So what do you guys do?

[polarmystery]

I am a Logistics Systems Engineer for the DoD

Graduated with an Electrical Engineering degree

+1 to EE

 

[RedCOMET]

Originally posted by: duragezic

Wasn't it an S-92 that crashed? I read otherwise but someone at work said it was a S-92 and I looked on CNN and it said that as well. I thought it ended up being some mechanical device (gearbox or something?) that was a known defect and to be replaced but didn't expect it to cause a problem so soon.

edit: Misread your post. By S-92 crash I meant the one up by Canada recently, not Louisiana. I thought it was weird you said "luckily we were on a S-92".

Oh... yeah, the last few nights ont he rig have been slow, so i've been a little sleepy on my shift. I guess my ATOT neffing skills aren't up to par when I'm tired.

The 76 that crashed in Louisiana flew out of a Houma PHI Heliport. I flew from the rig to another PHI Heliport in Amelia. They are about 75-90 min away from each other driving wise. Not sure about flight time.

Rumor had it, they grounded some of the 76 fleet at certain heliports ( or maybe by client request,ie Shell, BP, etc) a few days after crash to review maitenance records. I heard this from talking to somebody in my office. Never read it in article though.

I prefer flying in the S-92 than the S-76, or even some of the Bell helicopters. The 92s have more space and you don't feel like your scrunched up next to peoplel.


DrDops,

Being on a rig isn't all that bad. After a while though, the routine and the feeling of being isolated from the real world start to wear on you. I start wanting to go home after like 10 days. The longest i've been on a rig is 23 days. It wasn't a bad rig, but i started missing my apartment, my GF, my video games.... eating a good steak, <insert some food>. The one adavatage of working offshore, is that you can usually have a consistant work schedule, like 14 / 7 or 14/14, 14 days on and 7 days off ( or 14 days off). the shceudle depends on the crew you work with, and the rig you work on. i have never had a real set schedule, so that wears on you to sometime, always not knowing when yo uwill be offshore.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: dbk

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: dbk

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: dbk
fed auditor

Do you work for the IRS?

no

What branch of the government do you work?

Did you go in after college? I hear it's a good way to get student loans repaid.

ygpm

What is DCAA for $200 Alex?

 

[ChanHo78]

surf for porn

 

[LS21]

a scientist of the earf

 

[Peelback79]

Originally posted by: LS21
a scientist of the earf

Save us from teh warmings!!!!

I just recently got promoted to Packaging Supervisor at Golden Heritage Foods L.L.C. We package honey. It's a sweet job (eyeroll pun). So if there's anyone out there who enjoys honey, if you buy it from (to name some major chains) at Wal-Mart, Sams Club, IGA, Rite-Aid, Meijer, Marsh, Giant Eagle, Big Bear and a host of others, you're probably buying it from us.

-Peelback

 

[sniperruff]

Full-time MBA student.

 

[drdops]

Originally posted by: RedCOMET
DrDops,

Being on a rig isn't all that bad. After a while though, the routine and the feeling of being isolated from the real world start to wear on you. I start wanting to go home after like 10 days. The longest i've been on a rig is 23 days. It wasn't a bad rig, but i started missing my apartment, my GF, my video games.... eating a good steak, <insert some food>. The one adavatage of working offshore, is that you can usually have a consistant work schedule, like 14 / 7 or 14/14, 14 days on and 7 days off ( or 14 days off). the shceudle depends on the crew you work with, and the rig you work on. i have never had a real set schedule, so that wears on you to sometime, always not knowing when yo uwill be offshore.

Longest trip I have had was 28, then 2 days at home and back out for another 21 days. We have a Vantage card system in the North Sea that is supposed to limit your days, but at check in they just seem to override the system. To be honest i love working offshore, i think it puts more stress on the wife than anyone else.

A lot of the rigs in the UKCS are switching to 2 weeks offshore and 3 weeks at home. In Norway it is 2 weeks offshore and 4 weeks at home, which would be amazing... but working for a service company i will likely never see that.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Imp

Originally posted by: Excelsior
Student - Graduate in a few months and I'll be a Radiation Therapist.

Nice choice. Know two people doing that, and there's a shortage in it right now. Beaucoup money, and an unfortunate large and unending number of clients.

Thanks. The field is small but there are always openings somewhere in the US (or the world). I'd do it all over again. Just going through school has changed my life via the experience with the cancer patients.

 

[Delta6Echo]

Originally posted by: clamum
Smoke weed

How much does that net you per month? :roll: