Would you do this kind of job for a living?

I cannot believe that chopper was that stable, but NO.
Voltage is one thing, high voltage is another, NO.
Heights don't typically bother me, but I didn't see anything to hang on to, NO.
 
Maybe years ago when I was younger and needed a job so I could pay my bills and feed my family, but not now. I rode my son’s motorcycle a few weeks ago and learned that I no longer have the balance that I once had. I did OK, but when slowing to a stop, things seemed a little uneasy and I attributed that to balance.
 
My son works high atop giant wind turbines all over the world, and according to him, if you follow all the rules and use the right equipment, it is safer than working on the ground where people get stupid and sloppy.

Maybe he's right -- the only time he's ever been hurt on the job was on the ground, where he tripped over a line that wasn't supposed to be there and broke his wrist.
 
I wonder how they could tell the precise place on that wire that needed fixing? He seemed to know exactly where to land on it!
 
I actually considered looking into getting a gig like that. The certification process was not clear cut, at the time. I also looked into becoming a tower climber for cell phone companies. Same thing, with many certifying bodies, no standardization, whatsoever. I figured that the safety of those jobs was iffy, as long as there was no centralized licensing/certifying authority, as in my chosen profession. Even as is, my profession is one of the most dangerous in the US, with a far greater fatality rate than police and fire fighters.
 
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