What are your daily jobs?

[159th_Falcon]

Another helicopter mechanic here. S-92, S-76A/C+/C++, AW-139, EC-135, Bell 407, Bell 206, are all in our current stable in the GOM. Previous experience includes the above plus, BO-105, AS-335, and of course my first love the UH-60A.

 

Any of you other helicopter folks work for Bristow or Cougar?

 

Nope, CHC over here. Worked on the S-76 myself as well. Was the B variant though.

There now retired cause our customers thought they where to old, hence the crappy 139's we have now.

[Daze]

I'm finishing my A-Levels currently just, then hopefully off to Uni. I'm wanting to be a pilot in the Royal Navy or Army Air Corp, although it's a long, hard road and I know it will be difficult to make it happen. If it doesn't work out I'd like to be an Army Officer in a good infantry regiment.

[Nealius]

I was a freelance proofreader for a translation company, but evidently it's a seasonal affair.

 

Right now I am working on a Master's in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to go with my undergrad degree in Japanese. I am hoping to get into the Aviation English field to train pilots and ATCOs up to ICAO's English standards. I would rather not teach beginner English to bored students...

 

And to be honest, I'm just about burned out with school.

[Pilotasso]

For now I do aircraft structures and engine maintenance-repair-overhaul engineering services at shop level for Rolls Royce-Allison AE2100's and AE3007's. Aircrafts are C-130, P-3, Embraer 135/145 and a little bit of F-16AM's.

 

 

 

 

Things have been unstable in my country and I might have to leave sadly. :(

[AlphaOneSix]

The school of hard knocks?????

 

Perhaps not the best way to put it, but I have no formal training on the Mi-17, but a rather large amount of real-world experience. (okay, not THAT large, but I feel rather competent when talking about them).

 

Anyways that's a nice selection of helicopters you work on.

The AS332L1 is either a Puma or Super Puma right?

 

Super Puma, although ours had some of the L2 upgrades, so they were sort of L1.5. The ones we used to operate now belong to the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department.

 

Here is a picture of one in its new LASD colors:

 

 

Another helicopter mechanic here. S-92, S-76A/C+/C++, AW-139, EC-135, Bell 407, Bell 206, are all in our current stable in the GOM. Previous experience includes the above plus, BO-105, AS-335, and of course my first love the UH-60A.

 

Any of you other helicopter folks work for Bristow or Cougar?

 

We used to operate a 407 as well, but like the Pumas we had, it was also sold, but to the Department of Homeland Security.

 

I actually went to S-92 school with a CHC guy and two Cougar guys. Boomer, you sound like a PHI guy?

[genbrien]

Flight Dispatcher here

[mmaruda]

IT helpdesk agent here. My job involves answering a ton of e-mails and copy-pasting stuff into the system with the occasional call to technicians here and there. Kind of a a failure, if you consider I have a master's degree in British literature, but it pays the bills and leaves some for financing my sim hobby.

[Rusty_M]

Another IT Helpdesk guy here, although our job title is "specialist", it doesn't make it any more fancy. We get more phone calls than user-logged calls, but that's because users think that every incident is the most urgent thing ever.

 

I could do a lot worse, because I messed up my original degree in interpreting and translating, and salvaged it with studies in various other things at low-medium university level. Ended up working as a teller in a Building Society (Credit Union over the pond I think) for 3 years, before managing to move to the IT department. Now I just have to try to get qualified in my field, and there'll be something to aim for. But do I go for infrastructure or development?

[Fjordmonkey]

But do I go for infrastructure or development?

 

I'd personally go for infrastructure, as there's always someone somewhere that needs someone to plan, design, implement, run and un-bork large networks :P

[Flаnker]

I am a software developer. Now I am doing web programming

[Derk]

Guess my sig is the short story.

 

Semi-long story:

Dropped out of school at 16, joined the Netherlands Airforce at 17 and ended up in a ground defense squadron. That's fancy talk for a lot of gate duty due to the army's airmobile taking over most of our duties (budget cuts), though we also got training in door-gunnery, csar ops, various survival schools, etc. Due to even more budget cuts they closed "my" airbase in 2008.

Have been working in a creche (child daycare centre) ever since. I run a pre-school group in the morning and take care of the older kids that can't go home after school.

At home i'm a dad and a husband and whatever minutes are left i spend on learning C++ and simming.

[WH_Boomer]

... Boomer, you sound like a PHI guy?

 

Nope Bristow (used to be Air Logistics) here, in Galliano, LA. I've been with the company for 17 years this fall. I've known a few guys from PHI over the years though. It is a small world after all. :thumbup:

[Rusty_M]

Don't remind me of that song. I once worked in Disneyland Paris and it haunts me to this day.

[Feuerfalke]

Marketing for an international reseller of electronics, consumer products & software.

[Midnight]

Aircraft Spray Painter/Corrosion Treatment...SA Air Force

[MacFevre]

New to the forums, this one at least. Been mostly in pit builders. If you ask me, my vote is for Derk for toughest current job here!

 

I'm ex USAF, (Ground Radio Tech.) Went on to do 14 years as Line Maintenance and avionics mechanic with Delta Air Lines qualified on DC9, MD88, 727, 737, 757, 767, and L1011. Then I caught a nasty bug called Necrotizing Fasciitis which brought my aviation career to a standstill. (Guess you could say I got out while DAL was still a respected airlines! :P )

[Viperrm64]

I'm a bus driver in the East Surrey area for the last 10 years or so.

Edited June 1, 2013 by Viperrm64

[gear_monkey]

Professional pilot. Flew for airlines for 10 years in E-120, CL-65.

 

Flew corporate for 5 years in CE-560, CE-650.

 

Now work for the government on the B-737 classic and NG.

[Silver_Dragon]

Ex dealer and computer Programer. Now Unemployed.

[Pilotasso]

aye I hear you, in danger of losing mine too. good luck!!

[rextar]

Lol arr well we all got to make a living I own a painting&decorating company!!

[Darkwolf]

I'm in painting too.... Technical support for a paintball company :P

[RagnarDa]

I'm a psychologist student because I have very different interests :) Still can't believe I was accepted into the program, not minding that I am almost finished.

 

Wanted to be a fighter pilot all my life, but severe hearing loss on both ears put a stop to that. I wasn't even allowed into the conscript army of my country :/

[Cali]

In the USAF and work on aircraft fuel systems. Worked on A-10's for 6 years, F-16's for 12 years and currently working on B-52's (2 years). Miss working on 16's. I am 7 classes from getting a BA in Communications.Four kids and a wife that is going to school also, plus just got back from a 6-month vacation......I mean deployment.

[Witchking]

PhD student in Medical Sciences.