Walter Kamb you got me thinking about the downtown airport days. Let me test your memory with 10 of my key lessons learned from those years (* note to casual readers – don’t misunderstand – we were a very, very safe line crew):
1. Never write in pen unless you are ok with your words being permanent.
2. Some people don’t like to open the safe and find the day’s deposit in a saran-wrap-covered fishbowl.
3. Ramp skiing with a tug and an old stand from a rental car sign is probably not a good idea.
4. Don’t fall off the backward-facing South Ramp tug.
5. Yes, sometimes a head pilot moves into his office as an apartment for a long stretch of time.
6. Not all Greenville firefighters will be featured in the annual hottie calendar
7. That 90s show “Wings”? I believe is actually a documentary.
8. Mike Tyson tips well. Mick Jagger tips well. Professional wrestlers don’t
9. No one should have to fuel a DC3 in cold and whipping rain.
10. Once in their life everyone should sit with a cup of coffee atop a 10,0000 gallon JP3 tank, and watch the sun rise over runway 18-36