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Yeah ,

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the aircrew flight equipment shop is

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essential in a sense that they provide

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life saving appliances to aircrew and

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aeromedical evacuation squadron

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individuals , all of our aircrew when

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they go fly when they deploy when even

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when they're doing local flights ,

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they're putting themselves at risk

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their aircraft at risk . So anytime

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they go up in the air , we want to make

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sure they have all the equipment , they

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need to help make their mission better .

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We touch the mission firsthand aircrew

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are our customer . So we get to see

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that right at the front . Every time

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they go out to do their mission , they

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have our support . They don't step to

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the airplane without equipment that is

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supported by aircraft flight equipment

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shop . I am Andy Davis , senior master

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Sergeant of the Aircrew Flight

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equipment shop superintendent and I

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oversee the equipment and training

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produced by this shop . My name is

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Master Sergeant , Janet Davis , I'm the

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aircrew flight equipment chief . I kind

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of make sure their shop run smoothly so

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all the equipment is getting done . I

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make all the schedules for the week to

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make sure everything is getting done .

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I run all the programs for it to make

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sure that we have all the items we need

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to inspect those items . Um , anything

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that expires , anything like that to

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kind of keep everybody on track .

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Aircrew flight equipment shop ,

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maintains the professional gear of the

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aircrew and 80 members . The equipment

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that we provide to our air crew members

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is equipment . We don't want the air

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crew member to ever use because if they

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never used the majority of our

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equipment that means they have had a

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safe flight . They've had a good

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airplane . So they haven't used it .

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Some of our equipment we hope that they

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do use because it helps them to do

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their mission . Our night vision

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goggles are essential for our aircrews

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to do their mission at night . It

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changes the game of how they see which

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in turn helps them conquer the mission .

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Our shop actually takes care of all the

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survivable items for the air crew

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members and for the aircraft . So any

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time they would need parachutes , any

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oxygen equipment on the plane . Um Any

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of the water survival equipment that

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they would need if they happen to go

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down in the water , anything like that

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anytime they would go down in the land

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for survival equipment . That's what we

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take care of an inspect to make sure

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it's ready to go for them . So on the c .

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a lot of times they're carrying

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passengers . And so with that with the

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air crew and the passengers if they

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should ever need it , if they should

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have to have a mishap and go down in

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the water . We have flotation devices

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on board for the passengers and for the

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aircrew . So the flotation devices

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again have an annual inspection . So we

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inflate those , check those to make

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sure that they hold air and then we

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deflate inspect and fold and replaced

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back into the container that they hold

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in so that they're ready to be loaded

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on an airplane one needed . Uh huh .

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Yeah ,

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mm .

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Yeah . Mhm Parachutes are do

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the annual inspection . So every 12

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months be a 22 back style parachute

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that we use on the airplanes here have

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to get a complete disassembly . So when

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we put a parachute up to inspect it ,

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we have to take out all of the canopy ,

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all the rigging parts , all the harness

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part to inspect it and make sure it's

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still good , hasn't deteriorated anyway .

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And then we have to pack it back up and

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making sure that it's all packed up

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correctly because if it's not , it

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could fail when opening . So we've got

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to make sure that it's all followed

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correctly and when we're packing it

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back up every year to make sure that it

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works properly .

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Yeah ,

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yep . Okay ,

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reference books , Save lives .

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So the survival vest is something that

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the aircrew uses what it has in the

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pockets is a beacon of some sort , It

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has signaling devices , it has a

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compass , any of that kind of thing

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that they would need for land

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navigation . And so if they should

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happen to go down in the aircraft ,

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it's stuff that they would need in the

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vest so they could either escape and

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evade or find their way out of it .

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It's essentially their lifeline . If

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they're not in the airplane . Our key

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challenges here in the aircrew flight

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equipment shop are providing the best

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service possible to the user . The

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users are going down range they're

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flying so we can't fail them . Their

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equipment has to work for us . That's

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staying detail oriented time and time

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again . It's easy to get bogged down in

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that inspection . But you have to

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reflect back on who is going to use

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this equipment . My favorite aspect of

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working in air true flight equipment

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has got to be the customer were in

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contact with our customer day in day

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out . We're taking care of their

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equipment , making sure that they're

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comfortable and going to do what they

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do . So for me , I'm a mission oriented

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individual and so that's what I look at .

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But I can't take away from the fact of

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the team and here we don't do anything

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as an individual . Everything is a team

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effort . So seeing that team come

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together and see project or that

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inspection accomplished at the end of

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that . To me is very satisfying . Every

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time our crew members go out . I am

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confident as the superintendent of

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airport flight equipment that if they

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had to use that equipment , it would

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save their life