What’s your Profession

[Michael]

Retired thanks to Covid/Cooties. While not as exciting and hands on as many of the above, life's journey is different for each of us. Spent most of my career putting butts of corp execs in airline seats and seeing that they made it to their destinations all over globe and back while trying to keep them happy with through whole process. While not always possible, I enjoyed the challenge and the relationships that were built. Being old school customer service, many of the new personnel that have come on board since huge numbers of the older/experienced were ushered out the door (bought out) back in 2020, to save money, I am pleased to be where I am now. Sadly many of the carriers along with their new generation of employees haven't clue (if the computer doesn't do it for you, then it can't be done, and not spending the time, effort, and/or resource$ to figure it out otherwise).

Able to have the time now to take my wife to many of places I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to visit with work, and where possible do so with the benefits I have available for the next few years.

 

[Ian]

We call it Aeroshell 41 now, and a quart is enough to soak the floors of three T-hangars.

 

[Mitty38]

Dang Mitty, you ran circles around Ric!

I think I have ran circles around myself. Probably to my detriment as much as my good.
Always just grabbed the first thing that came open. If I did not know how to do it, I learned. Never could stand to sit still to long. Never could stand to do the same thing too long.
If a company offered cross training I trained in everything they let me. Then I became a trainer or lead man, or even supervisor. Just for the challenge. Sometimes advancing to the point that when budgets had to be cut, I became no longer employed.
Think I am finally settled in. Will probably work here in some aspect or other till I die. Since my lack of a "safe"
Career has set me at a place with no retirement.

Can't say I have not enjoyed the journey.

Now if we want to get into my non paid or hardly paid, volunteer hats. I have worn thru my life. Well that's another whole mess.

NOAA storm watcher, FireFighter, EMT, then Medic.
Volunteer Auxiliary Deputy Sheriff , Food Pantry volunteer,
NRA Hunter Safety Instructor.
Choir Director
Lay Minister. Nursing home chaplain. Volunteer ODNR Ranger. Fishing Instructor.Big foot hunt Coordinator.
Oh.....and currently a volunteer librarian.
Ye pretty active for a fat man.

 

[Uncle Grinch]

After three attempts, I believe i can safely say I am a professional retiree!

 

[Ian]

After three attempts, I believe i can safely say I am a professional retiree!

Only if you get paid for it. Otherwise you're still a volunteer apprentice.

 

[fiver]

yep.
that's the difference between his job description and mine.

 

[Sloughfoot]

You guys are awesome

 

[RBHarter]

During my airplane years I crewed 6 T-6 race teams . 1 that should have been a gold racer but got busted on a stupid cheat the chief installed pre race week and it went down hill from there . In case it comes up, a 12-1 set up pressure carb doesn't run for squat with a 10-1 blower . While you can move the ignition timing with the points break in a fixed magneto ignition dwell is still important also 3° isn't hard to get on a 1340 Pratt . By the time that crew chief got done all Lickety Split had left was her artwork.

Miss Iris belonged to the former pilot for the Governor and first Lady of Arkansas. 2 time silver champ with RAdm David Griggs on the stick . Best known for the Space Shuttle butterfly net deal . Unfortunately NASA rejected his request for a ski weekend in Vail Co as too dangerous so he went to get some flight time in Miss Iris and crashed killing himself and reducing the airplane to 6000# of scap aluminum. My Dad did get signed off for PIC in Miss Iris by Dave . Dad was able to return the favor with a check ride in a borrowed 172 Cessna .
Undecided replaced Miss Iris with Gene McNeely on the stick 3 time silver champ with 3&4th place finishes in the Gold race as well .

Slo' Yeller was dead stock the owner wouldn't let the crew close up anything that couldn't be taped up . Period . We failed to qualify the year 29 showed up for a field of 27 and an alternate .....

I loved Sheba . I don't know why she wasn't any different or particularly unique about her . She was a solid silver racer with a best lap at about 209 mph it took 215 to get into the Gold race and 220 to be a threat to the top 3. There was just something about the way she was fitted , maybe the colors ......

I met Greg Boyington, Art Scholl, and Bob Hoover . Bought Joann Ostrud a Pepsi one afternoon . She is just the women's outside loop record holder . I got to crawl around on Miss America and sit in the cockpit of Sorceress , both of which now reside in the Smithsonian Air and Space museum.

The Glory Days indeed .

 

[shuz]

yes Grand Forks ND

ALCOA, ever work at Cleveland Forging

No, just New Kensington, Pa.,Davenport Ia.,Corporate HQ in Pittsburgh, short stint in Guinea w Africa, and 17 years at Northwest Alloys (ALCOA subsidiary) in Addy, Wa.

 

[Ian]

Being both a mechanic and parts guy in the heavy truck industry for over a decade, I've handled a LOT of objects with the Alcoa logo on them. Small world.

 

[BudHyett]

Retired Integrated Project Manager

 

[fiver]

i got no idea what that is.
sounds like someone that makes a lot of phone calls though.

 

[BudHyett]

i got no idea what that is, sounds like someone that makes a lot of phone calls though.

If you're referencing "Integrated Project Manager", that is a person who receives a lot of phone calls. This is a person who coordinates multiple projects (sub-projects) in developing new products. Airplane introduction and software implementation were my main focus. In my working life I was often assigned the problem-solving role.

 

[Tomme boy]

Being both a mechanic and parts guy in the heavy truck industry for over a decade, I've handled a LOT of objects with the Alcoa logo on them. Small world.

If you ever took off a 2 piece wheel nut for semi's I had my hand in making it. The Forging company I was at had the patent on it up to a few years ago. If you look on the washer and head of the parts there will be a manufacturing mark to identify it. "II" is the makers mark for Maclean Fogg. We made head bolts for most diesel engines in all makes. Axle locks, nuts and bolts for everyone. Lots of transmission gears. Ball joint housings for all US auto and trucks.

 

[popper]

Boing Boing Bud.

 

[Ian]

There were more than a few "project managers" when I was working on Node 1. It didn't help.

Yep, I had a 20x3' steel bin unit filled with every kind of wheel stud, inner nut, outer nut, punched tang and tab washers, drilled spindle washers, and Dayton wheel cleats. Most stuff came in Euclid bags and boxes.

 

[dale2242]

Boy, It sure never took me that many trys.
I did work until I was 74 tho.