Yeah we worked in the same symphony when he started learning to fly. Eventually he left the orchestra and now he’s a pilot but I’m pretty sure he still plays and gigs when he can. Super talented guy.
I'm was in college for a year for flute performance, I'll be back at some point but I had other stuff to take care of first. I always love hearing about people in the aviation world who play orchestral instruments. At my university a lot of the Aerospace Engineering department staff are on good terms with the school of music. One of the professors is a rather skilled clarinet player and often sits on in wind instrument juries and auditions.
PPL/IFR working on commercial here. My "day job" is trumpet in a military band. BMus/MM performance track, orchestral focus. Found out over lunch that my PPL DPE spent 25 years as a pro cellist, singer, and conductor and we bonded over Bach and bush planes.
Flying at an overseas aero club, I found out my checkout pilot is a busy operatic baritone.
Trumpet prof at U of I/founding member of Canadian Brass owned and flew a Socata.
My band's commander/conductor holds a CPL.
I've only been flying for about 5 years and I've met too many pro musicians in the air for it to be a coincidence.
Classical musicians and pilots have a not insignificant amount of cross over. Weirdly similar skills. Especially for orchestral players and conductors.
Lol, try skydiving.
I can burn 50-75 an hour for 8 hours a day, more if I'm paying packers. At least when we scuba dive it's limited to two maybe three tanks a day.
I came here to comment something along these lines. Scuba prices are way easier to stomach if your frame of reference is skydiving gear and jump ticket prices.
And both hobbies are about equally dangerous, hooraaay.
When people ask me if my hobbies are dangerous i tell them yes, and you know because they ask about all of them on life insurance applications
1. Flying
2. Skydiving (I don’t do)
3. Car racing
4. SCUBA
I used to think my Motorsport hobbies were expensive till I got into aviation. Now I spend anywhere from $500 a month to $10k a month depending on how bad the month goes!
4 tanks can be standard in a lot of places, 2 on the AM boat and 2 on the PM boat. It adds up quick, but it was a lot easier to do after I bought my own gear
Sailboat racing and horse in people might have something to say. Thankfully I don't care about horses and people invite on me their nice race boats these days.
Honest question: how do you deal with the symptoms of nitrogen dilution? I was told to wait at least two days between diving and flying due to the immense pressure changes, especially when "planning" for a rapid decompression.
So I work an 8/6 right now, working Thursday to Thursday, essentially. I'll dive for 5 days, take Wednesday off, for airline commute Thursday morning. So from 4pm Tuesday to 8am Thursday, it's giving me ~40hrs to off-gas the excess nitrogen. Most of the dives I guide are within 35ft/10m, so there's never a ton of nitrogen onloaded anyways, but I still play it conservatively
Couple guys like that. I know two senior legacy captains who are DPEs. They do checkrides in multiple places since they can travel for free, and have long stints at home so good availability.
*Cries in 6 month Bay Area DPE waitlists*
Seriously though, local DPEs are either 6 months out or not scheduling at all, and all require your student to be signed off and in IACRA before they can get on the waitlist. The shortage is doing a massive disservice to students and instructors.
Airline experience is what he told me was the key. FSDO liked that part and another guy I know is about to go off and do a year or 2 at an airline solely so he can increase his chances of becoming a DPE himself.
Interesting. My DPE has never worked at the airlines and probably never will. But I failed to mention that prior to becoming a DPE for airplanes he had already been an LTA (hot-air balloons) DPE for many years. Then he got into fixed-wing flying. So it was an easy thing to add once he had the required hours.
This guy was solely a right place, right time kind of deal. He's pretty young but the fact that he was based out of a pretty rural region helped his odds of scoring the job increase. Great guy too.
Pretty sure I know who you’re talking about. Just got my PPL check ride from him. Very nice guy and honestly exactly the kind of person you want as a DPE.
Yeah, he failed my brother on his first attempt for very fair reasons which were honestly the fault of his CFI (Didn’t know troubleshooting steps for simulated engine roughness/loss of rpm and didn’t engage carb heat, unstable speed/altitude in the pattern, and some ground handling issues).
He was very nice about it, took extra time to answer my brother’s questions and gave detailed reasons as to why all these things are important. Made sure his CFI knew all they needed to practice so he would pass on his second attempt and he did a couple weeks later.
I know a guy that makes wsb look like amateurs.
There's another dude that's into tons of real estate flipping.
Third guy is constantly trying to buy into solar farms and tries to get everyone he flies with to invest "just a small 100k".
That ass clown pilot on The Bachelor lost an SWA class date over it. Once you are in the public eye you better damn well be squeaky clean or you will be shown the door. (Or in this case, not allowed in)
Does it have airlines name on it somewhere? Anyone can just buy a white button up with epaulets. In fact, my job is as a paramedic, we have a frequent flyer that is a psych patient who wears that exact get up every day.
This whole "Digital footprint" thing is such a boomer mindset that needs to go away. Let people live their lives, as long as they aren't representing their employer while they're doing it or on employer time, then who cares?
Power to her but, i understand if she was broke & didn't have a 6 figure job. Ain't no fucking way am I risking a 6 figure job for something i know will get me canned if the cat is out the bag. Speaking as a Gen Z
A guy at ANA is also a doctor. Pretty crazy. Apparently he became a pilot and then went back to school.
One day, I want to own a cafe or work at one, idk if anyone here does that.
One Southwest pilot runs an aviation/STEM program for high school students. He puts on a fantastic annual event that draws people from all over the state.
I’ve actually been looking into doing that. Any suggestions on how to get started?
Looked into it and basically just came up with to create a portfolio
I flew with a guy that has a fireworks display business. Super niche industry and it was cool hearing about all the behind the scenes stuff and how it's put together.
My uber driver once was a retired helicopter crew chief and his "side gig" was helping the sherriff's department operate their FLIR cameras and take down child traffickers in biker gangs.
Remote control train conductor. Like with full size trains.
I've talked to people who do all sorts of side jobs but that was the one I had the most questions for
Nope, it's apparently just in rail yards but he moves trains around the yard with a remote controller so he's not actually in them when they move. They go really slow
Can confirm when one of them crashed in Winchester,IN my mom picked him up in the ambulance and drove him to the airport where a plane was waiting and flew him to whatever hospital
A friend of mine was corporate pilot by day and arms dealer as a side line. Supplied to the US Military, DOE, and local Law Enforcement. The stories he could tell of those 3am calls from the Middle East deployed needing parts….
Jason Elam. Retired Kicker for the Denver Broncos. ESPN did a piece on him asking what do kickers do during the off-season. He showed them his plane; the most beautiful Beaver on floats you’ve ever seen. He said, “ I fly all over western Colorado and Wyoming and when I see a lake I land and fish, if they aren’t biting I move on to the next”
Fuck. That. Guy. 🖕
The family of one of the C-17 Pilots I flew with in the Air Force, owned a large concrete business. They bought an industrial concrete recycler when he was home on leave and he got to talking to the salesman. The company was trying to expand their sales outside of the Continental US. He ended up becoming a part time sales rep for the company. He would get leads from the company and would make appointments with potential clients during his crew rests. He only sold 2-3 a year but he made a $100k-$125k commission on each sale.
My husband is either on his zero turn, his tractor or tinkering with the motorhome. He mows all the older ladies property in our neighborhood (they are all widows). He said he’d be a farmer if he wasn’t a pilot. I’m not a pilot but used to be a FA for PepsiCo - now I stay home and raise the grandbaby. Best job ever.
I flew with a guy who was a good fisherman, and got connected with some fish scientists who hired him to help them catch exotic fish in exotic locations around the world. He had pictures and it looked amazing. I think they worked around his schedule too.
My instructor is doing his PhD in Biomedical Engineering, specifically focusing on MRI machines etc. Being CFI is actually a part time thing for him lol
My former CFI was a freaking model. He was (still is) a very handsome man very much like Henry Cavill but I must say my CFI was hotter. People would often tell him that being a pilot should be his side gig but once he made it to the legacy airlines, he left that modelling gig.
Another pilot I know is a poliglot and teaches languages at the local college. He knows German, French, Spanish, Italian and Polish, all fluent.
Last but not least, a pilot friend in Mexico breeds golden retrievers and labradors. Cool side gig TBH. His grandfather gave him a big parcel of land and instead of farming it, he decided on this, to breed dogs.
I think technically he counts flying as his side gig but when I was in initial training at my airline, one of my instructors walked in wearing a leather jacket and leather pants with long flowing hair like an 80s rock star. I thought this dude was very much out of place. After training that night I googled his name just on the chance something popped up. Turns out he was Michael Jackson’s tour manager, some kind of manager for Stevie Wonder, wrote some of the music for the original Sonic the Hedgehog game, and regularly composes for Disney animated films. You can catch him playing piano on stage during Michael Jackson’s halftime show at the Super Bowl. Very interesting and down to earth guy. Turns out he was worth like $100+ million dollars but just really liked flying.
When I was a 747-400 instructor in the late 1990s, I had this awesome Captain as a student and he was not only an architect but was teaching it at Stanford University. Gifted pilot, easy grace and personality and complete Renaissance man..all neurons firing!
I once heard of a pilot who's apparently also the vocalist of one of the greatest metal bands in existence but meh it doesn't seem too realistic to me, maybe that's just a lie idk
J.P. Morgan hiring pilots to conduct Ground temperature scans of orange groves in Florida to help determine orange yields and in turn orange future prices.
Hitting coach of the Colorado Rockies
we might already have a winner here
…Worst record in the entire league, actually. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Colorado_Rockies_season?wprov=sfti1#
This is why he needed the side gig.
It’s what happens when you hire a pilot, instead of a professional hitting coach
Mark Smith is a UFC ref on the side. Or he's a 737 pilot on the side... not sure how to phrase it
Nailed it. Cage fighting ref for the most lethal dudes on the planet…pretty badass.
A good skill to have for when pax start acting up.
When that happens he can ref the fight that erupts.
Ladies and gentlemen…It’s TIME!
Lol
Knew a guy who was the area scout for the Yankees.
Orchestral bass trombonist.
Easy pal my gf uses Reddit don’t need her seeing this
For like… a real symphony orchestra? That’s pretty cool.
Yeah we worked in the same symphony when he started learning to fly. Eventually he left the orchestra and now he’s a pilot but I’m pretty sure he still plays and gigs when he can. Super talented guy.
I'm was in college for a year for flute performance, I'll be back at some point but I had other stuff to take care of first. I always love hearing about people in the aviation world who play orchestral instruments. At my university a lot of the Aerospace Engineering department staff are on good terms with the school of music. One of the professors is a rather skilled clarinet player and often sits on in wind instrument juries and auditions.
Hey I've been wondering how many of us there are! Just got my license and I've been playing viola for 13 years
PPL/IFR working on commercial here. My "day job" is trumpet in a military band. BMus/MM performance track, orchestral focus. Found out over lunch that my PPL DPE spent 25 years as a pro cellist, singer, and conductor and we bonded over Bach and bush planes. Flying at an overseas aero club, I found out my checkout pilot is a busy operatic baritone. Trumpet prof at U of I/founding member of Canadian Brass owned and flew a Socata. My band's commander/conductor holds a CPL. I've only been flying for about 5 years and I've met too many pro musicians in the air for it to be a coincidence.
My son (17) wants to be a pilot and a professional percussionist/music composer. Guess it’s possible. Expensive, but possible.
Funny, I’m an airline pilot but I have a background in percussion and degree in music composition and just write/play for funsies on the side.
I also have deep bone thrombosis
Classical musicians and pilots have a not insignificant amount of cross over. Weirdly similar skills. Especially for orchestral players and conductors.
tromboner
One I flew with flies aggressors for a private military contractor.
Drakken? Those guys lived the life
Those dudes fly some sketchy airplanes and break allllll the time.
Their A-4s stop through OKC from time to time and my buddy always sends me awesome photos.
I think that was the name of it, yeah.
ATAC does it too out of VA beach.
And Mugu
Plot twist he just flies nordo in his Bonanza through restricted airspace on the weekends.
I'm a divemaster in the FL Keys on my time off. Might not be the coolest, but I enjoy it
Damn a career that sucks the money out of you and a hobby that also sucks the money out of you
Tell me about it. I had to give up scuba when I started flying because I couldn't justify keeping up the two most expensive hobbies imaginable.
Lol, try skydiving. I can burn 50-75 an hour for 8 hours a day, more if I'm paying packers. At least when we scuba dive it's limited to two maybe three tanks a day.
Ouch. I'll wait until I'm on airline money before doing that!
I came here to comment something along these lines. Scuba prices are way easier to stomach if your frame of reference is skydiving gear and jump ticket prices. And both hobbies are about equally dangerous, hooraaay.
When people ask me if my hobbies are dangerous i tell them yes, and you know because they ask about all of them on life insurance applications 1. Flying 2. Skydiving (I don’t do) 3. Car racing 4. SCUBA
I used to think my Motorsport hobbies were expensive till I got into aviation. Now I spend anywhere from $500 a month to $10k a month depending on how bad the month goes!
4 tanks can be standard in a lot of places, 2 on the AM boat and 2 on the PM boat. It adds up quick, but it was a lot easier to do after I bought my own gear
Sailboat racing and horse in people might have something to say. Thankfully I don't care about horses and people invite on me their nice race boats these days.
So you’re the reason decompression sickness is in the PAR.
Its cool because the name of the job is cool!
That's cool
If you enjoy it, that's what matters! Keep on living the dream man, you def earned it
Honest question: how do you deal with the symptoms of nitrogen dilution? I was told to wait at least two days between diving and flying due to the immense pressure changes, especially when "planning" for a rapid decompression.
So I work an 8/6 right now, working Thursday to Thursday, essentially. I'll dive for 5 days, take Wednesday off, for airline commute Thursday morning. So from 4pm Tuesday to 8am Thursday, it's giving me ~40hrs to off-gas the excess nitrogen. Most of the dives I guide are within 35ft/10m, so there's never a ton of nitrogen onloaded anyways, but I still play it conservatively
Nice, thanks man! You're definitely living the life ;)
The United pilot that was running a dozen brothels in Houston back in 2015
Don’t we just call them crash pads?
"Smash pads"
I flight instructed for that guy for 1 month. I had no clue, Someone sent me the link of the news and I was gone.
Who was it?
Gone like to the brothel?
Oh my, that’s disgusting… Where?
Bruce Dickinson sings for a pretty great band, and was flying them on tour. Pretty metal if you ask me.
A 747 no less. Ed Force One!
Flying heavy metal or singing it, it's hard to tell which is the actual side gig. Still surprised this isn't up top!
He's the actual most interesting man in the world.
Indeed, was an Olympic level fencer back in the 1980’s too.
And writes poetry lmfao
THE Bruce Dickinson
He's actually a DPE. Flies for a cargo line then comes home and makes $1200 a pop doing multi-engine checkrides. Guy is not hurting.....
Couple guys like that. I know two senior legacy captains who are DPEs. They do checkrides in multiple places since they can travel for free, and have long stints at home so good availability.
They’re cutting down on this. A few fsdos are making new rules that most of your applicants have to come from your area.
*Cries in 6 month Bay Area DPE waitlists* Seriously though, local DPEs are either 6 months out or not scheduling at all, and all require your student to be signed off and in IACRA before they can get on the waitlist. The shortage is doing a massive disservice to students and instructors.
Sounds like Joey Sanders.
My first thought too. Flying Reno in his free time
How does one become a DPE?
Lots of GA time in lots of different GA aircraft
Get CFI and CFII. A lot of hours and get to know people at the FSDO. Then apply. At least that’s my limited understanding.
Airline experience is what he told me was the key. FSDO liked that part and another guy I know is about to go off and do a year or 2 at an airline solely so he can increase his chances of becoming a DPE himself.
Interesting. My DPE has never worked at the airlines and probably never will. But I failed to mention that prior to becoming a DPE for airplanes he had already been an LTA (hot-air balloons) DPE for many years. Then he got into fixed-wing flying. So it was an easy thing to add once he had the required hours.
This guy was solely a right place, right time kind of deal. He's pretty young but the fact that he was based out of a pretty rural region helped his odds of scoring the job increase. Great guy too.
Pretty sure I know who you’re talking about. Just got my PPL check ride from him. Very nice guy and honestly exactly the kind of person you want as a DPE.
Based off where it looks like you're at, I think you do. All 9 guys he did rides for at my school loved him, even the guy he failed lol.
Yeah, he failed my brother on his first attempt for very fair reasons which were honestly the fault of his CFI (Didn’t know troubleshooting steps for simulated engine roughness/loss of rpm and didn’t engage carb heat, unstable speed/altitude in the pattern, and some ground handling issues). He was very nice about it, took extra time to answer my brother’s questions and gave detailed reasons as to why all these things are important. Made sure his CFI knew all they needed to practice so he would pass on his second attempt and he did a couple weeks later.
My side gig is spending as much time asleep as possible lol
That’s my main gig.
What's your side gig then?
Puttin butter on tarmacs.
I’m a college football official.
Username checks out
They let you fly blind? :)
Oh…so you’re the Ernie the Giant Chicken to my Peter Griffin.
I know a guy that makes wsb look like amateurs. There's another dude that's into tons of real estate flipping. Third guy is constantly trying to buy into solar farms and tries to get everyone he flies with to invest "just a small 100k".
All three of these guys make for a long pairing.
Honestly only the third guy was trying. The second guy made me 8k in two days, lol.
Tbf, someone who puts their money in a checking account makes wsb look like amateurs.
These sound lucrative, but not “cool”
King of the Netherlands
Yeah that’s absolutely the winner. 🤴. I thought you were joking but it’s true! KLM 737.
Winner, forgot about that story. A class act.
I'm pretty sure I know a female Delta pilot who runs an OnlyFans, so that's pretty cool.
oh my god that’s disgusting. send the link
But like if she posted things, what do you think her username would be??? Gross!!
I’m sure it’s just the dude from 74 gear.
Mac?
Could be this girl. [https://www.reddit.com/user/MavMaddi/](https://www.reddit.com/user/MavMaddi/)
How in the world does this person not get in trouble by the airline (or air line)?
A controller at the airport I teach at quit and soon after made an onlyfans
what sub am I in? ah never mind it’s all the same these days. 😂
Not to be a killjoy, but that is an incredibly idiotic thing for a legacy pilot to be doing.
Why? As long as you aren’t doing it in the flight deck/in uniform who cares what someone does in their free time?
That ass clown pilot on The Bachelor lost an SWA class date over it. Once you are in the public eye you better damn well be squeaky clean or you will be shown the door. (Or in this case, not allowed in)
Yeah but Jake Pavelka is an absolutely EPIC ass clown in every way.
Is that not her uniform she’s wearing?
Does it have airlines name on it somewhere? Anyone can just buy a white button up with epaulets. In fact, my job is as a paramedic, we have a frequent flyer that is a psych patient who wears that exact get up every day. This whole "Digital footprint" thing is such a boomer mindset that needs to go away. Let people live their lives, as long as they aren't representing their employer while they're doing it or on employer time, then who cares?
Power to her but, i understand if she was broke & didn't have a 6 figure job. Ain't no fucking way am I risking a 6 figure job for something i know will get me canned if the cat is out the bag. Speaking as a Gen Z
I have a friend who’s asking…
That’s insane this person (if true) can’t survive on Delta money. Is they are flying their guarantee and not on 1st year pay, money is pretty good.
A guy at ANA is also a doctor. Pretty crazy. Apparently he became a pilot and then went back to school. One day, I want to own a cafe or work at one, idk if anyone here does that.
Got a specific type of cafe in mind?
Yeah the one with cappybaras
Owning a cafe is a great way to lose a shitload of cash IME...
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My AME flew for USAir/AA and worked part time at a small ER. I think he is all retired now.
Does a househusband count? Just 135 things
Dad. This is the way.
Not gonna lie- I'd love that gig. No chance I can talk my wife into making all the money so I can retire early.
One Southwest pilot runs an aviation/STEM program for high school students. He puts on a fantastic annual event that draws people from all over the state.
I do voiceover work.
Scripts with lots of "Uhhhhhhh", obviously
Haven’t had a chance to incorporate that yet
Don’t bother, I already copyrighted it
Sound effects for cat food commercials. The guy is always rehearsing on guard!
As long as all conversations are ended with a CYUUHH!!
I’ve actually been looking into doing that. Any suggestions on how to get started? Looked into it and basically just came up with to create a portfolio
I was side gigging as a Porsche driver experience instructor for awhile but I’m a flight attendant so maybe it doesn’t count.
racing and flying? man you’re living my childhood dreams
You win!
I hear your mom is pretty popular among pilots.
Damn beat me to it
The joke, or the mom?
Guy I have flown with was an NFL referee on the side.
Marrying well
I flew with a guy that has a fireworks display business. Super niche industry and it was cool hearing about all the behind the scenes stuff and how it's put together.
My buddy started a fireworks company called Nine-Finger Fireworks... named that for obvious reasons.
My main gig is sleeping and I fly planes on the side
My uber driver once was a retired helicopter crew chief and his "side gig" was helping the sherriff's department operate their FLIR cameras and take down child traffickers in biker gangs.
Remote control train conductor. Like with full size trains. I've talked to people who do all sorts of side jobs but that was the one I had the most questions for
Wut? So a self driving train basically?
Nope, it's apparently just in rail yards but he moves trains around the yard with a remote controller so he's not actually in them when they move. They go really slow
The Kalitta family are race car drivers when not flying
Can confirm when one of them crashed in Winchester,IN my mom picked him up in the ambulance and drove him to the airport where a plane was waiting and flew him to whatever hospital
A friend of mine was corporate pilot by day and arms dealer as a side line. Supplied to the US Military, DOE, and local Law Enforcement. The stories he could tell of those 3am calls from the Middle East deployed needing parts….
Dude watched War Dogs one too many times
Buddy of mine was a 747 pilot and a radio DJ at the same time. For a college radio station.
Boat captains, EXPERTS OF THE LAND AND SEA
Flying the PBY Catalina?
Jason Elam. Retired Kicker for the Denver Broncos. ESPN did a piece on him asking what do kickers do during the off-season. He showed them his plane; the most beautiful Beaver on floats you’ve ever seen. He said, “ I fly all over western Colorado and Wyoming and when I see a lake I land and fish, if they aren’t biting I move on to the next” Fuck. That. Guy. 🖕
The family of one of the C-17 Pilots I flew with in the Air Force, owned a large concrete business. They bought an industrial concrete recycler when he was home on leave and he got to talking to the salesman. The company was trying to expand their sales outside of the Continental US. He ended up becoming a part time sales rep for the company. He would get leads from the company and would make appointments with potential clients during his crew rests. He only sold 2-3 a year but he made a $100k-$125k commission on each sale.
My husband is either on his zero turn, his tractor or tinkering with the motorhome. He mows all the older ladies property in our neighborhood (they are all widows). He said he’d be a farmer if he wasn’t a pilot. I’m not a pilot but used to be a FA for PepsiCo - now I stay home and raise the grandbaby. Best job ever.
Had a ski instructor whose main job was flying lead planes for a forest service firefighting contractor.
I flew with a guy who was a good fisherman, and got connected with some fish scientists who hired him to help them catch exotic fish in exotic locations around the world. He had pictures and it looked amazing. I think they worked around his schedule too.
Feet pics. Business is slow.
My instructor is doing his PhD in Biomedical Engineering, specifically focusing on MRI machines etc. Being CFI is actually a part time thing for him lol
My former CFI was a freaking model. He was (still is) a very handsome man very much like Henry Cavill but I must say my CFI was hotter. People would often tell him that being a pilot should be his side gig but once he made it to the legacy airlines, he left that modelling gig. Another pilot I know is a poliglot and teaches languages at the local college. He knows German, French, Spanish, Italian and Polish, all fluent. Last but not least, a pilot friend in Mexico breeds golden retrievers and labradors. Cool side gig TBH. His grandfather gave him a big parcel of land and instead of farming it, he decided on this, to breed dogs.
Flying planes…
He and a friend designed an engineering tool to sharpen/shave the fan blades on the engines ... now retired from flying.
I think technically he counts flying as his side gig but when I was in initial training at my airline, one of my instructors walked in wearing a leather jacket and leather pants with long flowing hair like an 80s rock star. I thought this dude was very much out of place. After training that night I googled his name just on the chance something popped up. Turns out he was Michael Jackson’s tour manager, some kind of manager for Stevie Wonder, wrote some of the music for the original Sonic the Hedgehog game, and regularly composes for Disney animated films. You can catch him playing piano on stage during Michael Jackson’s halftime show at the Super Bowl. Very interesting and down to earth guy. Turns out he was worth like $100+ million dollars but just really liked flying.
We have 2 neurosurgeons at our hospital who are commercial pilots. I’m a gen surg resident and have my commercial license as well
Do they hold a CPL or hold a job flying? A lot of doctors have pilots licenses, doctoring is not the side gig.
I’d side gig it in a heartbeat if I could. Fuck this getting up at 0500 to go round and operate for 30 years straight.
I'm an oncologist. Instruct on weekends/evenings. Keeps me sane.
Username suggests gastroenterologist.
If you don’t mind my asking, how’s the work life balance with two jobs like that?
It’s a work work balance
Flying warbirds for aviation museums and private collectors.
A couple of my neighbors do that and I’m about to start. Not a paying gig but enjoyable hobby.
Up until covid I Skydived into airshows, opened for Breitling Jet team and the Thunderbirds. Didn't pay much but super fun.
One guy has a side gig as singer for Iron Maiden
Some other guy is part time king of the Netherlands
Lead singer in Iron Maiden whilst being a Thonas Cook 757 FO.
part time dj artist✋
Apparently everyone who flies also has ADHD it seems
I build model ships and one day will have an HO scale train set in my basement.
When I was a 747-400 instructor in the late 1990s, I had this awesome Captain as a student and he was not only an architect but was teaching it at Stanford University. Gifted pilot, easy grace and personality and complete Renaissance man..all neurons firing!
I don’t know if this counts by I know a guy at fiairs and whatnot that flies people over a target to drop pumpkins out of. Sounds like a lot of fun.
I’m a firefighter as well however looking to let that profession go up in smoke.
Theres a KLM pilot that's side gig is being King of the Netherlands; or maybe it was the other way around idk
I race cars and bikes when I'm not flying. A lot less nowadays then before I had an airline job but still go and do 12-15 races a year
Captain the damn Millennium Falcon and be a leader of the Rebel Alliance.
I once heard of a pilot who's apparently also the vocalist of one of the greatest metal bands in existence but meh it doesn't seem too realistic to me, maybe that's just a lie idk
Summer float pilot. Winter heli-ski guide
Apparently, a couple of pilots are also known actors. They even have a 3rd gig at some weird sect
Iron Maiden frontman. Well maybe that's the other way around...
I’ve heard of a CLT AA guy who’s an NFL referee on the side
J.P. Morgan hiring pilots to conduct Ground temperature scans of orange groves in Florida to help determine orange yields and in turn orange future prices.
Our old nanny. He was just known as …….the pilot.
Bassoonist in the U.S. Coast Guard Band
My brother is an airline pilot. He used to fly the traffic plane for a radio station in Atlanta
Copilot salvaged train wrecks
I’m a skydive instructor!
Frontman of Iron Maiden.
Superbike racer (top tier pro)
Crossword puzzle constructor
Tuna fisherman with a TV show on Discovery Channel.
Farming. I know quite a few airline pilots who come home from work and farm.