Meet the harbor pilots who make $434,000 a year, face high fatality rates, and are responsible for guiding hulking cargo ships into ports

[jboldeniv]

434,000 dollars? That's a nice salary. I guess they should be making that amount of money, considering how dangerous the job is.

[jasondreamweaver]

434,000 dollars? That's a nice salary. I guess they should be making that amount of money, considering how dangerous the job is.

It's the type of job like IT where white guys make a lot of money and try to keep the job a secret.

[jboldeniv]

It's the type of job like IT where white guys make a lot of money and try to keep the job a secret.

Exactly.