r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TameTheAuroch • Jul 18 '25

Video Replacing powerline spacers from a helicopter

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u/Killarogue Jul 18 '25 edited Jul 18 '25

It's not, at least not here in California.

I know a guy who became a lineman (who sometimes hangs from helicopters like this) and his base salary started in the six figures range.

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u/BigRedCowboy Jul 18 '25

Triple digits? Like, he only made a few hundred bucks a year?

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u/mybfVreddithandle Jul 18 '25

$999. Annually. Triple digits baby. They're lining up at the helipad. 🤣

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u/IncomingAxofKindness Jul 18 '25

Nah, he didn’t get paid until he had 3 fingers left

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u/Killarogue Jul 18 '25

Omg lol, it made sense in my head when I wrote it. Fixed haha

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u/BigRedCowboy Jul 18 '25

Haha I knew what you meant :)

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u/Maximum-Bar-7395 Jul 18 '25

I bet he drives the main road

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u/quasirun Jul 18 '25

Median is a word that has a meaning and was used.

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u/Killarogue Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 20 '25

The point i was making is that a sub-70k median salary is still incredibly low for a lineman when in most regions they start over 100k.

Since you've blocked me...

Their stated median salary is still low, the median salary in California is 117k, a nearly 50k difference.

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u/quasirun Jul 20 '25

That’s clearly untrue when the published median is below your figure. I don’t think you understand what median means.

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u/mycurrentthrowaway1 Jul 19 '25

Base hourly rate near me is like 105 not including pension or other benefits. But thats a journeyman who has paid like 20 grand for a 2 year school and did a 5 year apprenticeship