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Cody Bosek RPMN: WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT POSITION?
Primarily, my most important position is that of father and husband, with five wonderful young ladies, and a son. I have two primary jobs in the rotor-wing industry. For my day job I am a line pilot for Precision LLC. We specialize in aerial fire suppression in the AS332 Super Puma. For my fun-side job, I work for Euro Safety as an Instructor. Euro Safety provides factory equivalent training in all types of airframes. I specialize in the Bell medium and light products.
WHAT WAS HELICOPTERS?
YOUR FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH
My first experience with helicopters was at an early age. I grew up in rural Minnesota, so it was not a common experience to see a helicopter. Every time a medical ship would land at our local hospital, my dad would throw me in the car. We would go down to watch them land, and try to sneak past security to talk to the pilots.
HOW DID YOU GET YOUR START IN THE INDUSTRY?
I started out doing the pay-to-play option. I went to flight school and paid to fly as a student, flew for free as an instructor, got paid to fly doing tours in the Grand Canyon, and now mostly get paid not to fly, waiting for something to burn.
12 Mar/Apr 2026
WHEN AND HOW DID YOU CHOOSE THE HELICOPTER INDUSTRY, OR DID IT CHOOSE YOU?
The industry definitely chose me. I was one of those high school to flight school kids. I really didn’t know what direction to go in life. My Mom actually pointed out to me that a flight school opened up in the “big” town north of us. I went for a ride, and said yeah I could see myself doing this for awhile. That “while” has been 20 years now, and I can’t complain. It worked out well for me. I can’t imagine being stuck behind a desk. I love working outside, and I was really good at the claw arcade machine as a kid (so many squishy balls). For me, utility work was just a matter of when, not if.
IF YOU WEREN’T IN THE HELICOPTER INDUSTRY, WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING?
If I weren’t in the industry I’d probably still be playing Peter Pan trying to figure out what to do. The only thing I’m sure about is I love being a dad. I just happen to be marginally mediocre at being a pilot on a good day, and the people I work with keep asking me to come back. Plus, flying is almost as bad as a good crack addiction so I keep going back.
WHAT DO YOU DO ON YOUR DAYS OFF?
Did I mention I have six kids, and a wife? If I ever do get a day off, I’ll let you know what I would do. When I am home, we spend our time out on the lake, skiing, camping, going on mini vacations, sports, school activities, and loading and unloading many dishes at the dishwasher.
WHAT’S YOUR GREATEST CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENT?
I would have to say my greatest career accomplishment is being married to my favorite wife and the only wife I’ve ever had. That’s an accomplishment in an industry with crazy schedules, last-minute changes, international work, and being away for extended periods
of
time. Sadly, AIDS happens: Aviation
Induced Divorce Syndrome. I would like to say I’ve avoided getting AIDS because I did a pretty darn good “pre-flight check” on my wife’s sanity for this lifestyle before we got married, but truth be told she is just the most understanding, patient, caring woman in the world, and I fooled her into marrying me.
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