You're a what? Harbor pilot.

From: Occupational Outlook Quarterly | Date: December 22, 1987| Author: | Copyright information

From the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to the docks along Baltimore's waterfront lies a journey of 150 miles. In 1986, nearly 30,00 commercial vessels, freighters and tankers from around the world, cruised up the bay. Every one of these ships carried a captain, a crew, and a bank of navigational instruments. But once in the bay, they needed someone else a pilot-to guide them into port and out again.

Twentieth century experience obscures the historic traditions of the pilot. Mention the word today and we likely envision someone seated at the controls in an airplane's ...

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