Most SEFE that asked crap questions were just tryin to show how smart they were. So many rotes to Mildenhall,and Rhein Main I can't even count them. Utapao, Easter Bunny(air drops in Cambodia) 6 months(179 days) Sewart AFB in July 1964 I was a crew chief on C-130A 55-0013 at Tachi. I was an instructor,FCF,Awads,Halo, Lapes, Plads,Grads Etc.īefore going to "Flight Mechanic"yes that was the name of the course at I have 2,200 hrs Combat time in SEA,A DFC and 11 Air Medals,10 stars on My VM campaign Ribbon. My (over) 6,000 hrs was all loged as a C-130 FE. A FE's job all boils down to system knowledge, professionalism, and credibility. The SEFEs i've known wouldn't Q-3 you for comments like that, but they sure would make the appropriate comments on the Form 8. Never heard a peep about 5,000 hours again. So I asked him when he got his annual did he want to be evaluated as a 1,500 hour FE or as a 5,000 hour FE? He thought about for a minute and decided that a 1,500 hour FE was what he was. When he became a FE he would "brag" about his 5,000 hours in the Herk. ![]() He accumulated a lot of hours that way on many, many overwater trainers doing eye light-leak checks. Once had a FE who started out as a scanner at LRF. I logged 6,000 hrs and never failed a check ride. Seeing as how a FE can't do much about a valve housing in flight and they are mostly changed on the ground by maint specialist,when a SEFE asked me to explain one I usually said they work good,last a long time,don't screw with them.
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