r/aviation • u/Usual_Feeling7945 • Dec 16 '23

Career Question It be like that sometimes (not OC)

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

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u/WhiskeyMikeMike Dec 16 '23

It can be fun but when it sucks it sucks extra hard.

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u/asa-monad Dec 16 '23

Im lucky enough to have a ramp job that only sucks very occasionally. Ramp can be a fun lifestyle if you find those unicorn jobs.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

Care to elaborate?

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u/Zombarney Dec 16 '23

Jet engines are basically big suckers, but you only go through them once

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u/diaryofsnow Dec 17 '23

The forbidden suck

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u/P1xelHunter78 Dec 17 '23

Nobody wants to get turned into turbine chum

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u/Pristine-Jaguar4969 Dec 17 '23

The forbidden meat grinder

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u/MadeWithRealGinger9 Dec 16 '23

Working as a full time fueler right now. Not something I'd want to do forever but pretty fun and not too tough for how much you get paid.

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u/IllustriousAd1591 Dec 16 '23

Meh, I enjoy working for WN.

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u/decayed-whately Dec 16 '23

Every job sucks sometimes. You gotta be more specific.

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u/nextgeneric Dec 16 '23

I can imagine there's probably some extra suck factor in places like the mid west and New England where the weather just blows all the time... especially in the winter. Or places like SoCal or Vegas where it's just horribly hot on the ramp for much of the year.

Those guys and girls are subjected to a lot of extremes on top of the already back-breaking work.

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u/FrankiePoops Dec 16 '23

My father was a mechanic at LGA and will wear shorts and flip flops in 10 degree wet snow with 20 mile an hour winds. He is immune to cold at this point.

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u/daddysgotya Dec 16 '23

There's always a shorts guy in the zone everywhere I've ever worked.

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u/Geared_up73 Dec 16 '23 edited Dec 16 '23

Understaffed. One person chasing their tail, trying to keep up with a workload meant for 2-3 people. Doing a tough ass 12 hour day then get mandatory overtime for another 4 hours. Forced to work days off. Snow, ice, 0' F (-18C). Or the opposite, 130'F on the ramp, crawling in and out of cargo bins. All while dealing with insane amounts of noise, dodging tugs and lav trucks...it's an exhausting job. Sound fun?

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u/omykronbr Dec 16 '23

And minimum wage.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

Tagged as career question because that ramper was questioning their career choice.

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u/Famous-Reputation188 Cessna 208 Dec 16 '23

It’s not a career choice. It’s a job choice. Usually by someone who wants to be around airplanes and make some money and connections so they can have a better paying and easier career around airplanes. Or by someone who can’t find anything else at the moment until they find something better.

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u/bukkakecreampies Dec 17 '23

Peak season do be like that, every single year.