What do other PPruners do?

[Capt Wannabee]

I was wondering what everyone else does during the day, apart from look out of the window at the sky!!
Are there any proffesions that the airlines prefer to recruit from i.e Engineering, I.T.???

[str12]

Hi Capt

IT (contractor).

Makes the job of saving for the cost of training feasible without the need of borrowing money :)

Cheers

[Perfect PFL]

Don't know which professions the airlines prefer to recruit from, don't think they would really have a preference.

I'm an R&D Scientist in the aviation industry during the day.

What do you do?

[ickle black box]

I do software support. Thing is, the software is so damn good, no one ever trobles me with any problems. I spend all day on the internet. After 5 months, internet got a bit boring, but now I've discovered PPRuNe ..... entertained for years.

ickle :)

[Capt Wannabee]

I am a telecomms consultant and likewise spend most of my day (when i'm in the office)on the internet, looking at PPrune.
When I have been on selection tests I got the impression most people there were either in the aviation industry or I.T. I was therefore wondering if airlines tended to pick these kind of proffesions over others?

P.S Anyone need a new Network in the office?

[CaptainCrunch]

Army for a bit, now self employed management consultanct - as with the chaps above, I'm usually involved with IT in finance. I should not be at all surprised if many of the forthcoming replies involve IT related occupations - the money is frequently excellent and as a consultant the opportunity for extended time off is ever present (although not always welcome!) So there you have it - if you want to be an airline pilot and your parents aren't swimming in the crisp and folding, get into IT (or management consultancy but at the risk of offending everyone else, it does take years to build up a reputation).

Yours aye,

Cap'n Crunch

[Cron]

Lecturer

[Undercarraige]

About to become a computer programmer when I graduate from IT next month.

[jlms]

An IT student here. Seems to be loads of IT people on PPRUNE.

It would be interesting to find out whether we really have a bigger interest in aviation or whether it's just we're more used to using the net and therefore appear to be a high percentage of PPRUNE users.

jlms

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[006]

hi capt,
third thread doing a degree (mature student) and just starting an English teaching training next week, so when im short of money i can work anywhere for funding.

[village flyer]

god-dam IT guys/gals,
over rated, over paid profession
-GET A JOB-
(but it is rather good)

[Capt Wannabee]

A lot of PPruners seem to be involved with I.T and I wonder if that is why so many people at the testing days were from an I.T background, or if we are the only ones with access to the internet during the day!

[RVR800]

Oh and I am in IT as well

[FireDragon]

And me !

[Hap]

Strangely, I'm in IT too! But not for long...

[monument]

During the day i clone genes into (and out of) viruses. We're trying to make GM crops resistant to TYLC virus.

During the night i read PPRUNE. Beats IT anyday. hehe

[006]

perhaps food for thought...could it be possible that there is a correlation between IT guys and aviation..owing to the bigger array of buttons, levers and lights on the dashboard????

[ronchonner]

I fly the Victor airways, set my autopilot and switch my vhf radio to the next controller.
Once you are in a company, the job is always the same.flight plan, weather briefing, preflight,flight,post flight and my money at the end of the month.
I tried the adventure in the USA,and it works!

[The Flying Lamb]

Just to be different.....
Flight Planner!

[Genghis the Engineer]

Aerospace Engineer, part time pilot, and no intention whatsoever of joining the airlines.

Today I was a good boy and got let out to do a post repair airtest.

G

[going round]

Fire Officer on Blue watch, Barnsley, S. Yorkshire, UK

A fantastic shift system - 2 x 9hr days
followed by 2 x 15hr nights
Followed by 4 x days off

Just about to start instructing with the Air Cadets as a Civilian instructor and when the distance learning schools get the CPL sylabus sorted I'll get cracking on that.

[Pielander]

So, let's get this straight:

The "wannabes" forum is populated bt IT consultants, all of whom are 'not pilots'. Why are they not? At best, this proves that IT consultants are more likely to have the will to become pilots. In the worst case scenario, it could indicate that to be an IT consultant is to forever condemn oneself to languishing in the region of recirculating flow that is the "Wannabes Forum" http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif

If we go next door and ask the pilots what they used to be, will they all say "IT consultants"? Who knows? I would be interested to find out.

(No offence to IT consultants, of course: You've all done really well for yourselves already :))

Pielander (Pie & tea consultant :rolleyes:.)

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[PFO]

Independent Financial Adviser

you know, money and all that!

PFO

[ballistic non-guided]

I flight-service Tornado, Harrier, Jaguar, Hawk, and Sea Harrier aircraft (avionics, eng/airframe + armament).
I help control the flight-line operations, 'see offs/see ins' of all the above jets plus heavy A/C inc. BAC-111, Tri-stars, Andovers and Hercules.

I also get to fire 6-barrel mini-guns out of Chinook helicopters. Plus I can put together any aircraft weapon in service and make lovely big holes in our beautiful English countryside.

All this without being in the RAF!

[N.P.H]

Hi chaps,

Just to be differant,
My job title is Gravity operator(i'm not joking).
I work on seismic survey vessels looking after equipment that measure and maps the earths gravitational and magnetic field. The reason being, to look for oil/gas.

At the moment im offshore Morocco

[Blindside]

Medical sales.

regards

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Half man, Half jalfrezi.

[Autofly]

I'm not an IT person. I work in the environmental sector. Did geology at university and now deal with Landfill Engineering. A barrel of laughs. Come on ...... someone please give me some money to train towards a CPL ..... who wants to wallow in eveyone elses rubbish???? It pays for the flying and thats why I do it.

AF

[008]

006,

I thought SMERSH killed you back in '84!!

[trolleydollylover]

PORN!


Nice to see some serious pruners answering this shout, Pie, Blindside, 006. I the same as Capt Crunch, Forget IT who wants to be an IT. and called a specialist to boot.

Presently I am classed as uneployed and it feels great.

By the left.

[EGDR]

I'm an air-thief and in my spare time coffin dodger.

[006]

008 !
greetings no 8,

modus operandi..it always pays to go back and do final checks...just in case !

[Whirlybird]

Self-employed researcher/writer; so plenty of freedom and spare time to go on PPRuNe, study, fly, whatever.

The people I know through PPRuNe are all in IT, or computer literate at the very least. Other pilots I meet, PPLs or professionals, frequently don't even have computers, and many haven't even heard of PPRuNe!!! http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif

Conclusion - people who have computer access and are into aviation read PPRuNe; those who work in IT have access more often and read it and post more often. I really wouldn't deduce any more into it than that.



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Whirly

To fly is human, to hover, divine.

[Capt Wannabee]

I had come to the same conclusion. People in I.T and other similar jobs are sat on computers all day with a bit of free time and hence why there are more I.T people on during the day. In the evening it appears to be a very wide range of people.

[trustno1]

I'm a beancounter for a bank in the City. Money's not bad but the hours are a real pain in the backside.I work a lot of weekends which means my PPL is taking longer than it should. The weather is'nt helping either.

[Up Front]

I am a licensed aircraft engineer who is becoming rather disillusioned.
It seems to me that all these IT chaps do nothing else all day but look at PPrune looking at all the messages they've posted. And probably in company time???
Still if you can get away it.

one day.

[Capt Wannabee]

If its any consolation I am very bored!

[Blindside]

trolleydollylover

I take offence to being called serious.

:)

regards

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Half man, Half jalfrezi.

[ickle black box]

I am also exceptionally bored. Work is so quiet (good thing if you work in support), I spend about 7 hours a day on the net, 1/2 that on PPRuNe. Sounds sad, I know but, I get paid IT Software rates for it .. which paid for the gliding .. then the ppl .. then the hours .. and about to pay for the ATPL written's. One day I'll escape from here. I even once, got my boss to unwittingly write me a reference for the RAF. Said it was part time, like the TA :)

ickle (Danny, can we have a new 'bored' face ?)

[Capt Wannabee]

My view is if we are not getting paid to fly then we may as well get paid to sit and Prune!!

[CaptainCrunch]

For those of you in IT who are contracting / consulting - do remember that if you still have your UK Limited Company post IR-35, the ATPL is, I believe, at least partially tax deductible. You will need to be a bit cheeky to get this one through.

"By your car, General..."

Aye,

Cap'n Crunch

[G SXTY]

Reminds me of Homer making himself medically obese so that he can work from home. He then waddles in to a gents outfitters to buy 'something comfortable thats not too tight'.

Shop assistant: "Are we a computer programmer, sir?"
Homer: "No"
Shop assistant: "Computer magazine editor?"
Homer: "No"
Shop assistant: "Let me guess, something to do with computers?" :) :)

Oh yes, and I work in steel logistics, but am looking for that big break into the porn industry. Failing that, it'll have to be commercial aviation. ;)

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Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit pruning.

[WALSH WENKER!]

DEALING WITH PEOPLES PILES DAY IN AND DAY OUT IM A PHARMACIST BUT NOT FOR LONG!! HEHE

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WW

[Capt Wannabee]

So what are you saying G SXTY, all people working with computers are fat? If I could get out of my chair I would roll over there and squash you!
Actually no I wouldn't as I don't like getting out of breath!

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Is that supposed to happen....??

[BreakRight]

Engineer - a civil one :)

Actually just finishing a masters degree in it.(thank ****)

[ickle black box]

G SXTY,

I used to do a bit of IT support for a big UK porn company. Mags, cuttings, big colour draft's everywhere. Amazing place. (4 floors of this!)

Most amazing bit was the room where girls who wanted to star, had sent in normal colour photo's of themselves, i.e. real people, not made up, or fake posing for the camera.

ickle :) :) :)

[foghorn]

Upfront: that's 'cos we're already sat at the PC all the time - it looks like work :)

IT Contractor for the next two months... then a student again!!!!!!!!!!

[Captain-Ireland]

eak so many IT people on here, and of course me too heh. I am a student software engineer studying at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. Also taking lessons for my PPL at Newtonards, Co.Down.

[Turned and Slipped]

Work in Aircraft Engineering.

I don't know how much working in the industry helps, but they seem interested in the interviews.

[trolleydollylover]

Soz blindside, hope you are the exception to the rule - dont be serious.

Capt Crunch could you explain your tax deductable ATPL studies. I am studying at home and I tried it once but my accountant wouldn't by it, now he was serious.

PS whoclosed the Ronchommer posts I was enjoying that, we should file that one and save it for a later date to pick on him again.

[Miss Bigglesworth]

Are 'aviation employess' a little less willing to post for fear of being recognised?

[Capt L]

Flying school desk chick by day, bar wench by night!!!!

All to pay for the flying, but I'm nearly there so it's all worth it!! :) :) :)

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Blue Skies and Soft Landings :)

[L J R]

Lucky to be an F-111 pilot by day and by night - well actually Mostly by Night.

Have done this sort of thing since age 18.

I guess I'm lucky [now age 38!]

It is not all beer & skittles.

Good luck in the Flying Game...

[dingducky]

i pretty much do nothing
but then i'm not really a wannabee, more of a neverbee http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif

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Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defence.

[Lan Ding Gere]

I'm afraid, yep, you guessed it....

I.T. !!!

[M13]

I'm a waiting student. Just about to finish my degree and take to the skies.

M13

PS Any of the ITs want to help me do a web page for my coursework?? No I thought not.......too busy PRUNEing

[Baggy]

I solicit.

[The flying gunman]

Firearms officer in Metropolitan police...I'd give it all up tommorow to fly an air taxi!!!

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He who smiles when the sh** hits the fan has found someone else to blame!

[HomerSimpson]

G SXTY

You saying I'm fat? Anyone for a doughnut?

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Duff, Duff, that Wonderful stuff. Ummmmm Doughnuts

[Borg32]

Company Director - doing alright thanks for asking.

thinking hard about giving in to the childhood dream, becoming a pilot for a living

32 years old...still got the dream

cheers
32

[rock_the_tower]

Research scientist on fiber composite materials (design and testing) in a big electrical engineering company until the end of May. Starting June as F/O with Crossair.

rtt :)

[SpeedBird22]

Law degree student at Oxford Brookes Uni....desperately bored and looking for a way out :)

[ACARS]

I'm a Senior Service Engineer in the Semiconductor industry. I work for a Japanese company called Tokyo Electron Limted. We are the #2 supplier of chip making equipment world wide. I am based in Ireland. My particular customer is Intel Corp.

[Little Fly Girl]

I'm only a baby, just due to complete my A-Level courses. I work part-time as a waitress too...haven't got a real job....yet!

LFG :)

[Pielander]

LFG

Shouldn't you be in bed by this time of night then?

Pie

[Little Fly Girl]

Ha ha ha!!! You a funny guy Pie!! (only kidding! ;) )
Haven't been in from work long, couldn't go without my daily dose of PPRuNe!! :)

LFG

[YanYan]

Job Title - Technical Development Engineer, I get to drive 200MPH Supercars everyday, money`s good, conditions good, everybody knows me who is important, but feeling very tired and wanting to do what I have always wanted.
Also I feel I have been very lucky in my career so-far and I am now relishing the thought of a struggle obtaining my first Airline position.

[Little Fly Girl]

WOW!!! I've just noticed that I am FLIGHT DECK QUALIFIED!!! *Fantastic!!*

(Sorry for that sudden outburst of emotion, Pie is obviously right, it's way past my bed time and I'm getting tired :rolleyes: ...)

Goodnight All!

LFG ;)

[Low_and_Slow]

I.T. (of course, isn't everyone?).

I've actually got a PhD in Computers, and a commercial pilot's license with instrument rating (easier to get here in the colonies). Spend my days in front of a screen and my nights in the air. Thinking of becoming an airport bum as soon as the wife is admitted to the bar.

Congrads on Fligh Deck Qualification LFG!!! Which A levels are you taking?


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[Wicked Witch]

I'm actually not in IT! http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/eek.gif
I recruit pilots!!!

WW (GIMY :))

[InFinRetirement]

Well now! I don't fly anymore, but I get around faster than ever before. I am deeply involved in PPRuNe, The Fund, The Bashes, Seminars, 60-70 e-mails a day, mostly to do with bashes, the seminars and wannabes. Aviation consultancy and a little I.T. work. In the next few weeks I will also be into fund raising.

Who said I was retired! I'd rather have an aeroplane strapped to my behind now and again but I very much enjoy what I am doing - in spite of feeling a bit let down sometimes by people who say they will and they don't! If you see what I mean.

[Patsy 001]

Accountant - absolutely enthralled and overjoyed with my job....

[Patsy 001]

...yeah right!

[left outer, right inner]

lol

[Blackshirt]

I play with industrial lasers all day, which can be fun, particularly when burning insects to a crisp, however, the damn view out the the window never changes, and that's why I want to a pilot.

Just waiting for the med results now http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/eek.gif http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/eek.gif http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/eek.gif

[AMS]

Hi guys,

Well I am accountant..but not for long hopefully!!

AMS

[Calcutta]

Pilot - Support Helos.

But dont think that the CAA make it easy for us to make the transition - still have to do all the exams, fixed wing flying etc. It takes most military types about 2yrs, a lot of dough, and all your leave to complete the course!

[CrashDive]

Yep, I too was in IT, indeed I still am.....

There's a thread (now running in the Computers & Internet Issues forum) w.r.t IT Contracting in which I posted the following comments:

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Just like flying, you should endeavour to maintain your IT/systems skills in tip top condition - i.e. should be you ever lose your license (e.g. stuff up a medical) you can always go back to this much-in-demand job.

Just like many other business's, airlines too are desperately short on solid IT skills and imho this is a good selling point on your CV. Indeed, and almost as proof, yours truly is due to become the IT/Systems Manager at British World Airlines, whilst also flying the B737 for them from LGW, i.e. veritably the best of both worlds !</font>

I'll stand 100% by those comments, in that I've had and will continue to earn a good living from IT, e.g. across a period of nearly 20 years, I've NEVER been unemployed.

That said, and IMHO, its more than likely that those IT folks with a passion to fly would tend to be able to locate / read / contribute to PPRuNe (i.e. that's just what I did) , simply by the nature of themselves and their jobs - but I must also make a point of saying that there are also a serious number of 'knob-heads' in IT whom I personally wouldn't let lose on a bicycle never mind a jet aircraft !

( Yeah, and don’t we all know it's the same in all professions )

Now for those less familiar with the aviation business, you would not believe just how many pilots come from, and continue to pursue, other careers.

To be honest, (and outside of the comments made in the quoted section above) the possession of IT skills are about as much use to the piloting of an airliner as an ashtray on a motorbike ! ...... and imho what matters (outside of passing the tests for the license) is attention to detail, ability to work weird hours, and character.

(This mainly for the older Wannabes amongst us) I was 38 years old when Hamrah ( whom until the day of my final interview with him, I had never met previously ) gave me the opportunity of a lifetime at Go Fly - i.e. I left IT (sort of) and went straight to the RHS of a B737 - and yes, it was a steep learning curve, but it's not 'rocket science' - now go figure just how was it that, back then, a 38 year old bloke with a not particularly impressive aviation orientated CV was able to do this ?!
An airline knows what it can give you (i.e. a job, a type-rating, training, etc) but what is it that YOU bring to them, e.g. to be brutal about it, blokes with just a nice straight-forward frozen ATPL are two-a-penny, i.e. you would simply not believe the number of CV's airlines get from wannabe pilots - so, just what criteria would you use in order to select one wannabe over another ?!

Finally……. never, ever, give up !!! (e.g. I too came close, but have Danny / Capt.P to thank for similarly reminding me of this )

Ps. I hope to see many of you Wannabes at the PPRuNe Pilot Seminar.


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CrashDive

Administrator to The Professional Pilots RUmour NEtwork

May you live in interesting times !

[AJ]

Student studying Geography-and loving it!

(Don't laugh, we're gaining cred amongst the Scientists every day!) :)

No mickey mouse subject around here mate!

CHEERS
AJ

"PLEASURE IS THE CHIEF GOOD".

(Inevitably a French/Ancient Greek phrase :) )

[Flandan]

Ex journalist, now in public relations. Thankfully not the sort that Prince Edward's missus is so bad at, but sufficiently dull for me to be pursuing an altogether more interesting career in aviation..

[scroggs]

Boeing 747 pilot. Always fancied doing a bit of IT.....!

[Miss Bigglesworth]

I'm Arthur Daley of the aviation world.

Nice motor guv, British registered, only 15,000 hours, freshly overhauled engines, ideal for the missus, lavely bodywork, a bargain at £1 million........

sorry got into the spiel there. Anyone want a second hand aircraft?

[Low_and_Slow]

Scroggs wrote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">
Boeing 747 pilot. Always fancied doing a bit of IT.....!
</font>
Fine, it's settled then. We'll trade jobs.

"hi, this is you captain speaking. Does anyone happen to know the V speeds for this thing?"

[avrodamo]

Police officer which just don't cover the costs. I have to work 2 of my rest days to pay for my flying training

[EGCC4284]

Aircraft refueller at Manchester

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A BIT EXTRA FOR MUM.

[Snakum]

Oddly enough ... IT! Who'd a thunkit?

After High School ... four years in the Army, six years in manufacturing engineering and management, and now going on four years in IT (QA and Customer Service Manager with some programming, still).

My PPL instructor was a former VB/Access programmer and my Instrument/Comm instructor was in web development. Alot of IT folks in aviation. Could be - as some have written - that we are more likely to find PPrune and be more internet savvy, but in addition maybe the technical/fiddler type is attracted to the technical aspects of aviation combined with the shear FUN of it. I dunno? What I DO know is that I wanna get outa the cube and into the right-hand seat of a CRJ or a Jungle Jet. SOON!

Snakum

"Someone let a buncha weekend King Air pilots lose on the Boeing fleet!"



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[Norman Goering]

Formerly Cabin crew and "Hobby Bobby".

[Wedge]

First of all......sorry if I say anything that's already been said......lazy git I haven't read the whole thread.

There is a long tradition of IT professionals on PPRuNe - partly because they may have more time to access the internet at work, but also because it is a job that pays well and therefore pays for flying. I am also from an IT background and I went in with the express intention of paying for flying training. I'm not working in IT at the moment however and indeed my flying ambitions have been on hold for some time due to medical problems http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif

I don't think there is any real link between having IT skills and flying skills and I don't think airlines are going to look more favourably on you because you are good with computers, but at the same time it is a technical subject and as we all know computers are ever more prominent in the modern commercial airliner. Still when I have worked in IT there have been many spare hours that have been spent reading PPRuNe!

I have read once or twice on here of pilots who did suggest they would rather be in IT, but they were obviously seriously disillusioned with their present job. I also know one chap who is a 777 SFO who did a course in computing recently.......but he still loves flying and is not about to go and work in an office.......you can of course earn much more money as an IT contractor than as a pilot if you have the right skill set.....ie SAP/Oracle etc.....but hey, none of us are doing IT for the money itself, but rather the career that it can lead to.

Of course Capt PPRuNe himself came from an IT background originally, and that is how this site came into existence in the first place. I remember about three years ago when there were just five forums on this site and sometimes only a couple of topics (or less) in Wannabes! We have come a long way since then.......this is still the best website in the world so keep it up Capt PPRuNe et al!



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[Sick Squid]

Currently skipper on small glass boeings.... previously session musician, still doing a fair bit of that "on the side."

£6



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[The Flying Lamb]

yo

[GJB]

accounts & logistics for a big company.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[VFE]

Insurance consultant involved with the internet sales side of the firm.
I was a musician, still am I suppose albeit in an extreme part-time capacity. Got a "proper job" due to insecurity ie; "where's my next meal coming from?" and to save money for flying lessons.

You could say I've been through a bit of a career change of late.

Hope to start an integrated course for CPL soon.

VFE.

[Commander]

Independant salesman for Nu Skin products. A lot of free time and money. Debt free after ATPL and a lot of hours. Let me know if you want to follow my footsteps. Live all you can without having to worry about your income this month - and have good skin.

[Flypuppy]

Manage a smallish department for a, errm, software company.

Taking a small holiday from the IT world for 9 months to takle the JAA ATPL exams CPL/IR etc.

I work in IT therefore I am a lardyarsedgutbucket. http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif

[ROTATION]

I'm a headhunter working in fashion retail and ...... wait for it .... I.T.!!!

So if any of you IT sales guys are any good at what you do and wanna earn more money for that CPL/IR, then I'm sure we could come to a mutually beneficial arrangement!!!

Hurry though, ATPL starts in June!!!

[Tranquillity Base]

Air Observer on a Police helicopter in the Midlands.Great fun and a useful environment for developing CRM for WHEN I obtain my first commercial flying job.It would be nice to fly the thing though!

[CaptStar]

I.T.

[PanicButton]

Flight instructor, Customs officer, Computer nerd.

By the way does anybody read this far? http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/tongue.gif

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Nothing to see here, just making use of the internet!

[ickle black box]

Seeing as there are so many IT people here, often with fast internet connections, shall we setup a emailing list for video clips and pictures, that we can't put up at PPRuNe??

I've got some great video clips on email :) :)

ickle

[Blindside]

ickle

Those clips don't involve donkeys do they??

cheers

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Half man, Half jalfrezi.

[Capt Wannabee]

These video clips won't result in me becoming a full time wannabe will they as all manner of lewd activities appear on my screen?

Didn't you work for a large Porn company doing I.T. You should have some interesting clips then!



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[FartPower]

(Just to hit that 100 mark)

Musician in the evenings, electronics designer in the day, and dreaming of beoming a pilot in my sleep..

......i have got a clip of a snake...!!

[Evo7]

Astrophysicist. Somebody has to, I guess, and it keeps me off the streets...

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[ickle black box]

Used to do IT support in the porn industry. Sadly, no video clips from then. Just the usual silly video's that IT people with quick connections send to each other.

Got a good one today, a fatal mid-air collision between a bird, and a baseball, that had just been thrown. Excellent feathers explosion, wreckage strewn over a wide area.

ickle :) (mail me if you want it sending 1.4mb)

[Capt Wannabee]

Yeah I saw the bird strike one. Didn't realise there were so many feathers on a bird!

If you look on FHM there are a couple of disturbing video clips.
Not that I am bored at work or anything!

[Goldfinger]

Another one from the IT industry, though this time just to add a little aviation spice - from good old NATS and their Air Traffic Control systems, Did you all know that the new kit down at Swanwick which goes live in January is upgrading from coal-fired to gas !

[Borg32]

I saw one of close clips -

Donkey and some very ugly people....very disturbing!!!!

Do people REALLY "get their rocks off" on that stuff?

32

[schuler_tuned]

ha!ha! not in i.t.
work in a high tech enviroment,cutting edge technology, managing up to 40+ peeps at any one time, drive and energy are key to meet the ever changing requirements of the business, making xuckinx crisps!!(ever seen they think it's all over)
well i wish it was!
anyone want any free doritos?.....no didn't think so!

[Captain Spud]

At the private strip where I base my aircraft there are some 22 other pilots / owners. Of these none, 0 , zero etc are "IT Consultants" .

I know that all the pilots are PPLs and so might not be fully representative of pprune wanabees . Incidently almost 3/4 of the pilots are self employed / business owners.

[F900B]

I work for a Private Bank here in the states buying aircraft to lease to clients. Interesting job, I learn about all kinds of different aircraft. Never thought i would be doing this. Oh and also i make a lot of good contacts, so when that big day comes that i leave this job, and fly aircraft...full time. Maybe be someday... ;)

[aged]

Accountant, Brit, based in Egypt but travel around Africa as in Nigeria tomorrow night. The excitement is endless. But the money is good so choice of flying school doesn't have to be just on cost.

[Fly_by_night]

sorry...I'm not IT consultant... :rolleyes:

I'm a pilot, guys! a real one !
I'm captain on the "Triausorus", the famous B727. I'm flying with a worldwide express freight corp.

[tunneler]

Engineering stoodent by day - bartender by night, pays for playtime :)

[Airfield Totty]

I'm a Physiotherapy assistant and before you ask my boyfriend is the real life airline pilot. I just PPRuNe to keep up to date in his job. Oh, and for a giggle! I have also had a few lessons, but why have a dog and bark yourself! He He :) :)

[low n' slow]

I study for a CPL intergrated, full time.
All expenses paid
/lns

[Hermie]

I'm Graphic Designer.

That says it all !

Intending to work in Post Prodution !

Graphic Designer is my backup. Airline Pilot wannabe in the next 7 years ! SQ Policy anyway !

Best Regards,
Herman



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[red 5]

Licensed aircraft engineer, big jets.UK.

[Iz]

Right seat B757..

[Incipient]

Used to freeze my rocks off on the floor of an oilrig to pay for flying lessons....now flying for Big Airways...worth every penny!

[DeltaTango]

ADSL internet supporter....HEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!

need money
must fly.....

gotta go....got a costumer on the line with a windows problem-exciting :) :) :)

[Little Fly Girl]

Low n' Slow, sorry, I'm not ignoring you! I am studying A-Level Physics and Geography and AS_Level Maths and Environmental Science. Got my final exams soon....eeeeeeeek! http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/eek.gif

I will be thrown into the big world of work this summer, but I haven't decided what I'm going to do yet....hmmmmm. (Obviously I am a wannabe pilot!) but I am thinking of the time between end of college and when BA say "wow! you're great! Come and work for us!" Or simply to fund my own training...sadly, I feel it may be this option!! ;) Anyone got any ideas as to which line of employment I should follow?! Let me know if you do! Or, even better, does anyone here want to give me a (good) job?! :)

Thanks,

LFG

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[TwoDeadDogs]

Hi,All
Aircraft engineer.On 146s.(There is no God).212 hrs PPL,ten CPL/ATPL exams passed.Sometime oil 'n' gas tech,sometime cartoonist,sometime inspector of homebuilts and microlights...I am absolutely brassed off to the hilt with fixing other people's aeroplanes and I WILL become a Commercial Pilot..I don't give a **** how long it takes or how much it costs.
regards
TDD

[Steepclimb]

Not quite IT but work for Big Blue for a few years now, surprise surprise, formerly quite a few years in the Aircraft maintenance business and an airline, desperate to get back,working on the Flight Instructor rating, have a CPL etc, sometimes a film extra.
Full time wannabee.

It's true having access to PC's all day means there is a high proportion of us computer heads logging on.
This thing I'm using is supposed to be testing really expensive RAM chips. This is more fun.