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Posted on 10/5/15 at 6:24 pm to CHEDBALLZ
Yes. I would think that practice is frowned upon these days.
My grandpa told me before I started to climb up, don't fall because we probably won't be able to save you. Held on to that damn rope ladder with everything I had.
My grandpa told me before I started to climb up, don't fall because we probably won't be able to save you. Held on to that damn rope ladder with everything I had.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 6:27 pm to lsucm10
Yeah times are different. I drove the Ferry across the river in Wallace as a kid. My uncle took it across the river everyday and was tight with the Captain, he took over when we got to the dock on the other side but I sure thought I was hot shite.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 6:38 pm to CHEDBALLZ
When I was a Cub Scout, we went inside the ATC tower radar room at MSY. They put headsets on about 10 or 12 of us and started up a fake tower/aircraft communication for us to monitor. I remember the controller betting the "pilot" a grape Popsicle that he couldn't land on one wheel. My father was Air Force and even though I was only about 7 or 8, I knew that was a terrible idea...
Posted on 10/5/15 at 6:41 pm to CHEDBALLZ
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So you rode the moving pilot boat and climbed aboard a moving ship as a child?
I did this when I was a young teenager also.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 6:45 pm to JasonL79
Something most people don't take into consideration when talking about river pilots is that all river captain jobs pay pretty good. A tug boat captain can make $150K+ a year and an offshore supply boat (chouest,etc.) can make a lot more than that.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 7:14 pm to JasonL79
So they make great money, but need a $50,000 a year raise. Makes sense. LOL
Posted on 10/5/15 at 7:33 pm to notiger1997
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So they make great money, but need a $50,000 a year raise. Makes sense. LOL
I never said they need a raise.
They already make a ton.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 7:40 pm to JasonL79
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Uh, they drive a boat like 4 miles in a river that's a mile wide. Nobody will ever convince me it's that fricking hard.
They don't even drive the captain drives they navigate bro get your shite right.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 7:46 pm to JasonL79
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Something most people don't take into consideration when talking about river pilots is that all river captain jobs pay pretty good. A tug boat captain can make $150K+ a year and an offshore supply boat (chouest,etc.) can make a lot more than that.
I don't even have an issue with how much they pay. It's the incestuous selection system that is the issue.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 7:49 pm to LSUFanHouston
I've met some that made me go "woof, that dumbass probably makes twice as much as me 
"
"Posted on 10/5/15 at 7:49 pm to notiger1997
Well, I know of a gay riverboat guy
And that there is the only way the nepotism can ever end.
And that there is the only way the nepotism can ever end.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 7:52 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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've met some that made me go "woof, that dumbass probably makes twice as much as me
cut/haul more wood then, son
Posted on 10/5/15 at 8:00 pm to LSUFanHouston
Well luckily for you that is no longer the case so you can quite your bitching. You have to have all the requirements and be sponsored by 3 pilots IIRC.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 8:03 pm to notiger1997
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I'm pretty sure that the river boat pilots in La make a lot more than anywhere else in the country.
It does indeed get very expensive for companies to have to pay and it probably has resulted in us losing businesses to other ports at times.
This is def not true. I know for a fact that pilots that work the Houston ship channel and pilots in New York make ALOT more than these guys are trying to make.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 8:10 pm to JOHNN
Pretty sure the Mobile River Pilot Assoc. over in Mobile is just as corrupt. 
Afterall, Mobile is more Louisiana than Alabama.
Afterall, Mobile is more Louisiana than Alabama.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 8:24 pm to Artie Rome
So much bullshite and misinformation, as usual.
They make closer and in many cases more than 500k.
They work 1 week on then 1 week off with 3 weeks of vacation per year. Wednesday to Wednesday.
Every now and then a non family member gets in.
Most current day pilots have graduated from a maritime college. With a maritime degree, they get voted in (if family) fairly quickly. They spend time as an apprentice before becoming an official pilot on their own but get paid full salary as an apprentice.
Most grow up on the river riding with their dads, so they do have more knowledge than someone who is not family. Still not a valid reason for the nepetatism. Some are complete frick ups who have no business being on the river.
Upon being voted in they have to buy in. Not sure what the current rate is but I want to say it was around 800k a few years ago. They have a sweet deal with a local bank that finances their buy in. I think it's a 10 year note.
They make closer and in many cases more than 500k.
They work 1 week on then 1 week off with 3 weeks of vacation per year. Wednesday to Wednesday.
Every now and then a non family member gets in.
Most current day pilots have graduated from a maritime college. With a maritime degree, they get voted in (if family) fairly quickly. They spend time as an apprentice before becoming an official pilot on their own but get paid full salary as an apprentice.
Most grow up on the river riding with their dads, so they do have more knowledge than someone who is not family. Still not a valid reason for the nepetatism. Some are complete frick ups who have no business being on the river.
Upon being voted in they have to buy in. Not sure what the current rate is but I want to say it was around 800k a few years ago. They have a sweet deal with a local bank that finances their buy in. I think it's a 10 year note.
This post was edited on 10/5/15 at 8:34 pm
Posted on 10/5/15 at 8:24 pm to Catman88
Someone needs to call 104.5 FM tomorrow morning and get Derek Ponamsky's opinion on this ..
Posted on 10/5/15 at 8:25 pm to SippyCup
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Most current day pilots have graduated from a maritime college. With a maritime degree, they get voted in (if family) fairly quickly. They spend time as an apprentice before becoming an official pilot on their own but get paid full salary as an apprentice.
Most grow up on the river riding with their dads, so they do have more knowledge than someone who is not family. Still not a valid reason for the nepetatism.
according to Poodlebrain I can become a Bar Pilot in 12 months.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 9:19 pm to tgrbaitn08
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according to Poodlebrain I can become a Bar Pilot in 12 months
Weak sauce.
I can find bars way quicker than that. Can even survive the Queen Bee...
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