What's the nastiest job in Aviation

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what have you done the was really nasty?
 
Splitting a Paris Jet and cleaning up the aftermath of fuel before spark. What made it worse is the pilot cut the starter off as soon as he felt the boom. I was black from head to toe.
 
Ever clean the cabin out flow valves in an aircraft that the pax are allowed to smoke?
 
Cleaning the waste water tank and repairing vacuum toilets.
 
Helped a guy whose gig was repairing leaks in airliner tanks. Do you like mek? Wanna get high?
 
Nastiest job in aviation? Getting you guys to realize certified planes are dinosaurs. ;)

For the homebuilders one of the nastiest job is using proseal to seal the fuel tanks. Every rivit, every seam, every screw has to be right or its gonna leak. That stuff has legs of it own, and gets everywhere.
 
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Using aircraft paint remover to remove gobs and gobs of old interior glue.
 
Crawling into the tail of my cherokee to inspect and fix a few things back there. The plane was on the ramp on a hot summer day.

I guess the job wasn't all that nasty, but I wasn't clean and fresh when done with the job.
 
Two fun jobs come to mind. Both Air Force related.
Assigned to run the honey wagon on the flight line at a base in Germany. The suction hose had a bad connector that threatened to pop off at any time and it would occasionally gap open enough that we could sample the contents:yikes:

As a student loadmaster on C-141s I got the dirtier jobs. Had a trip from Japan (Yakota?) into Travis AFB. Loaded with cargo in rear and about 25 pax up front.

On descent into Travis the let down was stair stepped So it was like throttles all the way back for a minute or two then bring them up for a few. So seesawing for about a half an hour, then throw in a go-around. and repeat the whole thing. Anyway the Col's kid makes it halfway to the lavatory pallet and upchucks in the middle of the aisle which is of course the cargo floor with all kinds of nooks and crannies. I had it cleaned up before we landed, but I was about seven shades of green:rolleyes2:
 
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Been in all the nooks and cranies of several military aircraft. I spent countless hours in wet/dry bays of the c-130. A real b to get in and out of, especially when wearing gear. Broke a drill bit in the dry bay once, thought I'd never find it.

Not really nasty though. Just fuel and sealant
 
My favorite thing is when you open the cover to the lav dump and you get the old fashioned shanghai surprise.
 
Anyone ever worked with the stripper in the small aluminum can with the brush attached to the top. The stripper is yellow, very effective, nicknamed elephant snot. This stuff burns like a b when on the skin but it does not kick in for about ten seconds.

Remember that firefighting c-130 that went down because the wings snapped off? We had to strip our entire fleets' butterfly fittings (area where wings attach to center wing). When doing the bottom, I thought I covered all exposed skin but quickly realized I guess I hadn't. They stuff was flinging everywhere and burning me up. It was for a good cause though.
 
Working at FBO, get a call at 9 pm from airliners beech 99 next door that they are overloaded and need to remove some fuel. Only thing you have is a hose so you go to siphon and ingest a bunch of Jet fuel.
 
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Working ground-crew for a crop duster during a soybean aphid run. We would have to wash the airplanes almost every night because the bug buildup on the wings was enough to affect the air flow over the wing. We would take a plastic putty knife and scrape off the bugs and THEN wash it with a brush. Lots of surface area on those fat wings - especially the AT-802.

Cleaning a canada goose splatter out of the air intake after it had been 'cooking' for most of the day was 'fun', too.
 
Emptying a "trey" style lav full of liquid poop and vomit is right up there for me.
 
Evidently you've not learned how to compare things other than hair color for identification. In fact, neither of these girls are natural blondes. They don't bear much resemblance other than that. Marcinkova has a broader face. Marchinko has an extensive modeling career that's pretty heavy in the press. Marcinkova is a pretty much nobody who was dragged out of Yugoslavia on Epstein's leash. I don't see any similarities (and in fact the only person who seems to EVER bring it up anywhere on the internet is Mr. Space Pimp).
 
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No sense in arguing it anymore. I'll drop it. My first two informational posts I left up and people will draw their own conclusions. No sense in stinking up a thread that isn't mine.
 
CJones said:
Working ground-crew for a crop duster during a soybean aphid run. We would have to wash the airplanes almost every night because the bug buildup on the wings was enough to affect the air flow over the wing. We would take a plastic putty knife and scrape off the bugs and THEN wash it with a brush. Lots of surface area on those fat wings - especially the AT-802.

Cleaning a canada goose splatter out of the air intake after it had been 'cooking' for most of the day was 'fun', too.
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Ya shoulda sprayed Pam on the leading edges before each days flight... The bugs hose right off at the end of the day...:idea:...:yes:.
 
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Ya shoulda sprayed Pam on the leading edges before each days flight... The bugs hose right off at the end of the day...:idea:...:yes:.
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We would wax the leading edge after every wash. That helped 'some' but when you're talking about up to 1/2" of bug goo, no amount of prep work makes the job as easy as we would like. :sad:
 
DavidWhite said:
No sense in arguing it anymore. I'll drop it. My first two informational posts I left up and people will draw their own conclusions. No sense in stinking up a thread that isn't mine.
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Now he say's. Better late than never.


I think I just added to the stink. I digress.

There was one time when one of our 130s had a bird strike on a leading edge. Put a nasty hole in the airframe. There were blood and guts in the structure. Crew chiefs removed said leading edge and delivered it to our shop (sheet metal). Our shop chief told the to take it back and clean it out before they return. Their shop was a little sore for a while but it worked out.
 
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Now he say's. Better late than never.


I think I just added to the stink. I digress.

There was one time when one of our 130s had a bird strike on a leading edge. Put a nasty hole in the airframe. There were blood and guts in the structure. Crew chiefs removed said leading edge and delivered it to our shop (sheet metal). Our shop chief told the to take it back and clean it out before they return. Their shop was a little sore for a while but it worked out.
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I'm a bit thick sometimes, and it's a long way down from my soapbox.
 
We don't have women in aviation because of pilots like David. And the few women in aviation are all pure white snowflake princesses. If you say otherwise I'll internet beat you up.:rolleyes2::rofl:
 
The nastiest job in aviation may be telling the CFI that it is your aircraft, you are PIC, and you'll fly it the way you want.
Keep your hands and feet off the controls, set there and STFU. and don't scream.
 
Being a CFI in a C150 with an airsick student.
 
Being the renter following a CFI with an airsick student. Ugh - at least it wasn't too hot that day.
 
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