2nd Job ideas

[CptRyno]

Does anyone out there have a second job or know of an occupation that fits well with the typical short/no notice schedule in the corporate world?

Before you even suggest it, contract flying on scheduled days off is not a possibility. CP had it written into Op's manual that no one may fly for hire outside the company.

Thanks!

 

[greed]

I have soda vending machines in a few FBO's, take very little time and effort.

 

[Fernando]

call on escort?

 

[big dog1]

or become a PIMP

 

[Flywrite]

Always good to get serious, useful replies...

Anyhoo, I've always heard that Carmax is a good place for pilots. From what I understand they are pretty flexible on schedule and understand the 'sorry, gotta go' world of a pilot.

 

[Galaxy]

I know quite a few pilots doing a lot of business on ebay.

 

[rfresh]

Always good to get serious, useful replies...

Anyhoo, I've always heard that Carmax is a good place for pilots. From what I understand they are pretty flexible on schedule and understand the 'sorry, gotta go' world of a pilot.

Not really, selling cars probably wouldn't be a good idea. One of my friends sells cars and on his days off if a customer comes back to buy a car, they page him to come in - if he doesn't or can't come in, they get someone else who is there to close the sale and they get the commisson.

 

[H.Agenda]

I have soda vending machines in a few FBO's, take very little time and effort.

how do you start in the vending machine buisiness? intial investment cost?

 

[NCherches]

I am a Part-Time Sheriff... Lovin' it

 

[AA717driver]

or become a PIMP

Yeah, but who's gonna run yo' ho's when you're on the road?

If a guy at Carmax will steal your commission, you can bet your assistant pimp will steal yo' ho's f' sho'. TC

P.S.--How about one of those call center jobs you can do from home. Poundin' beers, watching soaps and talking to some chick who's printer won't print--and gettin' paid!

 

[jetwash]

I knew a pilot that had a bunch of those gum ball and peanut machines in stores and offices, as well a our FBO. He would fill them once a week and collect the coins.
He said that he paid 3 cents per gum ball and sold them for 25 cents. Not a bad return. His only problem were slugs that people put in the machines.

( his worst location was our FBO and narrowed it down to the ramp guys and night cargo pilots )

 

[dmc]

If you have any knowledge of the construction industry, you could become an independent sales rep. For example, you could sell windows to glazing contractors for ABC Window Company and any sell you made, you would get the commission off of that. Most companies that I know of pay between 5-10% commission per sale. Not a bad way to make a few extra bucks, and if you do it a while you could make some really good money.

 

[PRO AV8R]

Travel

I have an onine travel agency on the side. Check it out www.robertprestontravel.com if your interested I can show you how to get your own. Its totally online so you can work it on the road and work as little or hard as you want to.

 

[LegacyDriver]

Substitute Teaching. $75 a day. Average is 10-15 calls a month. Works okay and it isn't hard to do from what I hear...

 

[AZ Typed]

Had the same question 5 years ago when my airline was about to go out of business. Here's what I did, worked well:

Get an insurance license and sell life insurance. It's a product that many people need, and those that do have it are typically paying way too much. It's simple, pays well, make your own schedule with clients. At the end of the day, like anything else, it's sales, so if you can't stomach rejection, go pick up shifts at Burger King.

Our typicaly policy is a term policy with an $800 premium. To make the math easy, let's use $500 as a typical premium. Almost always I write one policy on the husband and one policy on the wife...wala, average $1000 premium per couple. I make 70% of that or $700. Do that a few times a month and you got some extra pocket change.

And yes...I'm an independent broker, so I can shop any company, no sales quotas, no sales managers to answer to and I own my book of clients. I went on to get an investment advisor license, so all of my old insurance clients have become investments clients. And no, I don't manage their money - I hire a third party money manager to do it and I charge 1%. The name of the game is assets under management - $10,000,000 pays you about $100,000 a year - is that enough extra money for you?

So, soon I will no longer DEPEND on flying. I flew all while building a book of business and within the next 3 to 5 years I'll go full-time contract (cause I do like to fly, just not on a choke-chain schedule).

WARNING: This route is harder than most, but it's also worth it more than anything else. PM me if you want more info on what/how I did it.

AZ