If you weren't a pilot, what would you do?

[Groundpounder]

Those of you that are pilots, what would be your career of choice if you weren't able to be a pilot?

If I could do it all over again (and I'm still not a 'real' pilot) I'd get a degree in civil engineering and make enough money to own a nice 182 and fly it on the weekends.

 

[MTpilot]

I would sell insurance to people who fly airplanes, that's where the moneys at.

 

[coolyokeluke]

Everyday I ponder that question.

I did the Navy thing, then merchant marine, commercial diving, engineering consulting stuff, then I tired of them.

I guess if I could find some kind of field that interested me I'd want to own my own small business. But from having self-employed parents I know just how hard you have to work, so I'd have to be really into it. Haven't figured that out yet.

Other careers of interest: hotel management, firefighter, marine biology, develp wind/solar/etc power technology, forester.

Maybe the question is: what will I do when I'm furloughed?

 

[icefr8dawg]

I ran a little 5mm consulting firm and couldn't stand watching the air traffic for HPN's pattern outside my office so I quit and got back to flying freight...

I'd probably be a train engineer

 

[Fury220]

I think I would have ended up an engineer.


Scratch that. Make it an "imcompetent engineer." haha

 

[Thedude]

Porn Star...of course

 

[Kream926]

same here


kream the dream as my pron alias

 

[bigD]

My porn name would be:

Girth Brooks

 

[Dangerkitty]

Porn Star...of course

I was wondering how long it would take before someone stated that.

 

[TDTURBO]

They already call me, "full slab".

 

[Captain4242]

I always wanted to be a chef.
Problem is I'm too damn skinny. Nobody would trust me!

 

[dash8driver]

a ceo.

you get a huge paycheck, you dont even have to know what you're doing. you even get bonuses for no good reason. you get huge severance packages no matter how badly you ruin the company. its a no-lose employment option. if the company goes under or you do wind up losing your job, you just take your golden parachute and other bonuses and move on to the next company to ruin.

 

[EuroWheenie]

Dolphin Trainer. Don't laugh guys, it's a hit with the ladies. Stuff the 'I'm a pilot" shiite, tell the babes you're a dolphin trainer - works every time

Barring that, co-founder of Microsoft would do the trick.

 

[FracCapt]

I'd either be a commercial diver or marine biologist. Anything that would allow me to do lots of diving and get paid for it. Hell, I'm considering a change of field to commercial diving if I can get in with the right company. Saturation diving is all I would have an interest in, though....

 

[dash8driver]

I'd either be a commercial diver or marine biologist. Anything that would allow me to do lots of diving and get paid for it. Hell, I'm considering a change of field to commercial diving if I can get in with the right company. Saturation diving is all I would have an interest in, though....

yea.. diving would be nice.. but i wouldnt be interested in saturation diving. i would only be interested in lbfm diving.

 

[Immelman]

I'd make millions running a bankrupt airline!

...oh wait, I'm not a professional pilot, I'm an engineer. Looks like I missed the boat on that one.

 

[BD King]

Pimp.

www.bdkingpress.com

 

[Kingairrick]

I'd buy a farm and get up early every day. Work hard, till the land, really MAKE something. After the day was done, I'd volunteer with sick children or maybe the elderly. I'd like to give something of myself to others and make the world a better place.
OK the porn star thing is sounding good.

 

[Tarzan]

I'd be an Urban Outdoorsman. Those guys rock!

 

[paulsalem]

ATC

if no medical, maybe dispatcher

 

[minitour]

I'd still be at Things Remembered...not a bad company to work for (pay is decent) but...not a "career" move either.

Glad I made the choice I did.

-mini

 

[FracCapt]

yea.. diving would be nice.. but i wouldnt be interested in saturation diving. i would only be interested in lbfm diving.

Sorry, dude.....I want no part of LBFM diving. Back in the 60's/70's it might have been somewhat safe....definitely not in this day and age.

I had my own for a couple years that could have been called a LBFM....but only as far as I was concerned!

 

[VNugget]

Teacher.

 

[JimG]

I'm the contrarian here from the looks of it.

I'm a guy who makes/sells sticks (forest products business) who works his butt off to support his flying habit. My wife teases me that some people are addicted to drugs/alchohol.....

I'm addicted to airplanes.

If I lost my business.....I'd be looking for a job flying somewhere. Wouldn't matter that it's not as lucrative. The way I see it....it doesn't have to be as long as someone else is paying for the avgas.

 

[Erlanger]

I'd be flipping burgers at, "In and Out Burgers". Maybe after awhile, they would let me work the register.

 

[Gutenberg]

Pro Bass fisherman.

 

[Thedude]

I'd either be a commercial diver or marine biologist. Anything that would allow me to do lots of diving and get paid for it. Hell, I'm considering a change of field to commercial diving if I can get in with the right company. Saturation diving is all I would have an interest in, though....

I talked to some pro divers out in BKK and they said the same thing about their profession that we say about ours. Apperantly there is also PFT in the diving industry.

 

[capt. megadeth]

A drummer or guitarist for a metal band

 

[Cardinal]

Train Engineer?
Shooting Range Officer, maybe.
Ramper, had alot of fun doing that.

I'd probably be poorer than I am now, and not be very good at anything more complex than the list above.

 

[FN FAL]

Quality inspector and tester at the Uzi factory...Not at IMI, the one in the US.