your jobs before aviation

[FlyGirl86]

I am only 20 but have worked as a CNA, Subsitute, Secretary, sales clerk, merchandiser, Customer service manager, a few different stores, translator, cattle ranch work, and a million more I probably cant remember, and right now as I am going through flight school i am working in group homes for developmentally disabled people. A career I would have persued had I not got the helo bug

[Autorotator]

Locksmith, warehouse, restaurant, canopy erection and repair, and alot of other crappy jobs.

[helo08]

I've worked as a dairy farmer, turkey farmer and now a hog farmer!!!!

[EnglishBob]

I feel like a bit of a fraud replying, as I am still working to save the money to get into aviation and helicopters, but my illustrious career so far has had me as a:

 

warehouse goods-in guy

sailing instructor

sailmaker

sail training yacht watch leader

engineering (naval architecture) student

bartender (while at university, or should that be the other way round?)

high school math teacher (at an all girls school, I was 22, it was hell on earth, honestly it was)

(so I moved to USA)

Design Engineer and Shipyard Manager (and part time bartender) in Florida

(moved back to UK)

bartender while waitng to start my current job...

Design Engineer and naval architect on Super/Mega/Giga yachts (much larger shipyard)

and I still work part time in a bar.

 

And the whole time I wanted to fly helicopters. So I will, soon.

[vertrefadmin]

envelop stuffer, dishwasher, fish hatchery laborer, pulp mill cleanup, fuel truck driver, unemployed bum => pilot

[kodoz]

once a scientist (ie, counting fruit flies), now a medical writer/editor, always a full-time geek. all those years being around the hospitals with Boston Life Flight overhead got me into helicopters.

[flying high]

The list is long, but my favorites and longest worked.backcountry snowmobile guide in Montana and Lanscape Installation smack dab in the heart of the Rockies.

[CYGNUS I]

15 years mechanical engineering for A/C industry. It's killing me and now I start training on May 28 at quantum. From here on out its time to fly

[klmmarine]

Here is the short list:

Photographer

Navy Aircrewman

Bouncer

Commercial Diver

Sailing Instructor

Charter Captain

Tug Boat Engineer

Cruiseship Mate

Supply Vessel Mate

Supply Vessel Captain

Dive Support Vessel Captain

[Fastlane]

Construction worker, Petroleum Distribution Engineer (Pumped gas!), HVAC Tech/Installer, auto mechanic, heavy equipment mechanic, heavy equipment operator, paramedic, rope rescue instructor, FIREFIGHTER for the past 18 years, currently working part time at a huge auto parts chain store to pay for flight school, and when I finish school, soon to be flying at a yet unknown location!

[heligirl03]

College Student

Corporate Biotech Research Associate

Bartender/Server

Sleddog Trainer

Sleddog Trainer

Sleddog Trainer

Bartender/Server

Dog Washer

Helis

 

[Goldy]

College Student

Corporate Biotech Research Associate

Bartender/Server

Sleddog Trainer

Sleddog Trainer

Sleddog Trainer

Bartender/Server

Dog Washer

Helis

 

 

 

hey, can you train sled dogs??

 

( sorry, couldnt help it)

[rayco5]

30YRS doin collision repair,3yrs selling real estate 20hrs student pilot ,major fun !!!!

[coanda]

surf shop, army airborne infantry, full time student, test driver (called us "pilots") for mercedes-benz, pipe fitter, broke helicopter kid.

[Wally]

High school, flight school and VietNam. There really wasn't much "before aviation" in my life:

In high school: Lifeguard (GREAT job!) and semi-pro Boy Scout. Really, that can be a paying job.

 

After VietNam and back in "the world". I wanted to be "normal", so I was at various intervals and durations:

A semi-pro Scout again, interfered with my partying, so;

Swung a hammer, yanked a saw;

Operated a convenience store;

Loan office, second best party job I ever had;

Door to door salesman, most work I ever did, even more than;

Sawmill, "green chain";

Various positions in a textile, actually a spinning mill;

Machine center operator, semi-pro machinist wannabe, best folks I ever worked for. Got laid off, realized I'd never be "normal". Non-aviation jobs ran from two and a half days to a couple of years. Besides, the hangovers were getting fierce, and I'd nearly run my soon-to-be ex-wife off, I admitted and accepted that I'm a helicopter pilot. That ran her off.

[wannabe heli pilot]

Well here goes,telemarketer,tree trimmer,concrete laborer,drug store clerk,pizza delivery,spring grinder,house painting contractor,student wannabe heli pilot. Hey if you want to here about our exterior specials leave your # and I'll call at dinner time

[TheLorax]

Software engineer for many years ... before that a scientific glassblower ... before that a nutrition lab assistant.

 

Bob

 

scientific glassblower? is that like beakers and graduated cylinders? how cool is that. i've always wanted to learn how to manipulate glass.