New job coming up

[minifrisco]

I know! I was just playing a joke.

[94touring]

I know! I was just playing a joke.

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[Jims5543]

Is it safe to assume your new gig does not have any real flight crew beyond the pilots?  Like no FA's?

[94touring]

Is it safe to assume your new gig does not have any real flight crew beyond the pilots?  Like no FA's?

We have a minimum of 9 flight attendants and 2 mechanics that come with 3-4 pilots.  Then there are those deadheading to work something else, so it's not uncommon to have 20 flight attendants and 8 or more pilots.

[Jims5543]

So these flights serve drinks food etc.. during the flights?

You actually have mechanics on board traveling with you, are they assigned to the plane?  That is pretty cool.

I told you about a guy on the Porsche Forum who was a pilot, also kept is mechanics license current and was also current on the EMT license?  He worked for someone extremely wealthy and important, he flew his private jet around the world for him and was the ultimate triple threat.  He was paid very well.

[94touring]

Full catering business class meals.  The meals from the states are hit or miss but the catering outside of the US so far has been well beyond expectations.  I eat well let's put it that way.  Snacks galore too.  Want fresh milk from Ireland to go with your cookies?  Here ya go.  Meats and cheeses, so many meats and cheeses.  We do have 3 kitchens on the plane. 

The mechanics just about live on the plane for a trip.  There are tools and parts stored ready for things to break.  We carry spare tires with us.  Between every flight they come up and plug into the system and look over whatever diagnostic stuff mechanics do.  This morning we had a jettison pump fail which took out the scavenge pump.  They fixed it right there and 30 minutes later we were taking off out of Bulgaria.

We fly in shifts as pilots on this thing. Takeoff, do some paperwork, then head to my sleeping quarters for 2-4 hours.  Come back up, chill out till it's time to land. Between snacks and meals of course.

[94touring]

Been at the new job awhile now.  It's still great.  Barely work and get paid.  That being said the hard part is the sleep schedule.  I've been home about a week and I'm still passing out cold at 8pm and waking up at 3am.  Not much to do around the house at 3am.

[cstudep]

Been at the new job awhile now.  It's still great.  Barely work and get paid.  That being said the hard part is the sleep schedule.  I've been home about a week and I'm still passing out cold at 8pm and waking up at 3am.  Not much to do around the house at 3am.

Getting paid and barely working sounds pretty appealing even with a wonky sleep schedule. Not much to do around the house perhaps, but the shop is probably sitting there nice and idle, just waiting for someone to come and show it some love. 20.gif

[MiniDave]

Don't forget, he has a wife now too!   77.gif

[cstudep]

Yeah that can definitely toss a wrench into the works of available "shop time".

Good news is, the longer you are married to them the more they also want you to go find something else to do that keeps you out of their hair ;D