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[Jay Season]

“Mr. Ozarky, you’re not gonna be catching birds anymore, you’re gonna be flying them!”

That's incredible - Way to go!

 

[Griz882]

$20/minute is good pay

I was paid by the stroke.

 

[GroundPounder]

I was paid by the stroke.

Your strokes, or the consumers?

Now we know what financed the Grizcopter.

 

[Griz882]

Your strokes, or the consumers?

Now we know what financed the Grizcopter.

Everybody’s boat gotta float.

 

[wink]

Not too far afoul but unexpected, especially for the era. NFO to airline pilot, with a side gig in law enforcement aviation. I had every expectation staying in the Navy as a NFO, but an opportunity presented itself and I was off to the races. Now retired from a major airline I work for my wife helping her run her law firm. The admin I hated as a JO, is now my life,

 

[Swanee]

I'll bite. Theater lighting and sound designer. Went on tour with everything from rock n roll bands to the ballet, did some stuff met some cool people and a lot of assholes. Also was a pro hockey referee (still am), and a sailing pro at a marina. The USMC and the ANG and flying was never in my initial plan.

 

[RocksAndWedes]

Couldn’t find a geology job with my newly minted B.S. degree in geology in 1986…basically went directly from my fraternity house to AOCS.

Ironically I'm the sorority version of this. Did you do Field Camp?

 

[mad dog]

Ironically I'm the sorority version of this. Did you do Field Camp?

Yeppers…did field camp in northern Georgia just south of Chattanooga, TN during the summer of 1985. Looking back, geology field camp was a nice warm-up to SERE.

 

[Griz882]

Yeppers…did field camp in northern Georgia just south of Chattanooga, TN during the summer of 1985. Looking back, geology field camp was a nice warm-up to SERE.

So you spent all your time at geology field camp hiding and then refusing to answer questions? You would have made a good college professor.

 

[kaldor2c7]

I guess becoming a DCS Ace Pilot holds no value here...lol