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Reynold Harksen
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RESUME
Job: Crop-dusting pilot
Company: Harksen Aerial Spraying
How long: 33 years
How got the job: Bought his first airplane with his college money.
Education: 1953 graduate, Central Community High School, DeWitt
Salary: Would not disclose
First job: Farmer
Best day at work: Any day he gets to fly
Worst day at work: Days when there have been “close calls.”
The wife says: “I’ve always had faith in him that he’s a very good pilot,” said Kay Harksen, his wife and the bookkeeper for the business.
Dream job: Flying for recreation.
OFF HOURS
Age: 71
Hometown: Farm near Camanche, Iowa.
Family: Wife, Kay, son, Scott, daughter, Carla, and three grandchildren.
Hobbies: Hunting, taxidermy, flying for recreation.
BY THE NUMBERS
Type of job: Commercial pilot
Commercial pilots fly small aircraft and helicopters that transport passengers and cargo and perform activities such as crop-dusting, monitoring traffic, firefighting and rescue missions.
Number of workers total in U.S.: About 22,000 commercial pilots in the United States in 2004.
Number of workers in the Quad-City metro area: Local numbers not available.
Median annual wage (national): $50,340
Mean annual wage (Quad-Cities): Not available.
Projected growth rate through 2014: 19.6 percent
Hours: Hours vary.
Working conditions: In 2003, the air transportation industry had 11 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers, compared with five throughout private industry. Virtually all work-related fatalities resulted from transportation accidents.
Education: A commercial pilot license and instrument rating from the Federal Aviation Administration is required.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor StatisticsHeader
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