Piloting: Despite years at sea, pilot trainees start out on bottom rung in San Francisco

摘要

The tradition of apprenticeship is an ancient and honored system for learning a trade. When one thinks of an apprentice carpenter the image of a young man, perhaps still in his teens, comes to mind. But to be accepted as an apprentice in the San Francisco Bar Pilots, years of experience at sea as a master of your own vessel is the norm.