GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. — Most of Brennan Flick’s adult life has been spent on the water. By day (and night), the Louisiana native works as a Non-Destructive Test technician on oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. As an on-call tech, he could be called to the saltwater at any moment.
Those trips could last for a day or for several weeks, depending on the type of work that needs to be done.
“It could be for a month, or it could be for a day,” Flick said. “I could get my phone right now and I might have a call. I might get a call at noon asking me to be at the dock at 8 p.m. and I live 6 hours away.”…