Any Airline Pilots hold seconds jobs?

[Jinkster]

Just wondered if anyone held a second job and what do you do?

Training debts, mortgage and a quiet roster - thinking of something else.

[Piltdown Man]

Yes, being a Dad! But seriously, I don't have enough time to do another job but I may have to start looking as part of my preparation for retirement.

[Jinkster]

I'm currently with a 737 operator based in the northwest of England.

Hopefully summer will bring a busier roster.

[Exaviator]

When I was just a young, 24 year old F/O and needed to supplement my income, I worked on my off days as an armed escort for a payroll company.

Hired on a daily basis and paid cash at the end of the shift. The daily rate was more than I earned as an F/O. :ok:

[aviatorhi]

Before I started flying professionaly I worked as a limo driver, wouldn't call it a 2nd job now, but from time to time one of my old customers calls me up and I get to be the designated driver for some bar hopping, work a night or two a month and it's good for between $200 and $500 each time. Since, I sit on my butt 6 days a week anyway it's a good way to kill some time and make some extra beer money.

[Intruder]

Did some web site development and maintenance for a while...

[Denti]

Many of my colleagues hold second jobs, it is actually quite common. Most of those are in aviation training but quite a few do something completely different. For example one owns and manages a trucking business with around a hundred trucks on the road every day, someone else works as financial advisor for a bigger privately owned bank and so on. As we do have quite a few different part-time working schemes it is quite easy to find the time.

[MIKECR]

I instruct part time at the flying club. Paid by the flying hour. Puts a few extra quid in the pocket

[fireflybob]

Remember one Captain who used to describe himself as a farmer that did a bit of part time flying on the side.....

[Reverserbucket]

I have a fairly stable roster and am able to work part-time at the local Tesco's stacking shelves etc. It's great fun and very rewarding!

[jersey145]

yep............in a bar!

[lederhosen]

I have known pilots also working as doctors, dentists, architects, lawyers, engineers, consultants and IT professionals and running assorted businesses. I know one chap doing a business degree, which he presumably intends to put to good effect and he works for one of the big national carriers. Sully and his copilot both had jobs on the side. Flying has always offered the chance for industrious people to combine it with something else.

[jackcarls0n]

Given the times I guess it is better to have Flying as your second job.

I fly 15 days a month and also doing a business degree. Have a diploma in Airport Handling and Tourism Management. Plus I am in Import business(import food products from EU) and sell it to wholesaler/distributors.

[clunckdriver]

Retired from the heavy metal now, still flying corporate. When I was a very junior F/O I saw many pilots pooch their medicals and although I have a degree of sorts along with some maintainance background it got me to thinking as to what would I do if I did lose the cat one medical . After a lot of thought, and knowing how I dislike being inside an office , my wife and I decided to purchase a farm, feeling that with the loss of medical pay out to cover outright purchase we would both be much more content living the country life. It has worked better than our wildest dreams, the kids grew up with a work ethic, had a life style way out of our income bracket {Twelve event horses, our own little ski slope, good safe food, a big house to have their friends stay over, swiming pool , the list goes on} The farm also with minimum effort broke even, paid the mortgage and then some. Didnt pooch the medical, thanks in part Im sure to the body staying in not too bad a shape as a result of the farm work . Pilots have a very inactive job, if one does get into a side line I think it pays to pick one of the trades with lots of physical activity involved, sitting in an office on ones days away from flying may not be the best way to stay fit.

[parabellum]

Become an Escort, you will need to know your wines, be able to dance, own a Dinner Suit and if you are lucky,:E, there may be some 'night work' involved!

I am talking about the more respectable agencies who adverties in the up market ladie's magazines, not the ones that advertise in 'phone booths!