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- We like to say it's the last chance

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for life in the event that a pilot needs

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to get out of the aircraft,

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whether he's on the ground out on the runway

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or flying in the sky,

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he'll eject and eject safely.

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You have to come in

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and perform your job 100% correct every single day

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because you have someone's life in your hands.

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Well here at Hallman,

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we work on the advanced concept ejection system

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or we call it ACES II for short.

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We work on the explosive side

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to see the canopy and the cockpit explosives.

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When I was an airman at my first duty station

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at Seymour Johnson, we had an aircraft eject

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and I got to go do recovery and once they got all the pieces

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of the aircraft back to the hanger,

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we were able to go out on the crashed aircraft

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and help them see how the ejection system worked.

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It gives you a different perspective on your job

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and you get to see what the explosives

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actually look like after they have went off.

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When a pilot ejects and they come through your shop

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and they tell you thank you,

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it's very rewarding seeing your job firsthand

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and you helped save someone's life.