Message #558069

[charles]

Im in the same boat. Between flt training, which isnt cheap for airplanes, but now iv dove off into the stupid end of the pool and moved over to helicopters, which about $500 anhr a piston job, and $1000 an hr for turbine, which i just moved over to turbines and hopefully about 15hrs is all it'll take to finish me up. And traveling 8-9 months of the yr, on a 12 and 6 rotation, and only having 4 days at hm, i cant keep my chores caught up. Plus iv started my own part time heli maint business, which bounces me from houston (3hr drive 1 way) to the d/fw area (2-2.5 hrs 1 way). I just havent had time to hunt much, to include deer hunting. Even after i get my flt training finished, im hopping to go to the south pacific and fly for tuna boats, which is a 1 yr contract, AFTER a few months of learning how maintain the type of helicopter they use for tuna wrangling, so all said and done, i could be gone for around 15 months. If that happens, im getting rid of most of my dogs, leaving me 5 to feed, plus ill probably get rid of my chickens and i hate to, but my pigs too. Keeping food on the table, a roof over our heads and bills paid seems to cut deep into the pocket book. Hopefully my business kicks off and become profitable enough, i just go ck on progress or help out when a problem comes up that the mechs cant figure out.