Maintainers and handlers; the men and women who keep them flying.

[Ducky]

Ok I know this is an old post but from page #1, why's an AD wearing a red cranial - wanna be? Another thing that caught my eye was what the heck is she doing wearing a wedding band while she's performing maintenance? I remember seeing the cover of MECH magazine once and some guy who got his finger and wedding band stuck while working on a jet and it cleaned the meat right off the bone! Where's QASO?

I fly with my ring with the understanding that it could one day cost me that finger. I've also watched many others do the same. Don't FOD the A/C or the deck, and be man enough to fess up if you do. If any other fleet guys have a different take on it I'm all ears.

 

[wlawr005]

Ok I know this is an old post but from page #1, why's an AD wearing a red cranial - wanna be? Another thing that caught my eye was what the heck is she doing wearing a wedding band while she's performing maintenance? I remember seeing the cover of MECH magazine once and some guy who got his finger and wedding band stuck while working on a jet and it cleaned the meat right off the bone! Where's QASO?

Looks like it's a design used to identify their squadron, the guy in the pic above her has the same cranial.

I fly with my ring with the understanding that it could one day cost me that finger. I've also watched many others do the same. Don't FOD the A/C or the deck, and be man enough to fess up if you do. If any other fleet guys have a different take on it I'm all ears.

Much greater chance of losing your finger when your working on them as opposed to flying them.

 

[A4sForever]

I fly with my ring with the understanding that it could one day cost me that finger. I've also watched many others do the same. Don't FOD the A/C or the deck, and be man enough to fess up if you do. If any other fleet guys have a different take on it I'm all ears.

I went w/ that plan for while ... and then I almost lost my finger on the A-4 'rifle-bolt' canopy lock - twice. Hell, I almost lost my finger 2-3 times over the years on simple car door locks (prior to remotes) when the door lock posts still had a 'knob' on top ...

Never again.

It ain't worth losing a finger -- and if you lose the finger -- what ARE you gonna' wear the ring on, anyway ... ????

If your marriage 'depends' upon you wearing a ring to show whatever you & the wife want you 'to show' ... especially when you're around heavy, unforgiving, finger-ripping machinery ... you've got more problems than just losing a finger.

Suggestion: save the finger & wear the ring off duty ...

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

100630-N-6003P-118 U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 30, 2010) Aviation Electronics Technician 1st Class Jeffrey Caleb, right, and Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Adam Chenevert conduct an ALE-47 Airborne Countermeasure Dispensing System inspection during routine pre-flight checks on an F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the Swordsmen of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 32 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kilho Park/Released)

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

Headed to the roof.

100707-N-7317W-019 U.S. 5th FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (July 7, 2010) Sailors move an EA-6B Prowler assigned to Electronic Attack squadron (VAQ) 130 onto an elevator for transport to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). VAQ -30 is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew D. Williams/Released)

 

[Pags]

I fly with my ring with the understanding that it could one day cost me that finger. I've also watched many others do the same. Don't FOD the A/C or the deck, and be man enough to fess up if you do. If any other fleet guys have a different take on it I'm all ears.

At the end of the day, it's your finger. I wear my ring around my dog tags when I fly. If I see maintainers, especially new guys, with rings on, I ask them if they've thought about losing / de-boning their fingers just to make sure they know the risks.

 

[Pags]

Ok I know this is an old post but from page #1, why's an AD wearing a red cranial - wanna be?

Helo LSEs wear red cranials and green shirts on the carrier. On the Gator it's yellow shirt and yellow cranials for the LSEs.

 

[blackbart22]

When I was going through Whiteing, an OI vaulted nimbly out of the back seat of a T-28. caught his wedding ring in the canopy cable trough, slipped, fell and left his ring and finger in the aircraft. He was out of the program. Aviators are required to have ten fingers.

 

[Beans]

My ring goes on the dog-tag chain, if I'm good that day, in the brief. You can do it in a way that doesn't require you to open up the chain every time, too. It's pretty much done by everyone in HSL/M because it's a "shall" in the joint east/west wing SOP. I'd imagine other typewings have similar rules. Dr. Beans is cool with me pulling the ring off because she has to do the same when she's putting her hands, well, inside people.

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

PROVEN PRODUCT
Hydra-70 fires from the existing 7- and 19-tube launchers and can be mounted on most rotary and fixed-wing aircraft including Apache, Cobra and F-16. (U.S. Army photo)

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

091211-N-9928E-095 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 11, 2009) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman William Buck, from Virginia Beach, Va., mans the bow safety watch as an F/A-18 Hornet launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is conducting carrier qualifications for fleet replacement squadron pilots off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Josue L. Escobosa/Released)

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

100708-N-4044H-198 JAVA SEA (July 8, 2010) Sailors assigned to the Wild Cards of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 pull an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter to spot the aircraft for launch aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Mercy is participating in Pacific Partnership 2010, the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance endeavors to strengthen regional partnerships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eddie Harrison/Released)

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

100711-N-6362C-112 U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (July 11, 2010) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Adam Henry, assigned to the Gunslingers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 105, performs scheduled maintenance on an M161A2 hydraulic-driven electric- fired machine gun in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). VFA-105 is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Tyler Caswell/Released)

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

07/19/2010
JET FUEL
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class LaMarcus Woodgett, an aviation boatswain's mate, tests JP-5 jet fuel for contaminates in the fuel quality assurance lab aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, July 14, 2010. The George Washington, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is underway in the Western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Justin E. Yarborough

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

07/19/2010
SUPER HORNET
U.S. Navy Airman Andrew Bowles, left, receives training from Airman Jennifer Mata, an aviation machinist's mate, as they perform maintenance on the nose landing gear tire of an F/A-18E Super Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, July 9, 2010. George Washington, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is underway in the western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jared M. Hill