 Nitsch worked part-time as a pilot for Tyrolean Airways.Nitsch holds the No-Limits record, the title of "Deepest man on Earth" in which the diver can make use of a weighted sled to descend as far as possible and uses an air-filled balloon to return to the surface.Nitsch set the world record in Spetses, Greece in June 2007 when he descended to , beating his own record of set the previous year.