Cheers people,
I'll post this here because I feel "at home" with you.
I got a call and an e-mail tonight from "Blackwater".
They are offering me a job either flying in Iraq or doing "deep water re-suply" - ship to ship out of Guam.
One pays $101K and the other pays $210K per year.
I'm an "old man" in this industry - 40 years and 14,000 hrs driving helicopters. I'm WAY too old to fly combat again. Although, it interested me, I'll pass on the Iraq job.
I love flying fires! I've flown the last 5 years with the same fire-crew. They are my "water-children" - that's a spin off of R H's "water-brother" concept. Read ""Stranger in a Strange Land" - it's a cult book from the 60's. Worth the read!
This contract is 6 weeks on/6 weeks off, all travel paid - but you LIVE on the ship! I don't do "boats" - much less ships.
I'll work half a year - just like fires - and get twice the money.
Do you "take the money and run" - or do you go with what you know and are comfortable with and pass up $50,000 - or do you go with a new company and take your chances?
Don't know guys - I'd like your input.
Genltle winds,
cr