You said men “choose to do these types of incredibly dangerous , not fun, dirty jobs” , but it’s important to note that men choose these jobs (in majority) not because it’s entertaining or fulfilling, but because it pays enough to provide for their family. Props to these men for keeping our country running. As a man myself, I would be hard pressed to last even a week at a job like this. Props to the men and women out there that keep our critical infrastructure running!🎉🎉🎉
As a Welder my problem most times is who I work with, not the job it self. Lots of assholes to deal with but the pay is good enough to take care of my wife and kids on my income.
Kind of in the way that women don’t necessarily want to be working typically female jobs (I.e. home care, homemaking, administrative positions), but they do so cuz that’s what available to them.
@@HorganBlattwhat else is there to do?? What's left?? By your logic these women do Onlyfans because it's what left for them to do ?? 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ Where's accountability??
As a guy who's been working in the oil and gas industry for 15 years, it's crazy to see the huge push by oil companies to bring women into the industry. It's so frustrating showing up to a job and having one or more women on the crew that can't easily lift 50 lbs. I work in -45 degree weather in the winter and +35 in the summer and the guys are expected to go all out but the women hang out in warm up shacks or the truck all winter and complain most of the summer.
Hopefully people are payed based on the amount of work they do or I would make a official complaint about gender discrimination if that is not allowed in your country, which it isn’t in most. Having to do the work for satisfying a pr stunt is fine if the company compensates those who are doing most of the work.
Plus they have to have special bathroom access where guys can just whip it out and go anywhere. Men are expected to be able to take a shit zero times a day or only during lunch when they can go to the facilities. Putting a woman on any kind of male-dominated job like construction, roughnecking, or truck driving just makes all the guys have to work harder and costs the company money for facilities, fucks up group cohesion and keeps guys from being able to just turn their back and piss anywhere.
@Jaster832 yeah it's getting pretty bad in my industry. One of the reason why I used to like construction was because it was just you and your friends talking shit and having a good time together but now I've seen so many dudes get written up for joking with a woman when she would start cracking jokes but would get hurt feelings if a guy said the wrong thing. I personally had to do sensitivity training because a woman apprentice was non-stop fucking up on a very easy task and after talking with just her and informing her of the issue she still continued to fuck up so I did what every journeyman before me has done when someone keeps fucking up and creating more work for others, and that was yell at her in front of the whole crew. She cried and then refused to work for the rest of the day so I sent her back to the lunch trailer where she cried more and then the superintendent called me in and said I could talk that way to everyone on the crew but her. I then had to waste a weekend on my days off after working 21 days straight doing training about how to use positive reinforcement and not negative.
In law school I was able to use my “oil rigging “ experience to tell the professor and the class what a “Roughneck” was and did. They all said, “oh. Is that an actual job title?” I said ever see a movie of an oil rig where two guys are shoving a drill into the ground? The guy wrapping the chain around the auger is the roughneck. The other guy is the Roustabout. They die a lot. The lucky ones just loose an arm.
I roughnecked both land rigs and offshore during summer breaks during college years too. Got a permanent scar on cheek from when the spinning chain looped in an unusual way - knocked me on my butt and went briefly unconscious. On the offshore rig I was 19 - a new guy also 19 got killed due a crane sling breaking (drill pipe fell on him). Very sad. After a summer of offshore, I went back to land rigs as there were just a lot more things going on in offshore environment (just as a sampler of my personal close calls - I nearly plunged 50 ft into the ocean because of a stupid service hatch on a walk way coming off the rig floor being left open - I reflexively extended my arms out and caught myself as I was plunging through it) When I worked in the derrick position (90 ft above drilling floor) there were two or three times I had to come out of the safety harness and crawl across the rig structure to retrieve a stand - no room for any mistake there as would mean falling to a nasty death. It's dicy work for sure.
Roughnecking is about the toughest job you could possibly have imo. We had some guys come out and set up a rig on our farm drilling for oil. Those guys worked around the clock for about two weeks drilling. I went over a few times to chat with them, and everyone of them were missing most of their teeth from getting hit with the equipment. I asked them if they all used the same dentist which brought a good chuckle. Needless to say, these are the hardest working men there are, and they make each and every one of our lives better due to their hard work. Hats off to all the roughnecks out there
Legit curious if they get false teeth after getting home, as I can't imagine losing a ton of teeth and then going back home and being unable to bite into a steak or porkchop tbh.
@@watermia I figure because the kinetic force from accidents would cause more damage than a mouthpiece could protect against... a good enough helmet would likely limit visibility in some way, or send protective bits at the worker in a similar fashion as the mouthpiece. I imagine the mouthpiece would either fracture teeth instead of knocking them out, or disperse the force to multiple teeth beyond the point of impact, taking out more. I could be wrong though, that is just my theory.
I served four years in the U.S. Navy, but I always feel awkward when people find out and robotically say, "Thanks for your service." But, when people learned I spent four years as a U.S. Navy Deep Sea Salvage Diver and another four years as a commercial diver, they were always surprised, impressed, and interested. Just like Brett, they commended me for the work. I enjoy sharing stories about my insane underwater experiences. I've done and seen it all, and I am so glad that I did. In my eight years as a professional deep sea diver, I never saw a female near the diving station. Back in the 70s, it would have been bad luck to let a woman on station. I laughed when the girl said she would spend six weeks doing underwater welding. You can't even get your feet wet in six weeks.
Thank you for your service! Couldn't resist =) My brother's the same way about his time in the Marines. He was never deployed so he doesn't talk about being a Marine at all or even ask for military discounts, generally. We've talked about it quite a bit, so whenever I hear someone was in the military I say, "Cool! What'd they have you doing?"
@@Jaster832. That's actually a nice way to handle it. I was air wing and was sent to the Philippines during the Gulf War, so feel a little weird about the 'Thank you for your service' thing too.
Hell, I am a 6'2" 210 pound man in oil country and I stayed away from the rigs like the plague. Saw many friends try it, but I went with distribution. Seemed a tad bit more relaxed than extraction.
I've only seen women on oil rigs in movies and most times they have the less intensive jobs like HR or some kind of management. Also I don't think having a female among a lot of men who are away from shore for months at a time is a good idea. A lot of bad things could happen being isolated like that.
I actually think it would be awesome if Brett hosted a “dirty jobs” series where she does go on an oil rig. Obv she would not be working the oil rig, but she could interview the men who work there and really make us all more aware of these kids of jobs and industries.
As a prior military female, who has female welders, crew chiefs, and electricians in my family, this was ... cringe to watch. Doing incredibly dangerous, hard work should come down to whether the person has the physical capacity as well as the skills to perform ANY job. This trend of forcing everyone to pretend that women can do any job a man can do without addressing the physical requirements of physical jobs is beyond absurd and will eventually end in tragedy for everyone involved.
My husband works on an oil rig. There are women on the rig, but on all the rigs his worked on they did office work, gally work, laundry, cleaning rooms, etc.
Husband works in construction, he always offers for me to come to the job and help out. I’m like..no thanks, I’d rather just make you a sandwich…would you like provolone or Swiss on your roast beef? Cause I’m flexible like that.
Hey Brett, I’m 14 and I look up to you so much. By watching your videos, I’ve pulled myself from the brainwashing happening in my school. You helped me find truth and now hope that I am not alone in the world. I am so truly grateful for your work and effort. We need more people like you. ❤
I'm not Brett Cooper, but I'm 15. I've been homeschooled all my life, was raised by conservative parents, am an active member in my church and STILL was nearly indoctrinated into thinking that boys could be girls, that there's no such thing as gender, etc. It means the world to me to see other commenters that are around my age, because it tells me that the sane people in this world aren't just adults you see on TV. They're kids, like me. This is the second time today I've seen a person who's nearly my age comment under one of Brett Cooper's videos and I am *very* thankful for it. The hopelessness of seeing the world crumbling around you and watching all your peers say their pronouns or be constantly talking about their sexualities is hard on me. I'm sorry for rambling, but comments from my peers make me feel like there's hope for this world and tells me that being sane isn't a lost art, yet. Thank you so much for commenting. I don't know if you have any idea how isolated I've felt by the insanity of the world around us, but your comment and comments like it have made some of that loneliness fade.
It makes me so happy as well to see other like me! Especially when I see the kids my age and younger at school being brainwashed into this ideology. They will bring up gender ideology and it makes me worry. We’ll debate and they shrug off the facts. I’m so glad there are younger people waking up from the indoctrination! ♥♥@@Moriah-f5o
It’s a very VERY TOUGH job. I worked for 15 years at an aluminum recycling plant. Which is nowhere near what these guys do but hard in itself. We had 1 female that worked there in the 15 years I was there and she was and still is the toughest woman I ever met. She’s probably retired now cause she was in her 50’s 20 years ago. So they’re are outliers but…. No ladies don’t go out on an oil rig unless you’re bringing a camera and a producer
Yep I've only met one woman myself on the rigs, and she was literally just one of the dudes. Butch old school lesbian, like I mean she got the cat calling started when hot women went by, and would always do the American pie milf chant when she saw a hot mom. Aside from that for an offshore crew I remember her saying "it's not about anything but respect and trust, not on some social justice sh*t, on some we don't wanna die in a petrol fire, or any other preventable issue." She even took over the screening of all women applicants when one said one of the guys were mean, and it was almost an issue. Offshore rig work is like military operations from what I've gathered, either you do it right or you die. Made sense to me.
I worked as an oil field rough neck during summers and winter breaks during college years. Actually started when was still in high school. Worked both land rigs and offshore. Loved the pay, but it's tough and can be dangerous work. A lot of hours spent in misery depending on weather conditions. Offshore we worked 12 hour shifts so tripping pipe in or out of the hole for that long is grueling. I also worked the derick position (90 ft above the rig floor) for 12 hour shifts - handling the drill collars is tricky and they are very heavy pipe, so if they start to go in wrong direction they can get away. Couple of times I had to get out of safety harness, crawl across the rig structure at that height to retrieve a stand - and not goof up and fall to a very likely, unpleasant death. I do have a permanent scar on a cheek from being struck by the spinning chain (knocked out briefly and taken to emergency room to be stiched up), and when working on offshore, a co-worker that was also 19 died due to a crane sling breaking and drill pipe falling on him (I generally found offshore more dangerous than land rigs - but I enjoyed the helicopter rides and the cooking was decent - the cook was Cajun). It's one of the tougher kind of jobs one can do in civilian life short of going to war. But it tends to pay pretty well. I liked doing it and so kept going back again and again. Mom never liked it - she worked in a hospital and saw the rig accidents that would come in, so can't much blame her.
In our defense, I never knew these jobs existed. I weld and am an audio engineer (sadly still a male dominated field) but i didnt learn about these jobs until my early 20s because no male figures in my life ever even told me about this stuff. I learned about welding in a college class and next thing you know I'm the best welder in the class and i do it on the side professionally now. Not saying basic welds are anywhere near as tough as underwater welding, just sayin these kind of roles arent even told to us so how would women ever grow up learning these trades if we dont know they exist *shrugs* 😕 By the time we learn about this stuff we are already out of highschool and have chosen a major in college so we are pretty committed to a path in life by then.
@@Adrienople yeah that's a good point, I only learned about jobs like being a builder, or engineer, from books. I wouldn't have known much about the fire department or police other than their numbers, if my homeschool group hadn't went to both stations to learn. I wouldn't have known about the RSPCA either, if we didn't have a pigeon crash into our garden with a broken wing. it doesn't exactly help that when you bring this up to any dudes they discourage you from doing any by talking about "gender roles" and mentioning their reasoning for why women don't do most jobs. The last part is personal experience, and probably hasn't happened to many, but judging by this comment section, many seem to hold the same mentality as those men.
@@Adrienople I think that partially hints at how women might need to be shown jobs like this. Firstly, not just as some offhand "ohey, there are jobs like offshore drill rigging out there" but that they actually exist and can actually be lucrative if incredibly dangerous. And secondly (which might be the more controversial part), women might need to have jobs like that mentioned and discussed very early in life, like in those take-your-parents-to-school days kind of thing (if, yknow, they still do that). Plus, they might need to be given a lot more focused training and mentorship not just for the technical skill but maybe even physical prowess to make up for the lack of natural strength and natural muscle growth men have to do those jobs in the first place. I'm not super-versed in those jobs, either, so anything like welding (such as underwater welding) might not need that kind of focus and merely just letting girls know they exist and proposing them as viable ideas. That will have it's own set of hurdles in today's world, certainly, but it'd be possible. And I could be overstating that wildly due to my lack of knowledge. But i think that bringing them up early in life will be super-important. (that isn't even touching any stigmas of women in those jobs/fields in the first place.)
Women discovering the work that keeps society running is honestly one of the few blessings of being interconnected. Thankful to all blue collar workers who keep us running!
I am a woman and I work on an oil rig (not offshore). Primarily West Texas. Been doing it for 6 years. Actually perform better in my field due to the attention to detail. First female my company had ever hired. Still the only one. BUT will admit not a normal woman. Have had female friends reach out for a job due to the money and just based on their personality I shut it down. My dad also thought I was insane when I went out for the first time. But it’s been an amazing ride, very grateful and I love it!
@@shanekeenaNYC as of right now it hasn’t hit Midland area which is where I am stationed but been thinking of everyone more north quite a bit. Luckily not a ton of rigs up there but if it shifts south with the high winds could be very bad. Oklahoma can get hit pretty hard as well.
Forty years ago, a friend got his commercial diver quals and went to the GOMEX to work. He came back and became an accountant. His mother told me a friend had been killed by being sucked into a 6" pipe after he penetrated the larger intake and that was likely why he abandoned that career.
During WWII, the American Volunteer Group("Flying Tigers") were a group of mercenary American pilots who volunteered to fight for China against Japan. Using obsolete P-40 pursuit planes, they had a 25:1 kill ratio against the enemy, although always out-numbered and under-supplied. One night they had a "bull session" and discussed what they were fighting for. They all agreed... "The American Girl". For me... that's Brett Cooper. PS - you can read about these amazing men in Colonel Robert Lee Scott's book, "God is my Co-Pilot".
Most women can't even grasp the kind of work men do. I've mentioned on several occasions to the women in my life, when a guy at work looses a finger, or most recently, and eye. They just assume I'm exaggerating. The missing finger, in their minds, becomes "somebody smashed their finger". The missing eye becomes a scratched lense, when I ask them about it at a later time. They have no idea.
Women do not even see these men. The guy in the hydro pole, the guy working in trenches or sewers or the roofer. Invisible. All this stuff comes for free to them. They don't need men...
I was there both time my kids were born. I can assure you the male doctor had a good idea what the concept of giving birth is all about. So how does this relate to Oil rigs? Are men pranking women on tik tock about giving birth? Has any man claimed he knew personally what giving birth is like. Go set up your stamen somewhere else
@@godpilled9077 Honey, pregnancy wasn't even mentioned in the original post. You were the one that brought it up. Of course men won't fully get it since they don't go through it, and at the same time, women who have never been pregnant or gone into labor can't understand it either. The point of the post was that women don't typically take jobs that have high risk of loosing body parts, so they wouldn't fully comprehend the risk of taking such a job. I personally know women like the on in OPs comment (my best friend is one of these ladies)--they want to see the world in rose tinted glasses, but that's the kind of world we're living in at the moment. And don't accuse me of being a dude and not understanding. I'm a woman saying this.
Brother went to the rigs when he was 18 and messed his back up, however he made bankkkk. If you have the body for it and are smart with ur lifestyle, it’s an amazing option.
Your brother is a classic example of why we shouldn't diminish those who want to persue a college education (we shouldn't diminish the trades either) which now seems to be the norm. The trades are something to respect if someone wants to pursue that however, with the high likelihood of injuring yourself on the job that is why I don't think the trades are all that they're made out to be.
@@jackieruso6493oil rig work isn't considered "the trades". It's manual labor, sure, but most of these positions don't have education requirements. Trades require certifications and apprenticeship. Like plumber, electrician, machinist, etc. Trades are still educated occupations, they just don't come from expensive universities. Trades aren't really too much more dangerous than many occupations you get from degrees.
@@jackieruso6493 Not every type of college education is diminshed; the serious ones aren't. As to trades, most are nowhere as physically demanding as oil rigging.
During the communism in Hungary in the 50s and 60s, one of the biggest symbols of the workers was the female tractor driver. Women replaced almost all men when it came to driving tractors on the fields for sowing, harvesting, transporting, etc. After a while the farm owners ("alliances") noticed that the work was falling behind due to large numbers of women having to take medical leave. After investigating this a bit, it turned out that the constant jumping in-out of the tractor from warm to cold temperatures and vice versa, paired with the constant vibration, caused UTIs and other ailments of the lower body for women on a disproportionate scale. So they began hiring men again, and that was the end of the female tractor driver, at least en masse.
Lol vibrations and jumping in and out of hot and cold. Well that is not how you get a uti. More likely it was holding their urine too long and maybe poor hygiene as e coli is a common cause for utis. If this was remotely true I would of had so many utis being an operator working 50+ hours a week or my female friends in the agriculture industry during the harvest season. Luckily I haven't had one since I was a small child.
@@gigglingchicken8444 Assuming your male that's not true. Simply put the length of the urethra is a large factor in wether or not one develops a UTI. Mens urethras are longer than females. Assuming you're female you're just arguing against historical fact because it conflicts with your ideology.
@fredfredburger5150 I am not arguing that it is easier for a women to get a uti but those are not causes of one. It is a weakened immune system, poor hygiene, being sexually active, or waiting too long to use the restroom. Vibrations from a tractor wouldn't and jumping in an out of a warm vehicle in a cold environment won't do that. My guess is that they held it and bacteria built up in their bladder because women just can't urinate wherever they desire.
@@gigglingchicken8444 and the reason the bacteria was able to build up in the bladder was due to the shortness of a the female urethra making it easier for the bacteria to reach the bladder in the first place
I work as a welder at a naval shipyard, somebody died last week and we all took a minute of silence for him knowing it could be one of us. I would actually try to discourage any woman from doing that work, it's really hard sometimes and only attracts a specific type of people. It might not be oil rig work, but the constant fear of the plywood under my feet being misplaced and falling (it happened this year, guy landed on some wires and got extremely lucky) There's almost no women on the yard..... for a reason.... they aren't crazy and it's fine!
I work as an electrician and the male/female ratio is around 30/1 and talking to my colleagues about it, they all say that it would be awesome if more women would consider our workplace, but it's just not even on a woman's list of last resort jobs, and it really sucks because it's the one thing I miss in this line of work is someone other than a bunch of men to talk to.
@austinmakinstuff6678 my grandfather was a master electrician and my brother and I would spend summers in crawl spaces running wire for his crew. When we weren't around he would pick up a local drunk who would go anywhere for a handle. I remember opening a trap door in a pulpit of an abandoned church being converted to a house. A sweep of a flash light showed dozens of eyes reflecting back. Time to get old Petey under there.
The video of guys you shared is from a fracking operation, which is land-based. Probably similar intensity to an offshore rig tho. And fun fact, those pipes sometimes get bound up and when they release they take heads off without a warning. Brutal work. Dads and brothers are right to scoff at the idea of girls doing that job.
As a woman, I am incredibly grateful for the men who do the work that we aren't created to do. Men and women have different capabilities and skills, and this is why we balance each other so well.
The fact Brett had welded something puts her leaps and bounds ahead of most females.... Her brother couldn't stop laughing as I am sure most females would hear the lack of comfort they would have while living on the work site would drive most away... I know there is some females who do work construction jobs but it is very rare, then working in the oil fields is way more risk to one safety and physically demanding so that makes that kind of work even more rare for a woman to want to do it......
I have 1 friend in my whole life who I think could possibly work on an oil rig. I would still call him a moron if he actually did it. It's a whole different breed to do that work and the people who deserve all the credit for taking that kind of job
My dad is a retired CO, at the prison he worked at, they had a library and an opening for a librarian. I joked with my dad that I could work with him and he was like, hell no, they dont even give you a taser, just a little button to push to call up a guard. Hard pass. 😂 Leave that to the strong men folk.
Depending on year, timber falling and deep sea fishing compete for most deaths per capita at work in the United States. Being a cop is somewhere around 23rd on the list when I checked. As a former sawyer on a hotshot crew, I have known a decent number of people who really want to fell trees. Not many women in that category to say the least. Now I work in healthcare surrounded by female nurses, and whenever anything feels dangerous… they generally call for me. Even if it’s just a spider (true story). Equality is great apparently. As long as it isn’t dying in a traumatic, painful way covered in filth far away from home, in which case it appears a little less equality is A-okay.
This is particularly funny to me b/c my parents _both_ used to work in the oil industry. I was really young at the time, so I didn't know the details, but I know part of it was physical labor, b/c I remember my mom saying something about her having to get under some machinery to fix it, and all the guys on the job were freaking out, trying to do it _for_ her, but she did it just fine. My dad also said several guys had a crush on her, lol...which I suspect is the _main_ reason guys aren't wanting their 20-something-year-old daughters/sisters to go out to an oil rig for 3 weeks.
I got into commercial diving after the marines. The welding isn't dangerous, just have to make sure you don't have something above you that'll catch methane bubbles. Its a common misconception that its one the most dangerous things you can do as a diver but its really not. And just to clarify "underwater welder" isn't an actual job, its something pretty much any good commercial diver can do. Great video though
North east France here. Last November we got hit with a terrible storm. I'd never seen like it. Trees were ripped off the ground everywhere in town. A few days later I saw a group of about 5 city workers (all men) clearing off the fallen trees opposite my house. They were muddy and wet and lifting these huge trunks. I left the warmth of my living room to cross the street and ask if one of them could remove a big rat that died just near the entrance of my building. The main dude made a friendly joke and he went retrieve it straight away. I thanked him and his crew and told them they were doing a great job - one that I definitely couldn't do. It put a smile on their faces. Not that they seemed miserable before I complimented them - unlike the bored 20 somethings who work in high street stores or fast food joints and clearly hate their jobs and treat customers with contempt.
I grew up on a farm, started my career path working construction, worked in a coal mine for a couple years, and my current job for the last 8 years is at a power plant. I am the only female in my department, but there are several other females at the plant. If I called to do a prank about this kind of thing, the only reason no one would believe me is because I am not willing to travel for work or leave my kids for that length of time.
Men just know a lot about the Roman empire and oil rigging. And a vast amount of other subjects. Men over 40 are a wealth of practical knowledge. We may not know much on important life saving subjects like who each of the Kardashians dated in 2008, but we can give extensive speeches on less useful things like creating homes, farms, transportation, laws, order, protection, and the like. Women are not to be left out either. Women over 40 can give seminars on how to repair a tear in a babies onesie using only a blade of grass or how to cook a meal for six using a 1/4 pound of noodles and a cupboard full of spices. They can also let you know how to backstab their friends constantly and still have an almost civilized gathering with them every weekend. We each have our expertise.
My friend who was literally a 10 in high school, super ditzy, cheerleader, went to Texas and Pipeline welded for a couple years until her boyfriend got her pregnant and became a drug addict. Now she's been back here in WA being a single Mom doing babysitting and nanny type things to barely get by and lives in a trailer.
I’m 17 years old and I work for an organic dairy farm milking cows, and I’m literally working my ass off so that I can afford the entire fee to become a Crain operator. As a girl I’ve been faced with lots of people, particularly at school, who say that I cannot do it. That just fuels the fire to let me keep going to be someone that they thought I never could.
I was listening to your video without headphones and my husband (who works in the Oil Field) heard your joke and went “Exon wants what??????” 😂 But seriously, something he often says is that it isn’t dangerous because equipment breaks, but because people make mistakes, and that could cost your life.
You should watch "The Red Pill" directed by Cassie Jaye! It talks a TON about how feminism isn't nearly as present in today's society as it once was, and specifically has a whole section on how the careers left to men are often times more hazardous than the jobs women have. There are a ton of other eye-opening things in that movie too, but this is what reminded me of it because put simply - women aren't willing to put themselves at risk in the day-to-day for their family in the same manner men are willing to do to provide for them. (not saying women don't care - we do, just differently)
As a pipe welder myself that works at a plant i can tell you that it can be a very hard and dangerous job. I work in Illinois and the weather really gets to you in the winter. Aint no cubicles where im at. Much respect to the guys off shore working two weeks or more at a time away from home.
I think your brothers support is more from the offer sounding more like an advertising deal and knowing you are not likely to take on more than you can handle. Very good compliment 😊
You made me laugh so hard when you described the process of extending the pipe on the rig as "fun" 😂😂😂 You can easily lose an arm or couple of fingers there. Their actions must be super fast and super precise. Not only women, 99% of men should not even think of working on a rig. Love your show ❤❤❤
I called my incredibly supportive boyfriend and asked him if he thinks will be a good idea for me to work at an oil rig. His response was "Of course, they're a company and would have job opportunities for your current role. Is there something wrong at work?" I then told him i want to learn underwater welding and found an apprenticeship online. I heard him spit out his coffee and I bursted in laughter. 😂 We talked some more and every time i mentioned underwater welding and oil rig, he'd chuckle and talk about safety at work. I can do home renovation stuff, plaster, etc. but I'm terrified of big machinery, even some smaller power tools, can't swim at all and I have terrible eyesight. Hats off to the people, who are able and willing to work those physically demanding and dangerous jobs.
I’m a helicopter pilot in the Gulf of Mexico and I have been flying for 10 years, 18 of that has been oil rig flying. I have been to maybe 30 platforms and have ONLY ever seen 1 that has females, multiple if memory serves me right. The ones I have seen on this ONE platform looked to be admin type jobs. ALSO I sleep on these oil rigs internally 80% of the time I’m at work. 2 weeks on 2 weeks off. My female co worker “woman pilot” who is required to stay offshore as per the terms of the contract has complained to the point she doesn’t have to anymore. So much for equality… she had/has her own bathroom on the rig by the way.
The show "Dirty Jobs" was a perfect example. He went through all kinds of crap doing those jobs. It also opens your eyes to how hard people actually work.
The reason men know about oil rigging and underwater welding is because these are two of the highest paying jobs you can get with limited education. The underwater welding is so dangerous, that you can comfortably retire after 10 years of service. So every dude that considered not going/or didn't go to college has probably looked into at least once. Not like we went and talked to someone but we've googled the industry to see if we thought we could hack it.
I’ve worked with alot of women offshore, but I’ve never seen one work as a rig hand (the actual labour jobs) And as far as it being dangerous, honestly it isn’t anymore. Safety is HUGE especially for a multinational like Exxon.
People underestimate how common oil is. It’s not just gas and energy. The paint on your walls or nails, the plastic cup you’re drinking out of, the trim for your car and TV, the sealing for your desk, the piping in your house, the synthetic rubber on your tires or basketball, fun note oil is 100% organic though. It’s so frequently used because the chemical structure of oil is so easily chained into different formations. Sorry I just really like oil. Ask my friends.
As a former welder I can confirm that underwater welding is one of the most dangerous jobs you can have. An old co worker of mine said that he and his buddy both were attending school for it and you have to go through many tests and body strain tests. Well they both passed those tests went through the school and completed it. Well the first dive my co workers friend went on he ended up dying. It was ruled his body couldnt handle it, even though he passed all the tests and have dove and welded in school. When it came time to do the job his body failed.
So right at the end Brett said "under water oil rigging, firefighting..." listing examples. But somehow the words kinda got jumbled in my mind and I heard "underwater firefighting"...LOL
Pretty sure you're brother was so supportive because you framed it like you would be flying out, take a few pictures for their ads and fly home. You didn't make it sound like you'd be working for several 12 hour days
One of the toughest women I have ever known is an off shore safety engineer and environmental inspector. She wears a pink hard hat and most of the guys on the rigs call her safety momma. She is very clear about her limitations even after spending 2 decades working offshore, she has a clear understanding of traditional gender roles.
Former Commercial diver here. It’s very dangerous and you’re working in the worst environments. I stopped due to having kids. Money was very good for the risk. It’s a young man’s game even though a lot of guys do it for decades. I met one woman who did it in 15 years of diving. Now I just train new commercial divers.
"Swinging those chains." If one of those chains hits you during operation, that's your life. Oftentimes, some rigs pay you in advance in case something happens to you; your family is covered.
Let me give you a real dose of reality. I do work in these fields, for 37 years and have worked with maybe 8-10 women during those years. There is a common denominator in every one of those circumstances, and that is not one of them could ever work a project alone, because they all needed help at some point in time lifting something. Something that 99.99% of the men could do alone. So they actually cost a company more to have a woman on the job because they still needed another man to go with.
The scariest thing with underwater welding... to me... is that as the welder you have no control of •your air supply •your gas supply •you flame supply All these things are in another person's hand. Witch, most of the time is in a trainees hands.... again, TRINEES HANDS... plus all this equipment is so heavy reason why God gave men uper body strength and women lower body strength.
I don't do anything anymore, but sail and fish. I rebuilt my sailboat for a life on the seas. My yearly cost of living is $3500 including everything. I made my diesel engine to a moring anchor and installed an 40 HP electric motor instead. I make my own electricity with solar panels windturbines and a tow generator when sailing. I store the electricity in a NiFe battery bank, I cook mostly on my induction stove, but sometimes I burn wood (renewable) in my grill and wood stove. I just fish and sail, nothing else, feminists can drive them trucks...
I got a managerial job now, but I used to weld and fabricate. Back then somebody was trying to recruit for underwater welders. Not one guy took a flyer. I'll weld whatever on dry land. But get the hell out of here if you want me to weld in the pitch dark background of Cthulhu's back yard. Not even for 200 bucks an hour. Deep waters freak me out, a seaweed might brush up on my leg and give me a heart attack. 😄
12 hour shifts working at a depth of 600 feet in pitch black in the ocean. Then when you’re done you get to go into a pressurized tube where you get to breathe helium and sound like a squirrel. Also food has no taste and you’ll be there for a month. Just a bunk, some books, tasteless food followed by a long shift down below. Go for it ladies!
If you want to convince a woman that she might not want to the oil rig job. Him, " Look at your hands. Look at the hands of an oil rigger. Dirt under what is left of their nails. Being stained by petroleum is an occupational hazard."
Ok, my mother actually freaking did this in the late 70s! She had 4 brothers who were “rough necks” (her words) on an oil rig and had made a ton of money and they told her she couldn’t do it and to prove them wrong she went down there and did it! She also said it was brutal.
My sister in law is a very girly girl. Like, when she married my brother she had over 100 pairs of shoes. One spring she decided to go tree planting. As in, reforesting after logging. We all told her not to. But she was determined, so off she went. She lasted literally 4 days, and were, in her words “the worst, hardest, most miserable days of her life”. Also, while there are certainly women who work on offshore rigs, I guarantee you they are a geologist, cook, or other supporting or supervisory role. They aren’t slinging tongs on the floor.
I'm 6'2'' 225 pounds. I can bench 280, run 3 miles and you couldn't pay me enough to take that job. You're almost BEGGING to be injured on those jobs. If not injured, then endure extreme arthritis and joint pain for the rest of your life. That is a shitty job and a hat tip to the fellas that are willing to do it.
I've worked construction on and off for 10 years, other than office staff and quality control, I've never seen more than 1 female laborer on any given site.
I was doing yard work in the Texas sun one time. My wife was watching me and I asked her twice to go get me a different yard tool. I then asked her for a glass of water and she heavily sighed. I told her she could do the work and I would be happy to get tools and water. She quickly went and got me some water. I’d like to see these people put their money when their mouth is!
I grew up in Texas and was practically oilfield royalty 😂 I thought about slinging chains for a few years then realized I would probably get thrown off the damn rig
It's not the work. It's that at the end of that 12 hours, you jump in a van, ride two hours back to a bad motel, probably spend four hours getting into trouble with your crew, have four hours to sleep in a shared bed that was only just occupied by another dude just 12 hours prior, wake up hungover to go back to work again. And then, after your fifth week of this, find out your third wife was sleeping with the neighbor, just like the last two, and she's also demanding alimony.
just from the 1st dad: notice that he's not really mocking HER; he's trying to get her a BETTER JOB... he's just concerned that that's a VERY difficult, even dangerous line of work, and he wants to protect her. I know ONE thing about oil-rigging: I DON'T WANT TO DO IT... I'd not want a loved one to get that job... You'd have to pay me A LOT to get into it last, you KNOW those divers LOOOOOOOVE their job and are having a great time getting into those tiny spaces with all that gear to fix stuff
I'm a man who doesn't work with anything close to dangerous like that. I truly look at these fellows as role models. It is really hard on the physical and mental health of someone working with these jobs. And that's why they earn more than the average. They don't earn more because they're men. But because they are men, they are the ones physically fit for these jobs, and also because they need the money to provide to their families. It's an honorable deed
My father was a Chief Engineer on the huge container ships ( if you saw captain Philips thats the one) . The crew : 12 men for 6 to 8 months at sea. He never saw in his career of 40 years a woman doing that. Me as a woman could never do that.
You said men “choose to do these types of incredibly dangerous , not fun, dirty jobs” , but it’s important to note that men choose these jobs (in majority) not because it’s entertaining or fulfilling, but because it pays enough to provide for their family. Props to these men for keeping our country running. As a man myself, I would be hard pressed to last even a week at a job like this. Props to the men and women out there that keep our critical infrastructure running!🎉🎉🎉
As a Welder my problem most times is who I work with, not the job it self. Lots of assholes to deal with but the pay is good enough to take care of my wife and kids on my income.
Kind of in the way that women don’t necessarily want to be working typically female jobs (I.e. home care, homemaking, administrative positions), but they do so cuz that’s what available to them.
@user-bl9rc1po2f except that's not all they'd available to women so you make a moot point
@@HorganBlattwhat else is there to do?? What's left??
By your logic these women do Onlyfans because it's what left for them to do ?? 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Where's accountability??
@@HorganBlattuniversities have more women than men now
As a guy who's been working in the oil and gas industry for 15 years, it's crazy to see the huge push by oil companies to bring women into the industry. It's so frustrating showing up to a job and having one or more women on the crew that can't easily lift 50 lbs. I work in -45 degree weather in the winter and +35 in the summer and the guys are expected to go all out but the women hang out in warm up shacks or the truck all winter and complain most of the summer.
Hopefully people are payed based on the amount of work they do or I would make a official complaint about gender discrimination if that is not allowed in your country, which it isn’t in most. Having to do the work for satisfying a pr stunt is fine if the company compensates those who are doing most of the work.
Plus they have to have special bathroom access where guys can just whip it out and go anywhere. Men are expected to be able to take a shit zero times a day or only during lunch when they can go to the facilities. Putting a woman on any kind of male-dominated job like construction, roughnecking, or truck driving just makes all the guys have to work harder and costs the company money for facilities, fucks up group cohesion and keeps guys from being able to just turn their back and piss anywhere.
Companies*
@englishatheart haha edited the comment, thanks.
@Jaster832 yeah it's getting pretty bad in my industry. One of the reason why I used to like construction was because it was just you and your friends talking shit and having a good time together but now I've seen so many dudes get written up for joking with a woman when she would start cracking jokes but would get hurt feelings if a guy said the wrong thing. I personally had to do sensitivity training because a woman apprentice was non-stop fucking up on a very easy task and after talking with just her and informing her of the issue she still continued to fuck up so I did what every journeyman before me has done when someone keeps fucking up and creating more work for others, and that was yell at her in front of the whole crew. She cried and then refused to work for the rest of the day so I sent her back to the lunch trailer where she cried more and then the superintendent called me in and said I could talk that way to everyone on the crew but her. I then had to waste a weekend on my days off after working 21 days straight doing training about how to use positive reinforcement and not negative.
In law school I was able to use my “oil rigging “ experience to tell the professor and the class what a “Roughneck” was and did. They all said, “oh. Is that an actual job title?”
I said ever see a movie of an oil rig where two guys are shoving a drill into the ground? The guy wrapping the chain around the auger is the roughneck. The other guy is the Roustabout. They die a lot. The lucky ones just loose an arm.
Both employees are rough necks. A roustabout is some that does maintenance and installation on gas or oil well equipment.
oh calm down its not 1954 anymore
@@GordonTurnerr what is that supposed to mean?
wish it was! i could afford a house! lol@@GordonTurnerr
I roughnecked both land rigs and offshore during summer breaks during college years too. Got a permanent scar on cheek from when the spinning chain looped in an unusual way - knocked me on my butt and went briefly unconscious. On the offshore rig I was 19 - a new guy also 19 got killed due a crane sling breaking (drill pipe fell on him). Very sad. After a summer of offshore, I went back to land rigs as there were just a lot more things going on in offshore environment (just as a sampler of my personal close calls - I nearly plunged 50 ft into the ocean because of a stupid service hatch on a walk way coming off the rig floor being left open - I reflexively extended my arms out and caught myself as I was plunging through it)
When I worked in the derrick position (90 ft above drilling floor) there were two or three times I had to come out of the safety harness and crawl across the rig structure to retrieve a stand - no room for any mistake there as would mean falling to a nasty death.
It's dicy work for sure.
Roughnecking is about the toughest job you could possibly have imo. We had some guys come out and set up a rig on our farm drilling for oil. Those guys worked around the clock for about two weeks drilling. I went over a few times to chat with them, and everyone of them were missing most of their teeth from getting hit with the equipment. I asked them if they all used the same dentist which brought a good chuckle. Needless to say, these are the hardest working men there are, and they make each and every one of our lives better due to their hard work. Hats off to all the roughnecks out there
Legit curious if they get false teeth after getting home, as I can't imagine losing a ton of teeth and then going back home and being unable to bite into a steak or porkchop tbh.
@Suzuki_Hiakura, yeah, it seems kind of dumb, if its so common, why not wear some kind of helmet or at least a mouthpiece
@@watermia I figure because the kinetic force from accidents would cause more damage than a mouthpiece could protect against... a good enough helmet would likely limit visibility in some way, or send protective bits at the worker in a similar fashion as the mouthpiece. I imagine the mouthpiece would either fracture teeth instead of knocking them out, or disperse the force to multiple teeth beyond the point of impact, taking out more.
I could be wrong though, that is just my theory.
Yeeeah, that's not why they're missing their teeth.
@@someAholeComment really? why then? Legit curious qwq
I served four years in the U.S. Navy, but I always feel awkward when people find out and robotically say, "Thanks for your service." But, when people learned I spent four years as a U.S. Navy Deep Sea Salvage Diver and another four years as a commercial diver, they were always surprised, impressed, and interested. Just like Brett, they commended me for the work. I enjoy sharing stories about my insane underwater experiences. I've done and seen it all, and I am so glad that I did.
In my eight years as a professional deep sea diver, I never saw a female near the diving station. Back in the 70s, it would have been bad luck to let a woman on station.
I laughed when the girl said she would spend six weeks doing underwater welding. You can't even get your feet wet in six weeks.
Thank you for your service!
Couldn't resist =) My brother's the same way about his time in the Marines. He was never deployed so he doesn't talk about being a Marine at all or even ask for military discounts, generally. We've talked about it quite a bit, so whenever I hear someone was in the military I say, "Cool! What'd they have you doing?"
@@Jaster832 I should have seen that coming. Good one.
@@treelinehugger It's the internet, someone's going to troll you, figured I'd try and be nice about it at least =)
Awesome job sir
@@Jaster832. That's actually a nice way to handle it. I was air wing and was sent to the Philippines during the Gulf War, so feel a little weird about the 'Thank you for your service' thing too.
I love how all the men just know it’s bullcrap and they would never take an oil rig job
Hell, I am a 6'2" 210 pound man in oil country and I stayed away from the rigs like the plague. Saw many friends try it, but I went with distribution. Seemed a tad bit more relaxed than extraction.
@@pudlmakeronly riggers I've known just do it for the financials, it's like a fisher's season for them
i could go work on a fishing boat, but oil rig... i dont think i even have the basic skill require to work on those places...
I've only seen women on oil rigs in movies and most times they have the less intensive jobs like HR or some kind of management. Also I don't think having a female among a lot of men who are away from shore for months at a time is a good idea. A lot of bad things could happen being isolated like that.
@@necrobabe6190 You do that, you'd better give her a side arm.
I actually think it would be awesome if Brett hosted a “dirty jobs” series where she does go on an oil rig. Obv she would not be working the oil rig, but she could interview the men who work there and really make us all more aware of these kids of jobs and industries.
Great idea!!!
A youth focused version of Mike Rowe's dirty jobs.
This is an excellent idea!
Mentored by Matt Walsh.
I would watch this.
It would be awesome! She could bring Ben Shapiro along for jokes and extra commentary 😂 I really hope she does it. I would watch it for sure
As a prior military female, who has female welders, crew chiefs, and electricians in my family, this was ... cringe to watch. Doing incredibly dangerous, hard work should come down to whether the person has the physical capacity as well as the skills to perform ANY job. This trend of forcing everyone to pretend that women can do any job a man can do without addressing the physical requirements of physical jobs is beyond absurd and will eventually end in tragedy for everyone involved.
glad to know logical women live in this world. we appreciate your service
@@salvo7288 ❤
seemed like you were gonna zig there, but then ya zagged. you're right.
Nah you wrong. You all strong and independent
Imminent Monkey Paw
Brett's brother: "you're clearly a professional"
Brett: (sweetly&innocently misses the sarcasm completely)
Lol 😂
I guess her brother assumed she would be filming on an oil rig not doing what the men in the video were doing
She caught the sarcasm, did you miss that?
@@jasonbelt8954 yes apparently I missed it. Lol this isn't unusual for me....
My husband works on an oil rig. There are women on the rig, but on all the rigs his worked on they did office work, gally work, laundry, cleaning rooms, etc.
Husband works in construction, he always offers for me to come to the job and help out. I’m like..no thanks, I’d rather just make you a sandwich…would you like provolone or Swiss on your roast beef? Cause I’m flexible like that.
😂 you are a keeper! I totally lol'd!! 😂
Husband is a lucky man
The wife we all want
You're letting the sisterhood down! A century and a half of Suffrage down the drain! 😭 😭
PS: Your husband is fortunate to have you as his wife.
Hey Brett,
I’m 14 and I look up to you so much. By watching your videos, I’ve pulled myself from the brainwashing happening in my school. You helped me find truth and now hope that I am not alone in the world. I am so truly grateful for your work and effort. We need more people like you. ❤
Girl same I love this so much we basically did the same thing I’m so happy that someone else here is like me as well and as young as me ❤❤❤
I'm not Brett Cooper, but I'm 15. I've been homeschooled all my life, was raised by conservative parents, am an active member in my church and STILL was nearly indoctrinated into thinking that boys could be girls, that there's no such thing as gender, etc. It means the world to me to see other commenters that are around my age, because it tells me that the sane people in this world aren't just adults you see on TV. They're kids, like me. This is the second time today I've seen a person who's nearly my age comment under one of Brett Cooper's videos and I am *very* thankful for it. The hopelessness of seeing the world crumbling around you and watching all your peers say their pronouns or be constantly talking about their sexualities is hard on me. I'm sorry for rambling, but comments from my peers make me feel like there's hope for this world and tells me that being sane isn't a lost art, yet. Thank you so much for commenting. I don't know if you have any idea how isolated I've felt by the insanity of the world around us, but your comment and comments like it have made some of that loneliness fade.
It makes me so happy as well to see other like me! Especially when I see the kids my age and younger at school being brainwashed into this ideology. They will bring up gender ideology and it makes me worry. We’ll debate and they shrug off the facts. I’m so glad there are younger people waking up from the indoctrination! ♥♥@@Moriah-f5o
we’re the same age! glad ur getting enlightened too.
As a 34 year old, this comment thread made me smile. The kids are going to be alright.
It’s a very VERY TOUGH job. I worked for 15 years at an aluminum recycling plant. Which is nowhere near what these guys do but hard in itself. We had 1 female that worked there in the 15 years I was there and she was and still is the toughest woman I ever met. She’s probably retired now cause she was in her 50’s 20 years ago. So they’re are outliers but…. No ladies don’t go out on an oil rig unless you’re bringing a camera and a producer
Yep I've only met one woman myself on the rigs, and she was literally just one of the dudes. Butch old school lesbian, like I mean she got the cat calling started when hot women went by, and would always do the American pie milf chant when she saw a hot mom. Aside from that for an offshore crew I remember her saying "it's not about anything but respect and trust, not on some social justice sh*t, on some we don't wanna die in a petrol fire, or any other preventable issue." She even took over the screening of all women applicants when one said one of the guys were mean, and it was almost an issue. Offshore rig work is like military operations from what I've gathered, either you do it right or you die. Made sense to me.
I worked as an oil field rough neck during summers and winter breaks during college years. Actually started when was still in high school. Worked both land rigs and offshore. Loved the pay, but it's tough and can be dangerous work. A lot of hours spent in misery depending on weather conditions. Offshore we worked 12 hour shifts so tripping pipe in or out of the hole for that long is grueling. I also worked the derick position (90 ft above the rig floor) for 12 hour shifts - handling the drill collars is tricky and they are very heavy pipe, so if they start to go in wrong direction they can get away. Couple of times I had to get out of safety harness, crawl across the rig structure at that height to retrieve a stand - and not goof up and fall to a very likely, unpleasant death.
I do have a permanent scar on a cheek from being struck by the spinning chain (knocked out briefly and taken to emergency room to be stiched up), and when working on offshore, a co-worker that was also 19 died due to a crane sling breaking and drill pipe falling on him (I generally found offshore more dangerous than land rigs - but I enjoyed the helicopter rides and the cooking was decent - the cook was Cajun).
It's one of the tougher kind of jobs one can do in civilian life short of going to war.
But it tends to pay pretty well.
I liked doing it and so kept going back again and again. Mom never liked it - she worked in a hospital and saw the rig accidents that would come in, so can't much blame her.
In our defense, I never knew these jobs existed. I weld and am an audio engineer (sadly still a male dominated field) but i didnt learn about these jobs until my early 20s because no male figures in my life ever even told me about this stuff. I learned about welding in a college class and next thing you know I'm the best welder in the class and i do it on the side professionally now. Not saying basic welds are anywhere near as tough as underwater welding, just sayin these kind of roles arent even told to us so how would women ever grow up learning these trades if we dont know they exist *shrugs* 😕 By the time we learn about this stuff we are already out of highschool and have chosen a major in college so we are pretty committed to a path in life by then.
@@Adrienople yeah that's a good point, I only learned about jobs like being a builder, or engineer, from books. I wouldn't have known much about the fire department or police other than their numbers, if my homeschool group hadn't went to both stations to learn. I wouldn't have known about the RSPCA either, if we didn't have a pigeon crash into our garden with a broken wing. it doesn't exactly help that when you bring this up to any dudes they discourage you from doing any by talking about "gender roles" and mentioning their reasoning for why women don't do most jobs. The last part is personal experience, and probably hasn't happened to many, but judging by this comment section, many seem to hold the same mentality as those men.
@@Adrienople I think that partially hints at how women might need to be shown jobs like this. Firstly, not just as some offhand "ohey, there are jobs like offshore drill rigging out there" but that they actually exist and can actually be lucrative if incredibly dangerous. And secondly (which might be the more controversial part), women might need to have jobs like that mentioned and discussed very early in life, like in those take-your-parents-to-school days kind of thing (if, yknow, they still do that). Plus, they might need to be given a lot more focused training and mentorship not just for the technical skill but maybe even physical prowess to make up for the lack of natural strength and natural muscle growth men have to do those jobs in the first place.
I'm not super-versed in those jobs, either, so anything like welding (such as underwater welding) might not need that kind of focus and merely just letting girls know they exist and proposing them as viable ideas. That will have it's own set of hurdles in today's world, certainly, but it'd be possible. And I could be overstating that wildly due to my lack of knowledge. But i think that bringing them up early in life will be super-important.
(that isn't even touching any stigmas of women in those jobs/fields in the first place.)
Women discovering the work that keeps society running is honestly one of the few blessings of being interconnected. Thankful to all blue collar workers who keep us running!
I am a woman and I work on an oil rig (not offshore). Primarily West Texas. Been doing it for 6 years. Actually perform better in my field due to the attention to detail. First female my company had ever hired. Still the only one. BUT will admit not a normal woman. Have had female friends reach out for a job due to the money and just based on their personality I shut it down. My dad also thought I was insane when I went out for the first time. But it’s been an amazing ride, very grateful and I love it!
Just wondering, there have been some fires up in the panhandle, how have you and your colleagues handled those blazes?
@@shanekeenaNYC as of right now it hasn’t hit Midland area which is where I am stationed but been thinking of everyone more north quite a bit. Luckily not a ton of rigs up there but if it shifts south with the high winds could be very bad. Oklahoma can get hit pretty hard as well.
I wouldn’t let my husband, who’s an actual welder, work on an oil rig. It’s insanely dangerous.
Forty years ago, a friend got his commercial diver quals and went to the GOMEX to work. He came back and became an accountant. His mother told me a friend had been killed by being sucked into a 6" pipe after he penetrated the larger intake and that was likely why he abandoned that career.
@@jkbrown5496 damn
It's really not that dangerous if you know what you're doing and all safety precautions are in place.
In front of every unfulfilled man, is a woman who swears she knows better.
ANd underwater welding is its own special slice of hell
"It's like playing mermaids, but really really scary." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It’s like playing mermaids, but with a revolver and one bullet…
I was half expecting Ben Shapiro to pick up the phone 😂😂😂
Ahahahaha!
That would have been hilarious!!!
I think Brett is such a cutie but I worry I have never seen Ben and her in the same room.
LOL her real brother
@@EndertheWeek If you ask me Ben would have made a much better Snow White.
I think her brother knew it wasn't going to happen so he might as well be supportive.
During WWII, the American Volunteer Group("Flying Tigers") were a group of mercenary American pilots who volunteered to fight for China against Japan.
Using obsolete P-40 pursuit planes, they had a 25:1 kill ratio against the enemy, although always out-numbered and under-supplied.
One night they had a "bull session" and discussed what they were fighting for. They all agreed... "The American Girl".
For me... that's Brett Cooper.
PS - you can read about these amazing men in Colonel Robert Lee Scott's book, "God is my Co-Pilot".
Most women can't even grasp the kind of work men do. I've mentioned on several occasions to the women in my life, when a guy at work looses a finger, or most recently, and eye. They just assume I'm exaggerating. The missing finger, in their minds, becomes "somebody smashed their finger". The missing eye becomes a scratched lense, when I ask them about it at a later time.
They have no idea.
Men cannot grasp the concept of pregnancy and labor either.
Women do not even see these men. The guy in the hydro pole, the guy working in trenches or sewers or the roofer. Invisible. All this stuff comes for free to them. They don't need men...
@@PappyGunn You are doing it right now, you aren't understanding how traumatic giving birth is. Thank you for providing my point.
I was there both time my kids were born. I can assure you the male doctor had a good idea what the concept of giving birth is all about. So how does this relate to Oil rigs? Are men pranking women on tik tock about giving birth? Has any man claimed he knew personally what giving birth is like. Go set up your stamen somewhere else
@@godpilled9077 Honey, pregnancy wasn't even mentioned in the original post. You were the one that brought it up. Of course men won't fully get it since they don't go through it, and at the same time, women who have never been pregnant or gone into labor can't understand it either. The point of the post was that women don't typically take jobs that have high risk of loosing body parts, so they wouldn't fully comprehend the risk of taking such a job. I personally know women like the on in OPs comment (my best friend is one of these ladies)--they want to see the world in rose tinted glasses, but that's the kind of world we're living in at the moment. And don't accuse me of being a dude and not understanding. I'm a woman saying this.
Brother went to the rigs when he was 18 and messed his back up, however he made bankkkk. If you have the body for it and are smart with ur lifestyle, it’s an amazing option.
Your brother is a classic example of why we shouldn't diminish those who want to persue a college education (we shouldn't diminish the trades either) which now seems to be the norm. The trades are something to respect if someone wants to pursue that however, with the high likelihood of injuring yourself on the job that is why I don't think the trades are all that they're made out to be.
I have to tip my hat to the rough necks. I couldn't do it, maybe when I was younger but probably not even then.
@@jackieruso6493oil rig work isn't considered "the trades". It's manual labor, sure, but most of these positions don't have education requirements. Trades require certifications and apprenticeship. Like plumber, electrician, machinist, etc. Trades are still educated occupations, they just don't come from expensive universities.
Trades aren't really too much more dangerous than many occupations you get from degrees.
Not a flex
@@jackieruso6493 Not every type of college education is diminshed; the serious ones aren't. As to trades, most are nowhere as physically demanding as oil rigging.
During the communism in Hungary in the 50s and 60s, one of the biggest symbols of the workers was the female tractor driver. Women replaced almost all men when it came to driving tractors on the fields for sowing, harvesting, transporting, etc.
After a while the farm owners ("alliances") noticed that the work was falling behind due to large numbers of women having to take medical leave. After investigating this a bit, it turned out that the constant jumping in-out of the tractor from warm to cold temperatures and vice versa, paired with the constant vibration, caused UTIs and other ailments of the lower body for women on a disproportionate scale.
So they began hiring men again, and that was the end of the female tractor driver, at least en masse.
Never heard that but not surprised
Lol vibrations and jumping in and out of hot and cold. Well that is not how you get a uti. More likely it was holding their urine too long and maybe poor hygiene as e coli is a common cause for utis.
If this was remotely true I would of had so many utis being an operator working 50+ hours a week or my female friends in the agriculture industry during the harvest season.
Luckily I haven't had one since I was a small child.
@@gigglingchicken8444 Assuming your male that's not true. Simply put the length of the urethra is a large factor in wether or not one develops a UTI. Mens urethras are longer than females. Assuming you're female you're just arguing against historical fact because it conflicts with your ideology.
@fredfredburger5150 I am not arguing that it is easier for a women to get a uti but those are not causes of one. It is a weakened immune system, poor hygiene, being sexually active, or waiting too long to use the restroom. Vibrations from a tractor wouldn't and jumping in an out of a warm vehicle in a cold environment won't do that. My guess is that they held it and bacteria built up in their bladder because women just can't urinate wherever they desire.
@@gigglingchicken8444 and the reason the bacteria was able to build up in the bladder was due to the shortness of a the female urethra making it easier for the bacteria to reach the bladder in the first place
I work as a welder at a naval shipyard, somebody died last week and we all took a minute of silence for him knowing it could be one of us. I would actually try to discourage any woman from doing that work, it's really hard sometimes and only attracts a specific type of people. It might not be oil rig work, but the constant fear of the plywood under my feet being misplaced and falling (it happened this year, guy landed on some wires and got extremely lucky) There's almost no women on the yard..... for a reason.... they aren't crazy and it's fine!
I work as an electrician and the male/female ratio is around 30/1 and talking to my colleagues about it, they all say that it would be awesome if more women would consider our workplace, but it's just not even on a woman's list of last resort jobs, and it really sucks because it's the one thing I miss in this line of work is someone other than a bunch of men to talk to.
They’d probably fit better in attics and crawl spaces too.
@austinmakinstuff6678 my grandfather was a master electrician and my brother and I would spend summers in crawl spaces running wire for his crew. When we weren't around he would pick up a local drunk who would go anywhere for a handle. I remember opening a trap door in a pulpit of an abandoned church being converted to a house. A sweep of a flash light showed dozens of eyes reflecting back. Time to get old Petey under there.
I did this to my husband and his response is "you are terrified of the ocean." I forgot about that😂
He got you there 😂
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Husband knows you better than you know yourself lol
I've known riggers. Their motto was " If you want a safe job go to war" lol.
The video of guys you shared is from a fracking operation, which is land-based. Probably similar intensity to an offshore rig tho. And fun fact, those pipes sometimes get bound up and when they release they take heads off without a warning. Brutal work. Dads and brothers are right to scoff at the idea of girls doing that job.
We do need to be fair and acknowledge that most men couldn't do this work either.
Ehh true
The men who are doing those jobs don't want to do it either, they're doing it because no one else would.
@@filthyweeb9073 Or for the big payout.....
As a woman, I am incredibly grateful for the men who do the work that we aren't created to do. Men and women have different capabilities and skills, and this is why we balance each other so well.
lol, her brother was sarcastic AF. He was almost the worst, making is sounds like it was a good idea because she didn't get he was making fun or her😂
The fact Brett had welded something puts her leaps and bounds ahead of most females.... Her brother couldn't stop laughing as I am sure most females would hear the lack of comfort they would have while living on the work site would drive most away... I know there is some females who do work construction jobs but it is very rare, then working in the oil fields is way more risk to one safety and physically demanding so that makes that kind of work even more rare for a woman to want to do it......
I have 1 friend in my whole life who I think could possibly work on an oil rig. I would still call him a moron if he actually did it. It's a whole different breed to do that work and the people who deserve all the credit for taking that kind of job
My dad is a retired CO, at the prison he worked at, they had a library and an opening for a librarian. I joked with my dad that I could work with him and he was like, hell no, they dont even give you a taser, just a little button to push to call up a guard. Hard pass. 😂 Leave that to the strong men folk.
Cool two of my cousins did 10 years in Louisiana state prison 😂😂
Depending on year, timber falling and deep sea fishing compete for most deaths per capita at work in the United States. Being a cop is somewhere around 23rd on the list when I checked.
As a former sawyer on a hotshot crew, I have known a decent number of people who really want to fell trees. Not many women in that category to say the least.
Now I work in healthcare surrounded by female nurses, and whenever anything feels dangerous… they generally call for me. Even if it’s just a spider (true story).
Equality is great apparently. As long as it isn’t dying in a traumatic, painful way covered in filth far away from home, in which case it appears a little less equality is A-okay.
This is particularly funny to me b/c my parents _both_ used to work in the oil industry. I was really young at the time, so I didn't know the details, but I know part of it was physical labor, b/c I remember my mom saying something about her having to get under some machinery to fix it, and all the guys on the job were freaking out, trying to do it _for_ her, but she did it just fine. My dad also said several guys had a crush on her, lol...which I suspect is the _main_ reason guys aren't wanting their 20-something-year-old daughters/sisters to go out to an oil rig for 3 weeks.
Brett's "prank" on her brother made my day. That, and the editors' edits. Thank you.
The underwater welding is insane. The compression decompression aspect would freak me out.
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I got into commercial diving after the marines. The welding isn't dangerous, just have to make sure you don't have something above you that'll catch methane bubbles. Its a common misconception that its one the most dangerous things you can do as a diver but its really not. And just to clarify "underwater welder" isn't an actual job, its something pretty much any good commercial diver can do. Great video though
If I called my dad and said I was going to be working as a welder on an off-shore oil rig, I'm pretty sure he'd laugh at me too.
2:25 Literally her boyfriend is operating heavy machinery and talking on speaker. 😂
If you don't care about having less than 10 fingers, I say "go for it."
North east France here. Last November we got hit with a terrible storm. I'd never seen like it. Trees were ripped off the ground everywhere in town. A few days later I saw a group of about 5 city workers (all men) clearing off the fallen trees opposite my house. They were muddy and wet and lifting these huge trunks. I left the warmth of my living room to cross the street and ask if one of them could remove a big rat that died just near the entrance of my building. The main dude made a friendly joke and he went retrieve it straight away. I thanked him and his crew and told them they were doing a great job - one that I definitely couldn't do. It put a smile on their faces. Not that they seemed miserable before I complimented them - unlike the bored 20 somethings who work in high street stores or fast food joints and clearly hate their jobs and treat customers with contempt.
I grew up on a farm, started my career path working construction, worked in a coal mine for a couple years, and my current job for the last 8 years is at a power plant. I am the only female in my department, but there are several other females at the plant. If I called to do a prank about this kind of thing, the only reason no one would believe me is because I am not willing to travel for work or leave my kids for that length of time.
Men just know a lot about the Roman empire and oil rigging. And a vast amount of other subjects. Men over 40 are a wealth of practical knowledge. We may not know much on important life saving subjects like who each of the Kardashians dated in 2008, but we can give extensive speeches on less useful things like creating homes, farms, transportation, laws, order, protection, and the like. Women are not to be left out either. Women over 40 can give seminars on how to repair a tear in a babies onesie using only a blade of grass or how to cook a meal for six using a 1/4 pound of noodles and a cupboard full of spices. They can also let you know how to backstab their friends constantly and still have an almost civilized gathering with them every weekend. We each have our expertise.
My friend who was literally a 10 in high school, super ditzy, cheerleader, went to Texas and Pipeline welded for a couple years until her boyfriend got her pregnant and became a drug addict. Now she's been back here in WA being a single Mom doing babysitting and nanny type things to barely get by and lives in a trailer.
Pipelining has suffered under democrats
as a brother of 5 sisters myself, from the tone of your brother's voice I can sag that he was just wanted to see you fail on that oil rig 😂😂
Women prank their husbands: "It's a joke, don't be so sensitive!"
Men prank their wives: "So toxic and misogynistic!!!!"
I’m 17 years old and I work for an organic dairy farm milking cows, and I’m literally working my ass off so that I can afford the entire fee to become a Crain operator. As a girl I’ve been faced with lots of people, particularly at school, who say that I cannot do it. That just fuels the fire to let me keep going to be someone that they thought I never could.
I was listening to your video without headphones and my husband (who works in the Oil Field) heard your joke and went “Exon wants what??????” 😂
But seriously, something he often says is that it isn’t dangerous because equipment breaks, but because people make mistakes, and that could cost your life.
You should watch "The Red Pill" directed by Cassie Jaye! It talks a TON about how feminism isn't nearly as present in today's society as it once was, and specifically has a whole section on how the careers left to men are often times more hazardous than the jobs women have. There are a ton of other eye-opening things in that movie too, but this is what reminded me of it because put simply - women aren't willing to put themselves at risk in the day-to-day for their family in the same manner men are willing to do to provide for them. (not saying women don't care - we do, just differently)
As a pipe welder myself that works at a plant i can tell you that it can be a very hard and dangerous job. I work in Illinois and the weather really gets to you in the winter. Aint no cubicles where im at. Much respect to the guys off shore working two weeks or more at a time away from home.
I think your brothers support is more from the offer sounding more like an advertising deal and knowing you are not likely to take on more than you can handle.
Very good compliment 😊
You made me laugh so hard when you described the process of extending the pipe on the rig as "fun" 😂😂😂 You can easily lose an arm or couple of fingers there. Their actions must be super fast and super precise. Not only women, 99% of men should not even think of working on a rig. Love your show ❤❤❤
Asked my husband who works construction, his response was “There aren’t any Starbucks on an oil rig.” 😂
It's more of a monsters and meth environment
I called my incredibly supportive boyfriend and asked him if he thinks will be a good idea for me to work at an oil rig. His response was "Of course, they're a company and would have job opportunities for your current role. Is there something wrong at work?" I then told him i want to learn underwater welding and found an apprenticeship online. I heard him spit out his coffee and I bursted in laughter. 😂 We talked some more and every time i mentioned underwater welding and oil rig, he'd chuckle and talk about safety at work.
I can do home renovation stuff, plaster, etc. but I'm terrified of big machinery, even some smaller power tools, can't swim at all and I have terrible eyesight.
Hats off to the people, who are able and willing to work those physically demanding and dangerous jobs.
I’m a helicopter pilot in the Gulf of Mexico and I have been flying for 10 years, 18 of that has been oil rig flying. I have been to maybe 30 platforms and have ONLY ever seen 1 that has females, multiple if memory serves me right. The ones I have seen on this ONE platform looked to be admin type jobs. ALSO I sleep on these oil rigs internally 80% of the time I’m at work. 2 weeks on 2 weeks off. My female co worker “woman pilot” who is required to stay offshore as per the terms of the contract has complained to the point she doesn’t have to anymore. So much for equality… she had/has her own bathroom on the rig by the way.
The show "Dirty Jobs" was a perfect example. He went through all kinds of crap doing those jobs. It also opens your eyes to how hard people actually work.
The reason men know about oil rigging and underwater welding is because these are two of the highest paying jobs you can get with limited education. The underwater welding is so dangerous, that you can comfortably retire after 10 years of service. So every dude that considered not going/or didn't go to college has probably looked into at least once. Not like we went and talked to someone but we've googled the industry to see if we thought we could hack it.
I’ve worked with alot of women offshore, but I’ve never seen one work as a rig hand (the actual labour jobs)
And as far as it being dangerous, honestly it isn’t anymore. Safety is HUGE especially for a multinational like Exxon.
Her brother totally didn’t believe she was going to be “oil rigging.” He thought maybe she was just going to do a movie shoot there. 😂
As a dude, I respect these real men
People underestimate how common oil is. It’s not just gas and energy. The paint on your walls or nails, the plastic cup you’re drinking out of, the trim for your car and TV, the sealing for your desk, the piping in your house, the synthetic rubber on your tires or basketball, fun note oil is 100% organic though. It’s so frequently used because the chemical structure of oil is so easily chained into different formations.
Sorry I just really like oil. Ask my friends.
As a former welder I can confirm that underwater welding is one of the most dangerous jobs you can have. An old co worker of mine said that he and his buddy both were attending school for it and you have to go through many tests and body strain tests. Well they both passed those tests went through the school and completed it. Well the first dive my co workers friend went on he ended up dying. It was ruled his body couldnt handle it, even though he passed all the tests and have dove and welded in school. When it came time to do the job his body failed.
So right at the end Brett said "under water oil rigging, firefighting..." listing examples. But somehow the words kinda got jumbled in my mind and I heard "underwater firefighting"...LOL
Pretty sure you're brother was so supportive because you framed it like you would be flying out, take a few pictures for their ads and fly home. You didn't make it sound like you'd be working for several 12 hour days
One of the toughest women I have ever known is an off shore safety engineer and environmental inspector. She wears a pink hard hat and most of the guys on the rigs call her safety momma. She is very clear about her limitations even after spending 2 decades working offshore, she has a clear understanding of traditional gender roles.
Thank you for having our backs..men work is hard, even for most men.
0:49 Who ever edits her videos is so good 🤣
Depends on what sister calls me. Older sister: full send. Younger sister: sorry nah.
Its so funny that other bros/dads are seriously concerned that their girl can't do the oil rig, but Brett's brother is like yeah, you can do it
I love how "have to go oil rigging" sounds like going fishing 😆
your brother is super supportive, he's just like 'oh hell yea that would be cool'
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Former Commercial diver here. It’s very dangerous and you’re working in the worst environments. I stopped due to having kids. Money was very good for the risk. It’s a young man’s game even though a lot of guys do it for decades. I met one woman who did it in 15 years of diving. Now I just train new commercial divers.
Spent 8 years being in the oil industry working on rigs. Glad they think it's a joke.
"Swinging those chains." If one of those chains hits you during operation, that's your life. Oftentimes, some rigs pay you in advance in case something happens to you; your family is covered.
Omg Brett describing what they were doing on the rig. 😂😂😂
Let me give you a real dose of reality. I do work in these fields, for 37 years and have worked with maybe 8-10 women during those years. There is a common denominator in every one of those circumstances, and that is not one of them could ever work a project alone, because they all needed help at some point in time lifting something. Something that 99.99% of the men could do alone. So they actually cost a company more to have a woman on the job because they still needed another man to go with.
The scariest thing with underwater welding... to me... is that as the welder you have no control of •your air supply
•your gas supply
•you flame supply
All these things are in another person's hand. Witch, most of the time is in a trainees hands.... again, TRINEES HANDS... plus all this equipment is so heavy reason why God gave men uper body strength and women lower body strength.
My reaction is “girl you don’t even know how to change a tire” 😂
I don't do anything anymore, but sail and fish. I rebuilt my sailboat for a life on the seas. My yearly cost of living is $3500 including everything.
I made my diesel engine to a moring anchor and installed an 40 HP electric motor instead. I make my own electricity with solar panels windturbines and a tow generator when sailing. I store the electricity in a NiFe battery bank, I cook mostly on my induction stove, but sometimes I burn wood (renewable) in my grill and wood stove. I just fish and sail, nothing else, feminists can drive them trucks...
I love that all these women look like they've never held a stinger, but they think its easy to jump on a rig and UWW.
I got a managerial job now, but I used to weld and fabricate. Back then somebody was trying to recruit for underwater welders. Not one guy took a flyer. I'll weld whatever on dry land. But get the hell out of here if you want me to weld in the pitch dark background of Cthulhu's back yard. Not even for 200 bucks an hour. Deep waters freak me out, a seaweed might brush up on my leg and give me a heart attack. 😄
I used to work inside diesel tanks on boats when I was young, that was a job even the men wouldnt want to do....
12 hour shifts working at a depth of 600 feet in pitch black in the ocean. Then when you’re done you get to go into a pressurized tube where you get to breathe helium and sound like a squirrel. Also food has no taste and you’ll be there for a month. Just a bunk, some books, tasteless food followed by a long shift down below. Go for it ladies!
Brett: “It actually looks fun!” 😂
If you want to convince a woman that she might not want to the oil rig job. Him, " Look at your hands. Look at the hands of an oil rigger. Dirt under what is left of their nails. Being stained by petroleum is an occupational hazard."
Ok, my mother actually freaking did this in the late 70s! She had 4 brothers who were “rough necks” (her words) on an oil rig and had made a ton of money and they told her she couldn’t do it and to prove them wrong she went down there and did it! She also said it was brutal.
My sister in law is a very girly girl. Like, when she married my brother she had over 100 pairs of shoes. One spring she decided to go tree planting. As in, reforesting after logging. We all told her not to. But she was determined, so off she went. She lasted literally 4 days, and were, in her words “the worst, hardest, most miserable days of her life”.
Also, while there are certainly women who work on offshore rigs, I guarantee you they are a geologist, cook, or other supporting or supervisory role. They aren’t slinging tongs on the floor.
I'm 6'2'' 225 pounds. I can bench 280, run 3 miles and you couldn't pay me enough to take that job. You're almost BEGGING to be injured on those jobs. If not injured, then endure extreme arthritis and joint pain for the rest of your life. That is a shitty job and a hat tip to the fellas that are willing to do it.
I've worked construction on and off for 10 years, other than office staff and quality control, I've never seen more than 1 female laborer on any given site.
You know it's a "mans job" when most men look at it and say "Nope, that's not for me".
I was doing yard work in the Texas sun one time. My wife was watching me and I asked her twice to go get me a different yard tool. I then asked her for a glass of water and she heavily sighed. I told her she could do the work and I would be happy to get tools and water. She quickly went and got me some water. I’d like to see these people put their money when their mouth is!
I grew up in Texas and was practically oilfield royalty 😂 I thought about slinging chains for a few years then realized I would probably get thrown off the damn rig
Brett Cooper... more like BASED Cooper. The way you speak about supporting men is refreshing, thank you.
It's not the work.
It's that at the end of that 12 hours, you jump in a van, ride two hours back to a bad motel, probably spend four hours getting into trouble with your crew, have four hours to sleep in a shared bed that was only just occupied by another dude just 12 hours prior, wake up hungover to go back to work again.
And then, after your fifth week of this, find out your third wife was sleeping with the neighbor, just like the last two, and she's also demanding alimony.
just from the 1st dad: notice that he's not really mocking HER; he's trying to get her a BETTER JOB... he's just concerned that that's a VERY difficult, even dangerous line of work, and he wants to protect her. I know ONE thing about oil-rigging: I DON'T WANT TO DO IT... I'd not want a loved one to get that job... You'd have to pay me A LOT to get into it
last, you KNOW those divers LOOOOOOOVE their job and are having a great time getting into those tiny spaces with all that gear to fix stuff
When the pendulum swings too far from reality, it needs to come back a little.
I'm a man who doesn't work with anything close to dangerous like that. I truly look at these fellows as role models. It is really hard on the physical and mental health of someone working with these jobs. And that's why they earn more than the average. They don't earn more because they're men. But because they are men, they are the ones physically fit for these jobs, and also because they need the money to provide to their families. It's an honorable deed
My father was a Chief Engineer on the huge container ships ( if you saw captain Philips thats the one) . The crew : 12 men for 6 to 8 months at sea. He never saw in his career of 40 years a woman doing that. Me as a woman could never do that.