What was your job before aviation?
 

When I left school, a fair long time ago, I never thought I would end up flying Helicopters for a living.
I was a Jockey for nearly 20 years.
What did you do in your previous life ;)

Straight out of school, first solo at 18, and that was 13,000 hrs ago.:eek:

i was a geologist before i lost all sense of reason.

Professional alpine skier :cool: for 22 years.

i was a sales rep then a state sales manager for 12 years while on a private license.

quick sales job description = :ugh:

new position as a pilot = :D :D :ok: :ok:

dont miss it one bit !

Military movement controller (a little bit more than a freight forwarder). Latterly computer fixer & trainer when times got hard!

Phil

Not Much is different
 

I use to clean the crapers in a night club after all the booze hounds had gone home for the night. Ah the memories.

In the words of that famous American philosopher Maynard G. Krebs......" Work ??? "

Well, I'm sure I owe you at least an apology then.:E

Then and now
 

I still fit Intergrated Reception Systems (TV, satellite and radio all down one cable) in appartment blocks, still chasing the dream of a low paid overworked job flying. Only 999 hours and a few bits of paper and a whole wad of cash to go.

Still an embedded software engineer, but one day...:8

Embedded in what?

I'm still a Chartered Accountant :zzz: and before that worked in high pressure physics research for National Physical Laboratory. That's not to say work was high-pressure but the oil which we cranked up to 150,000 psi.

Cheers

Whirls

Subsea installation engineer. But the view wasn't good enough in the back.

Embedded in digital radios just at the moment, but I have done microbiological measurement systems and model railway control systems as well; on bad days, I write Winblows drivers. In past lives, I worked as a university and college lecturer, stage lighting specialist, departmental buyer, a string of secretarial thingies, and (SCUBA) compressor operator.

Bowser-Mong and Bubble-washer.

Bayonetting babies !

Busting tables in a crappy resturant, left school, solo 17th birthday... the rest of my life is contained in 2 CAP407 logbooks!

TiP:)

Photographer

h

Health and surgical laundrologist:yuk:

Three years to go as a British police officer.
I have also got paid for acting and as a skydiving cameraman.

Filmtechnician.

French Omellete Speacialist
 

20 yeras ago,landed in a bannana boat in uk...hospital cleaner,nursing asst in aacute psyche ward...nurse SEN ... FUNK DANCER FOR THE 80,S MUSIC VEDIOS ..club promoter....dj....in soho.....chef in the IVY.... painter .now in a french bistro....future......well flying chef...?? but i have to thanks starting this post....great idea....we get to know our great talents...cheers

was (still am i guess) a forest technician. did that for 3 years, then figured playing in the air was better than the ground - i was right :) (and about 10 different short term jobs before)

Electrical Projects/Contracts manager. Had more money then as well :ugh:

IT networking specialist.... ah the money... :sad:
Sausage factory mong :{
Dreaming of a real gig one day...

Carpark attendant
paper boy
ice cream vendor
Soldier
courier
truck driver
customer service advisor
lawyers receptionist
landfill-dust-surpression water-bowser driver
data entry technician
refuse collector
maritime security officer
film-set extra
Gas salesman
Vacuum cleaner salesman (quit after 3 days - didnt sell anything)
Flower delivery associate (florist. still my best paying job to date!)
Flight instructor
Helicopter pilot!!!!!!

Paperboy
Apprentice Fitter / Turner
Supermaket Shelf Stocker
Summer Camp Counsellor
Hydraulic Systems CAD Draughtsman
Building Site Labourer
Police Officer
Beat Cop
Traffic Cop
Riot Cop
Staff Officer Cop
Body Recovery Cop
Drug Search Cop
Road Death Investigation Manager Cop
ANPR Project Manager Cop
Student CPL(H) Pilot
Division 10 Installation Technician
Property Maintenance
Chauffeur
and now looks like going back to being a financially broke
Beat Cop

Ah the sweet circle that is life!

Water Application Technician (Fireman). Best thing I ever did was to leave:ok:

les vendanges (2 weeks)
escort (2 dates)
cashier (2 years)
.....

- owner of small computer company - 1 year :ok:
- owner of car HI-Fi, alarms systems company - 1 year :ok:
- graduated (M.Sc. in Telecommunication) :ok:
- Telecommunication Engineer - 6 years :ugh:
- GSM Transmission Planner at NOKIA project (contractor) - 2 years :ugh: - but will miss this $....

- HEMS pilot - one day!

Soldier, 4 years

School boy
Military cadet school
Surveyor
Sex Instructor
Military helicopter pilot/instructor
Sex instructor
Civilian helicopter pilot/instructor
Vacuum cleaner salesman
Sex Instructor
Life insurance salesman
Sex instructor
Corporate helicopter pilot
sex instructor
Retired, blind and broke

head turner --- that reminds me of a saying i heard once --

"spent all my money on women and booze, the rest i just wasted" :hmm: :)

Golf caddy
Teaching English to foreign au pair girls in evening classes
Bacteriologist

Head Turner,

Absolutly brilliant you have had me in stitches !!

For me

Drunken school boy
Drunken hippie traveller
Drunken Uni student

Followed the obvious route

Drunken Infantry officer
(Slightly more sober) military pilot
Professional target drone for insurgents (4 times)
Unemployed depressed ex-military god looking for work
tbc...................................

Cotton picker
rat skinner
truck driver
Army officer

I spent the most time picking cotton, unfortunately.

Air Force mechanic (Jets)
(civil) helicopter mechanic
helicopter pilot/mechanic
Helicopter pilot (HEMS)
incapable to do anything else I suppose

Just out of curiosity: Elena for your second employ; were you trained by Headturner???:O

That was a certain now deceased Mr G Best, Footballer. He used to get very thirsty due to all that running about for ninety minutes......:\
Me? Not a heli pilot, got two kids and no money. Used to be in Car Sales, now a car photographer, but jump into any a/c I get chance to, preferably with rotors and no wings.
NW

Lots of different jobs,

mostly worked as a fisherman and a chef on board fishing vessels.

Now I'm a blond model and I am pretty sure the money soon starts rolling in... :}

Bought a tiny little helicopter trying to make a living now coz the modelling hasn't paid off yet.

No jobs but those to finance my Summer vacations in high school.
Thinking about it, I am still on vacation.:ok: