The Life of a Cherry Drying Pilot (2009)

Payment of this fee ensures that I will be available to come dry the orchard block within a reasonable period of time — usually within 20 minutes of the call to come. At the end of the week, I bill the grower for the flight time at a pre-agreed hourly rate. You see, when you contract for cherry drying, you have to keep your helicopter near the orchards.

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