WEBVTT 00:07.440 --> 00:09.730 this is C chopped team . The fixed wing 00:09.730 --> 00:12.210 Marine attack squadron to 11 currently 00:12.210 --> 00:14.330 deployed to Afghanistan . They work 00:14.330 --> 00:16.530 with ejection seats on the A . B eight 00:16.540 --> 00:18.800 B . Harrier . My favorite part of this 00:18.800 --> 00:20.930 job is the ejection seat I think 00:20.930 --> 00:23.430 working on the seat , I actually enjoy 00:23.430 --> 00:25.597 dealing with the ejection seats almost 00:25.597 --> 00:27.708 call it a seat mechanic but we really 00:27.708 --> 00:29.930 ever worked on the seats twice a year . 00:29.930 --> 00:32.097 We work on a seat where something goes 00:32.097 --> 00:34.208 wrong when the crew is not working on 00:34.208 --> 00:36.430 the ejection seat , they are diagnosing 00:36.430 --> 00:36.130 and fixing other mechanical or 00:36.130 --> 00:38.241 electrical problems on the Harriers . 00:38.440 --> 00:41.050 Right now we just got a baby from a 00:41.050 --> 00:42.828 pilot that came back . So we're 00:42.828 --> 00:44.883 basically ripping the aircraft apart 00:44.883 --> 00:46.939 the whole at bay and troubleshooting 00:46.939 --> 00:49.106 every system we can find and see if we 00:49.106 --> 00:51.217 can find out what's broken still . It 00:51.217 --> 00:53.161 can be a tedious process trying to 00:53.161 --> 00:55.050 figure out what is wrong with the 00:55.050 --> 00:56.939 aircraft And it's hard to isolate 00:56.939 --> 00:59.050 exactly where to start . It's about a 00:59.050 --> 00:58.920 40 page work package we have to work 00:58.920 --> 01:01.087 through just to try and determine what 01:01.087 --> 01:03.253 component might be bad . It could take 01:03.253 --> 01:05.364 a shift two shifts to figure out what 01:05.364 --> 01:07.420 the problem is . So it could take as 01:07.420 --> 01:09.309 many as 24 hours figuring out and 01:09.309 --> 01:11.142 solving the problem would not be 01:11.142 --> 01:13.253 possible without the help of everyone 01:13.253 --> 01:15.531 on the team . I got a pretty good team , 01:15.531 --> 01:17.710 we like working together and it's a 01:17.710 --> 01:19.710 small team , there's a five on each 01:19.710 --> 01:21.543 crew . So it's a lot of a lot of 01:21.543 --> 01:23.599 teamwork going on . There's not four 01:23.599 --> 01:25.543 people going off and doing this or 01:25.543 --> 01:27.654 three people going off and doing that 01:27.654 --> 01:27.320 pretty much any time . We have a 01:27.320 --> 01:29.376 discrepancy . All five people go and 01:29.376 --> 01:31.376 work on the discrepancy and try and 01:31.376 --> 01:33.542 figure out as soon as we can , as soon 01:33.542 --> 01:35.598 as they can , may take a whole day . 01:35.598 --> 01:37.764 But their teamwork eventually pays off 01:37.764 --> 01:39.987 in the ejection seat mechanics can pack 01:39.987 --> 01:41.876 up and wait for the next aircraft 01:41.876 --> 01:43.987 problem or for the next time they get 01:43.987 --> 01:46.209 to deal with the part of the job . They 01:46.209 --> 01:48.264 love most the ejection seat airman , 01:48.264 --> 01:50.376 first class Laurie , he meac Kandahar 01:50.376 --> 01:50.960 Airfield , Afghanistan .