South American Spraying?

[S2R]

I bet my Dad could beat up your Dad.

 

[psysicx]

Can you tell us about pay and schedules?

 

[TurboS7]

You have got to be kidding/////?????I hope.

 

[avbug]

I bet my Dad could beat up your Dad.

Yeah, but with one arm tied behind his back?

 

[Headwind]

I had a cousin who worked there. I don't know much, but will tell you what I do know:
He had CFII, ASMEL and appr. 20 years experience crop spraying.
About 10 years ago he gave up his crop dusting business with a grass strip and hangar at his home and a retail business to take this job.
He moved his family to the Melbourne, FL area and they were not allowed in South America.
He worked in South America two weeks on and two weeks off in Florida with his family.
He flew a PT6 powered Ag plane with armor plate.
He was killed about 2 years back and the Secretary of State was at his funeral and said his death was a casualty of war with the war on drugs.
He was not looking for a job when he took this position and he was never a military pilot.

HEADWIND

 

[cougar6903]

Avbug.. keep on with the "towing banners is quality time" argument... and keep letting what I say go right through your ears... it's a matter of respecting what can go wrong when you don't have the altitude to recover... plane and simple. You must be one of those guys that's had 2 dozen jobs, but never a real career. Keep it up....

And oh ya "the imaginary friends that were killed" comment... I'd love to see their imaginary family run this up your flag pole, since you think it's such a safe profession... I witnessed this one.. they were friends of mine. I'll bet their families would argue your points of "what a safe and reputible business it is." While you may find droning around at 45 kts. burning the same circle for hours on end, in a sweat box that's got more time than Bob Hoover "enjoyable".... ya I just won't even say what I'm thinking on that one. I can't seem to find the report on another accident, even though I type the tail # into the block. Anyway, the pile of whats left is probably still in the corner of the airport.

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20041123X01861&key=1

Oh and I happened to be on the airport for this one too... though it's not banner related.

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001212X21058&key=1

As far as the retired Col... PM me, I'd be happy to put you in touch with him. He lives about 50' from my parents door step down in FL. You can tell him everything he know's and is done is wrong.

Pete... I never said all my info was right or wrong... but it came from a reliable source within BTG, not EAST. Like I said though... it was a conversation that was had 2? years ago.

Did your friend do the PFT with that scumbag Tim Pacini??

 

[TurboS7]

Headwind, I have a friend who did the same, only he is still alive and well. Out of that business and flying with us now.

 

[cougar6903]

Ya... if you wanna know the truth... we think the aileron cable didn't just break. We're pretty sure the airplane was vandelized by one of the MANY people he ripped off. I know it happened before to his planes. I'm amazed someone hasn't taken a lead pipe to that guy yet.

If its true, it sucks that someone had to pay with there life cause of that dirtbag's scam of a business.

 

[RightPedal]

I bet my Dad could beat up your Dad.

ROFLMAO...I love it
This brings back memories of the good old days at AAU huh?
All it takes is a conversation about crop dusting, or get more than one agpilot in the room and there's going to be a fight...LMAO...I love it

 

[YGBSM]

.. I never said all my info was right or wrong... but it came from a reliable source within BTG, not EAST. Like I said though... it was a conversation that was had 2? years ago.

Your source ain't that reliable, 'cause you can't get a whole lot more inaccurate than you've been so far. For the record, I'm the second guy who is/was with that program to tell you you're batting .000 on your info, so you can quit defending it now if you want to. Or not.
Keep up the good work!

 

[avbug]

Seems that's what we tried telling you several pages ago...including the fact that it's just an ag job, using ag aircraft. The Thrush T-65, and the Air Tractor AT-802, to be exact. Not thinking about going to them...that's been the backbone of the program all along. Just as you were told from the outset.

 

[avbug]

Possibility of?

The entire point of the program from the outset was to use "locals" for the program. The reason that US pilots are involved to the degree they are is that the "locals" wiped out most of the fleet and nobody wanted to fly the equipment after they got done with it.