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April 5th, 2004, 15:20
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| Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: ??
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|  Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... [ QUOTE ] What about being a designated examiner (DE)? The two DE's at my flight school are both airline captains and do checkrides on the side. $350 a few hours' work isn't too bad, but I understand it can be kind of political (but what job isn't?). [/ QUOTE ] Its kind of tough to get into. I know a guy who's been trying to for a couple of years. |
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April 5th, 2004, 16:50
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2003 Location: In the O-zone
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 | Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... I've been trying for DE for 4 years. I'm technically already one, just not assigned to any FSDO so I can't practice. The hard part is getting assigned to a FSDO near you. |
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April 5th, 2004, 17:58
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: in search of the elusive "BowieGoat."
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 | Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... You don't need certification to sub, but you do have to get yourself into the sub system at whatever county you want to work in. Sometimes it takes a while, and you have to annoy them. Some counties make you go to a class on a Saturday or something. The schools are usually in need of subs. I live in Orlando, and I know that the schools here need subs virtually every day. |
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April 9th, 2004, 22:14
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| Newbie  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... I think a good part time job would be to teach meteorology. When I attended an Aviation Weather class at the college i was going to, our teacher was a military pilot and had been a weather-man. His real-life experience from being both a pilot and weather-man made the class very easy to learn and interesting. If you ask me if I remember anything from that class, all I know is that clouds are puffy and white  j/k he did an excellent job. Of course you have to get your teaching certs, but it's something to do. |
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April 14th, 2004, 17:44
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: lower canada
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... Like some have mentioned before, I heard real estate is the #1 second careers of airline pilots (did that make any sense?). I am taking the real estate principles course right now and pplan to take the test in the next couple of months. I wouldnt mind substitute teaching either. What about being a plasma donor? I hear you get like 200 bucks a pop. |
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April 14th, 2004, 17:59
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Charlotte, NC
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... Plasma donation might have some adverse health effects short term (like blood donation does) so the airline might frown on that. I think substitute teaching, waiting tables, and real estate are probably the most common things to do ... certainly they're among the most schedule-friendly. Like John said, e-commerce could be good too ... something you could check in on with the laptop from the layover hotel. But that might be a harder nut to crack. I might have to look in to subbing when I get to Houston to supplement that first-year pay and help make rent!! |
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April 14th, 2004, 19:54
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| Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Lone Star State
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... [ QUOTE ] I've been trying for DE for 4 years. I'm technically already one, just not assigned to any FSDO so I can't practice. [/ QUOTE ] Is that kind of like being technically a lawyer, but having not yet passed the bar exam?  |
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April 15th, 2004, 05:44
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| Old Skool Join Date: May 2003 Location: In the O-zone
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... No, it's more like having passed the bar but not having a firm or clients |
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April 20th, 2004, 10:27
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... I've actually thought about the funeral business..... |
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April 20th, 2004, 11:31
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: DFW
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... Yard maintenance/landscaping would be something that I would enjoy. I LOVE being outdoors. You can have them dead folk, Lloyd. |
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April 20th, 2004, 11:34
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| Moderator  Join Date: May 2003 Location: GRR
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... [ QUOTE ] I've actually thought about the funeral business..... [/ QUOTE ] "Customer complaints were at an all-time low this year...." |
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April 20th, 2004, 12:29
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| Agent Smith  | Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... Actually, I've got family in the funeral business. I don't know what the biz is called, but it might be C.B. Taylor or sometihng like that in Chicago. |
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April 20th, 2004, 12:33
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| Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: DFW
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... [ QUOTE ] Actually, I've got family in the funeral business. I don't know what the biz is called, but it might be C.B. Taylor or sometihng like that in Chicago. [/ QUOTE ] What's that stand for? "Corpses By Taylor?"   |
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April 21st, 2004, 10:03
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... I know of at least 4 NWA pilots who also are lawyers on the side (or are they lawyers who are also pilots on the side??). |
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April 21st, 2004, 14:38
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Memphis, TN
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... Now THOSE guys have (or had) some student loan debt..... |
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April 21st, 2004, 20:17
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| Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... [ QUOTE ] You can have them dead folk, Lloyd. [/ QUOTE ] Hey, bring 'em on!!! You never have to worry about people returning their product without satisfaction!!! |
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April 21st, 2004, 21:13
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| Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: ??
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... Well, its definitely one of the more "secure" jobs out there. Probably good money too.  |
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April 21st, 2004, 21:59
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| Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... [ QUOTE ] Well, its definitely one of the more "secure" jobs out there. Probably good money too. [/ QUOTE ] Albeit somber... |
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April 22nd, 2004, 01:00
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2003 Location: Portland, Orygun
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... [ QUOTE ] Well, its definitely one of the more "secure" jobs out there. Probably good money too. [/ QUOTE ] lets just say they do quite well. I talked to this one girl and her family owns a mortuary back in MT. She said most all of the funeral homes are getting bought up by the big chains of mortuarys, the walmarts if you will. But they keep the old name thats been in town for years and years when its in fact just another one of the chains running the show. |
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April 22nd, 2004, 07:18
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| Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: DFW
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... [ QUOTE ] Albeit somber... [/ QUOTE ] Nah! You get past that after a while and then start having fun after hours makin' your clients do funny dances and poses...dress `em up in funny outfits...... gotta be imaginitive, man. |
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April 22nd, 2004, 08:14
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2002 Location: South Carolina
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... And you never have to worry about the person you are going to make a dress out of refusing to put the lotion in the basket... |
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April 22nd, 2004, 08:26
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| Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Location: GRR
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... [ QUOTE ] And you never have to worry about the person you are going to make a dress out of refusing to put the lotion in the basket... [/ QUOTE ]  Never mind. I don't think I want to know.... |
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April 22nd, 2004, 08:45
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| Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: DFW
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... Silence of the Lambs reference. |
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April 22nd, 2004, 08:53
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| Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Location: GRR
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| Re: what\'s a good 2nd profession as well as piloting... I'm glad it was just a movie reference.  I was just debating calling the authorities, except I didn't know which authority handles that sort of thing. Or even what sort of thing it was that needed to be handled. Ho boy.  |
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