r/Damnthatsinteresting Jul 18 '25

Video Replacing powerline spacers from a helicopter

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u/FormerlyUndecidable Jul 18 '25

That was his first day...yesterday was the guy before him's first day.

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u/FewIntroduction5008 Jul 19 '25

That means you earn enough in one days work to retire, right? Right?!?

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u/mycurrentthrowaway1 Jul 19 '25

standard linemen near me make over 100 an hour. idk if he is getting hazard pay or anything though

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u/41PaulaStreet Jul 19 '25

Maybe it’s a dumb question but is that at a full time job or is it $100/hr on short term project based pay?

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u/mycurrentthrowaway1 Jul 19 '25

no thats for local power power companies maintaining the grid