A True List!
 

A friend sent me this, and it looks quite true! Enjoy!



YOU MIGHT BE AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC IF:
>
>1. You've ever slept on the concrete under a wing.
>2. You've ever said "Oh yes sir, its supposed to look like that"
>3. You know what JP4/JP8 (Jet A) tastes like.
>4. You've ever used a black grease pencil to fix an overworn tire.
>5. You have a better bench-stock in the pockets of your coveralls then the
> supply system.
>6. You've ever used a piece of safety wire as a toothpick.
>7. You've ever been told to go get "some prop wash and a yard of
> flightline."
>8. You've ever worked a 14 hour shift on a aircraft that isn't flying the
> next day.
>9. (My favorite) You can sleep anywhere, anytime, but as soon as the
> engines shut down you are wide awake.
>10. You've ever stood on wheel chocks to keep your feet dry.
>11. Used dikes to trim fingernails.
>12. Wiped leaks immediately prior to crew show.
>13. Wondered where they keep finding the idiot s that keep making up stupid
> rules.
>14. You've ever had to defuel an aircraft an hour after refueling it.
>15. You've used a wheel chock as a hammer.
>16. You know more about your coworkers than your own family.
>17. You ever wished the pilot would say "great airplane."
>18. You've ever wondered why it takes a college degree to break an airplane
> but only a high school diploma to fix one.

RE: A True List!
 

Thanks, Lear, I really appreciated this one. I think I've pretty much exhausted all the aviation jokes via the search engines. So this one is new to me..

RE: A True List!
 

LMAO:D:D:D

Worked at an airport, I loved the part about the JetA taste and defueling after fueling.

Heres another "Experience":

19.You've set up a duck blind in the hangar to hunt down the birds that have crapped all over the King Air and Citation you just washed.

RE: A True List!
 

I heard this from a pilot:

"You measure with a micrometer and cut with a chainsaw"

RE: A True List!
 

Don't use toilet paper....use oil and fuel rags. :)

RE: A True List!
 

I thought sone one washed those things, what a mess!!!!!!

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Thats pretty good. I resemble some of those, and I don't even wrench on the planes I fly.

RE: A True List!
 

I guess observation 13 goes FAR beyond "flight mechanics"....