At the risk of tossing gasoline on a fire, I don't think I have any problem with this job. The thing is, you just have to stand your ground. If I lived in ocean shores, had a job already, and was looking for something to do, I wouldn't mind doing this. Look, don't show up to work more than on friday evenings and sunday afternoons. Don't do anything other than fly. Its not a bad gig if you just fly.
I'm no corporate guy, I a 135er and maybe I don't know my ass from a hole in the ground, but look, its over $100/hr for part time work. That doesn't sound that bad. You might get a type out of it, but at very worst, you could have some fun in some different equipment.
This is not a job for a career, this is a part time job.
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Look, I've thought about doing this here in Anchortown, there are a couple of places flying DC-3s in town, and they occasionally need FOs for part time work. The FOs make $30/hr, and fly about 100hrs per year in the 3. I don't need the money, but I think it would be cool to fly a three and see what that's all about because flying is more than a job for me, I actually enjoy it. If you're advocating this as a full time job, then, well, that's rediculous, if you're a part timer looking for some (potentially) interesting work for a little extra change then why not?
I knew a guy who was a history teacher here in town at the university, he loved history, and he loved talking about history with people (sometimes way tooooooo much). For fun, he took a weekend job at the local museum gift shop for pocket change, and for the chance to talk with people about a subject he enjoyed. He had the qualifications to work as curator of the museum, and he probably could have gotten that job, but rather he worked at the gift shop because he figured it was more up his alley (whatever that means). The interesting thing is though, he's not banned from any future with historical jobs because he stooped to this level, nor was the gift shop job mocked by his colleagues, it was just something he did on the weekend. That's what this job has to be - something you do on the weekends.