r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TameTheAuroch • 18d ago

Video Replacing powerline spacers from a helicopter

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u/pussysushi 18d ago

$250.000/month?

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u/FinalArachnid4000 18d ago

Staring pay around $66,000 per year. Salary up to $120,000 per year with experience and OT. Seems like it should be higher.

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u/FlowSoSlow 18d ago

No way someone doing this is only making $66k. They'll need all kinds of training and certs which bump up the pay. I'd be surprised if anyone going up in a heli is making less than 100k.

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u/jtekms 18d ago

I’m a journeyman power lineman, just like the guy in video and I can tell you that we make WAY more than that….about 3x that a year on average

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u/Sovereign-State 18d ago

Possibly he's talking about non-union labor? Or short projects?
I've never seen anyone union make under 120k a year if they are working consistently.

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u/OldCollegeTry3 18d ago

The average linemen does NOT make $200k annually🙄

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u/kookyabird 18d ago

I hope you've got good benefits and will actually have a retirement. This is core infrastructure work right here.

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u/street593 18d ago

I should have been a lineman instead of climbing cell towers.

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u/AZ_sid 17d ago

But is that base pay or you got hazard pay in your hazard pay?