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Location: Linn County, Oregon
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Originally Posted by speeder
One of my cousins who was a Navy pilot flies for United. He was a helicopter pilot and I’m sure that the job bores the nuts off of him but he has six kids including one w cancer, so he definitely needs the paycheck. He supplements it w some private contractor work over in the ME flying spy planes which is slightly more interesting but incredibly boring on the ground, they absolutely never leave the fortified base under any circumstances.
I’ve always heard that going from fighter jets to being a commercial pilot is like going from being an F1 driver to driving a Greyhound bus.  |
Exactly what my buddy said he did: Bus driving for American airlines. I call him Lucky. His scheduled plane on 9-11-01 was a 737 from Boston to L.A. Was getting into his uniform when the hotel room phone rang. Pure luck of the draw...
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