You might work in aircraft maintenance If...

[Gatorman]

Good ones Avbug and Jedi....
....keep them coming.

You've stood in the exhaust of an APU or jet just to feel the warmth during the cold.

You've spent 8 hours in a class for the type aircraft you've been working on for the past 9 years to go down to the hangar to pull a pitch trim unit by yourself, run out to you car to try to catch 4 hours of sleep (at the airport mind you) to wake up in time to get back to class an pass the final exam.

Hauled a set of jacks in the back of your truck.

Drove the tug across the ramp to borrow a can of sealer (I am LMAO as I am typing this one)

Called the FBO to drive the AVGAS truck over to fill the tug up.

 

[Junkflyer]

...Taken your first shower in 3 days using bottled water and little bars of soap under a 747 being air-dried by the pack cooling outlets.

 

[Gatorman]

...Taken your first shower in 3 days using bottled water and little bars of soap under a 747 being air-dried by the pack cooling outlets.

Awwh come on....you've never done that!


Have you?

 

[Junkflyer]

I did this somewhere in the Middle East when I was riding the airplane as a flight mechanic. Our company flies a mechanic with the airplane on almost every leg (747's) The crews get off and on, but the mechanic continues with the airplane. When there is a long ground stop they get to the hotel for a shower, otherwise its continuous and short ground times like 3 hours or less. I'm an f/o now so I get to work less and drink more.

 

[Mr Wu]

You've used DC4 as chap stick.