Papa still alive and kicking with a NEW Job in aviation!!!!!!

Hey guys....just an update.

Outside one of the hangers I work in is an B-52 waiting for restoration to be displayed at the Boeing Museum of Flight here in Seattle, there is also a bronco and few old Hueys....gotta love it!

My new job just rocks!   Finally after one week of paper work and classroom time on just how to do the paper work on different Air Lines, policies and procedures I was out on the floor today removing panels and testing for fuel leaks.....when I said I like the smell of jet fuel one guy said "He'll fit in"  The guys on the team are really cool and friendly which helps a lot when your the new guy.

As a child I use to go to this same field in the seventies when they had HUGE air shows....in one day you would see the Blues Angels, Thunderbirds, Hook teams show lifting and transport maneuvers, WWII fly-by's etc etc......One year I saw Bob Hoover fly that yellow P-51....a display of flight that I will never forget..... that same day two U.S. Marine Harrier's did a show and at the end they both hovered facing the crowd and bowed the noses of the aircraft towards the us and took off....man that was cool!  

Man I've died and gone to heaven!

Papa-Echo-64 wrote:

dkmacin wrote: "Crummy $400 a week" ? Man I wish! And Bill. . .apoligy accepted, but that was really badDon Keep in mind Don that the cost of living is outragious here in Seattle and most fast food workers make 7.00 to 9.00 an hour. I'm use to about 550.00 a week take home.....its not much and now I'm going to be making less but it will be worth it in the long run! After 18 months I will be FAA certified for inspection on most of these tanks: Boeing Embraer McDonnell Douglas B707 KC135 B727 B737 B747 B757 B767 EMB120 EMB145 DC8 DC9 C9-A C9-B DC10 KC10 MD80 MD90 MD11 Fokker Airbus Saab F-100 A300 A310 A320 A340 340 Lockheed Fairchild L1011 Metro

dkmacin wrote:

"Crummy $400 a week" ? Man I wish! And Bill. . .apoligy accepted, but that was really badDon

Keep in mind Don that the cost of living is outragious here in Seattle and most fast food workers make 7.00 to 9.00 an hour.

I'm use to about 550.00 a week take home.....its not much and now I'm going to be making less but it will be worth it in the long run!

After 18 months I will be FAA certified for inspection on most of these tanks:

Bgrigg wrote:

Great news! And I apologize for this ahead of time, but I... can't... help... myself... Papa's got a brand new bag!

Ok....get it all out of yer system....

Tank scum, Who let the cat out of the 'bag'

Whats your bag?