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Sandy Hook pilots guide ships with expert instinct
The Sandy Hook pilots, guiding ships into and from New York harbor, face narrow channels, strong currents, reefs, and shoals. Over the past five years they handled 125,000 ships with an incident rate of only 0.008%, and they operate 24 hours daily without holidays or overtime pay. Training lasts at least 16 years, starting as spare boys on pilot boats, with multi-stage exams and on the job work before earning a full branch pilot license.
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