Artie Rome
Fck the riverboat pilot mafia and every stupid fcking politician who has allowed them to become what they are.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:32 am to notiger1997
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Fck the riverboat pilot mafia and every stupid fcking politician who has allowed them to become what they are.
Oh lawd. You sho is mad!
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:33 am to Count Chocula
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an operator at Exxon in BR makes $275K yearly and sits at a gigantic computer panel with his feet up all day.
No one has ever said this.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:34 am to stout
It was a joke Stout...
Ragley must be boring today?
Ragley must be boring today?
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:36 am to Artie Rome
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Fck the riverboat pilot mafia and every stupid fcking politician who has allowed them to become what they are.
Oh lawd. You sho is mad!
It is sort of the biggest racket in the state.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:36 am to stout
One of my neighbors is a Bar Pilot and so is his son. Works about 5-7 days a month. Last name Perez. Figure that one out.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:38 am to Y.A. Tittle
There is no sort of about it. You generally have to be born into it and no entity in this state can even think about touching them.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:39 am to stout
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No one has ever said this.
While the Hyperbole is comical. The whole "operators are overpaid compared to work performed" is indisputable.
The barriers to entry to become a River Boat Pilot should be criminal.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:40 am to Martini
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Last name Perez. Figure that one out.
The Perez's run Plaquemines Parish and St Bernard Parsh, they are like the mafia down there...hence where a lot of the Pilots are from...
ever heard of Judge Perez Drive in Chalmette??
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