So Mike---you get nailed for a "P-test" recently or what? I got to "P" just recently for you guys......... Great strip.
Where you at anyways----Arkansas?
I'm with "Lucy" currently in Tennessee.
HA HA!! Have to go this week actually. Got back from AR today and Terry caught me on her way out so I'll be "studying" tonight!
Have fun in TN! Looks like it'shot and dry there....should be lots of fires. . .
Is that where "dry county" comes from?? ::whistle::
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: happylanding on April 04, 2007, 07:28:42 AM
Great strip mates! |:)\ |:)\ I just passed my medical last week, and I was so much relieved! :) Btw, I was not asked any drug test! A shame, really! ;)
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: Baradium on April 04, 2007, 07:34:07 AM
Great strip mates! |:)\ |:)\ I just passed my medical last week, and I was so much relieved! :) Btw, I was not asked any drug test! A shame, really! ;)
I'll make up for it, I need to try to schedule mine... probobly next week...
::eek::
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: G-man on April 04, 2007, 09:53:05 PM
HA HA!! Have to go this week actually. Got back from AR today and Terry caught me on her way out so I'll be "studying" tonight!
Have fun in TN! Looks like it'shot and dry there....should be lots of fires. . .
Is that where "dry county" comes from?? ::whistle::
We just had an inch and a quater of rain in the Smoky park last night---no fires for a while, besides we are primarily rx burn ship not IA, so we spend most of our time watching court TV instead of flying.
Yep, mostly dry down here but we can get "beer" in the restaurants here, and liquor in Gatlinburg, about 20 miles away---lets say there has been numerous trips to town!!!! ::drinking:: And even a visit to "Coyote Ugly Bar" in Nashville ::unbelieveable:: ::knockedout:: (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j35/helokat/h025.gif)
Nice pics!! Love your little bear!! I wore my Smokey "Junior Forest Ranger" badge for years on my flightsuit... but it broke. :'(
Have fun in the rain....... :D
Bummer about the badge----you can get new ones you know!!!!!
As for "Smokey Bear"---he has been doing all sorts while out on contract with "Lucy". Rather than "hijacking" this thread---I will start a new one and post some more pictures of him with "Lucy". See Here: http://www.chickenwingscomics.com/forum/index.php?topic=731.0 (http://www.chickenwingscomics.com/forum/index.php?topic=731.0)
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: Panzerrat on April 06, 2007, 02:47:01 PM
Ahh... This strip reminds me of the heady days when I was a urinalysis coordinator. Seriously! Don't miss that at all!
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: Mike on April 06, 2007, 09:16:49 PM
HA HA HA !!! ::rofl:: ::rofl::
What's the chance of that happening??
I got selected for a random drug test the same week the strip is published on the web!! Ironie?
Didn't get to test any drugs either! ;)
There's gotta be another strip in there somewhere about the incredible amount of paperwork that's involved in making a little pee-sample..... ;D
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: TheSoccerMom on April 06, 2007, 09:24:35 PM
I hope you studied!!!!!!!!!!! :D
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: Baradium on April 07, 2007, 07:24:34 AM
HA HA HA !!! ::rofl:: ::rofl:: There's gotta be another strip in there somewhere about the incredible amount of paperwork that's involved in making a little pee-sample..... ;D
and what about the document you have to fill before the medical examination, that really looks like a self incrimination?!?!?
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: Baradium on April 12, 2007, 12:55:42 AM
HA HA HA !!! ::rofl:: ::rofl:: There's gotta be another strip in there somewhere about the incredible amount of paperwork that's involved in making a little pee-sample..... ;D
and what about the document you have to fill before the medical examination, that really looks like a self incrimination?!?!?
Just had mine. ::banghead::
Wouldn't have been so bad except after two days of coming in 4-5 hours earlier than normal and full days I was exhausted when I got off work and went to go to the exam. :(
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: Mike on April 12, 2007, 01:24:56 AM
oh no! you were all tired during the exam??
hope you still passed! ;)
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: Baradium on April 12, 2007, 05:10:03 AM
Being tired (fatigue) effects vision. Not much sleep for a few days plus putting in a day's work isn't condusive to not being fatigued. Did pass though, but didn't really enjoy the eye test.
Mechanic with the room mate's company found out that towing a cheyenne with a tow strap attached to a forklift with no one inside the airplane is a bad idea.
Bonus: dedicated Lifeguard medivac cheyenne the company operates and *was* on alert 24/7 for air ambulance flights (remember, a lot of no road areas in Alaska). Guess it's a good thing that they have kits to make most of their navajos into temporary air ambulances. Oh, and it was during the middle of the night that he did this.
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: Mike on April 12, 2007, 06:34:00 AM
yeah, pee-pee and fart jokes never get old, huh?! isn't that funny?! ;)
LOVE your new signature btw! HAHA ::rofl::
Nature called right before I left for the physical... and then I remembered as I was walking out the door that part of the flight physical would be that particular test.... ::knockedout::
I chugged a quart of juice before heading out and it went fine. Except then I was sitting in the waiting room wishing they would call me so I could gooooooo....... ::banghead::
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: TheSoccerMom on April 12, 2007, 09:00:35 PM
yeah, pee-pee and fart jokes never get old, huh?! isn't that funny?! ;)
LOVE your new signature btw! HAHA ::rofl::
Nature called right before I left for the physical... and then I remembered as I was walking out the door that part of the flight physical would be that particular test.... ::knockedout::
I chugged a quart of juice before heading out and it went fine. Except then I was sitting in the waiting room wishing they would call me so I could gooooooo....... ::banghead::
Juice is not he best thing before the physical---they are only checking for diabetes there so water is better-----different than a drug test 8)
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: Baradium on April 13, 2007, 04:18:07 AM
Juice is not he best thing before the physical---they are only checking for diabetes there so water is better-----different than a drug test 8)
I try to drink the juice every day and I hadn't yet, it was readily availible and was part of my packed "lunch" from the day's flight.
Yeah, water would have been better.
I was running out the door and it was handy... it's kind of hard to chug juice too when you're in a hurry! It did do the trick at least though!
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: BrianGMFS on April 14, 2007, 02:48:29 AM
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Mechanic with the room mate's company found out that towing a cheyenne with a tow strap attached to a forklift with no one inside the airplane is a bad idea.
Bonus: dedicated Lifeguard medivac cheyenne the company operates and *was* on alert 24/7 for air ambulance flights (remember, a lot of no road areas in Alaska). Guess it's a good thing that they have kits to make most of their navajos into temporary air ambulances. Oh, and it was during the middle of the night that he did this.
DANG!!!!... WOW, My Boss would fire me if I even THOUGHT about towing an aircraft like that. At work out of 12 mechanics, I only trust 4 of em' to tow and out of 15 pilots I only trust 3 to tow aircraft, And all of the mentioned mechanics and pilots, used to work line service first.
Brian
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: TheSoccerMom on April 14, 2007, 03:06:07 AM
That's pretty amazing, huh Brian? I figured you would appreciate that! ::loony::
I was used to moving airplanes at this one place I worked, and so when I started at this survey company, I was surprised when the head mechanic said I should call him whenever we were ready to fly -- and he would tow the plane out. It was going to be late in the day, so I said "No biggie, if you run me through your tug, I'll do it. You can go home." Oh you would have LOVED this -- I swear EVERY drop of blood drained out of his face and he just stood there, and stared at me, and said in a quiet voice "NO pilot here EVER moves any of these airplanes!"
After I had been there about a month, I could see his point! He's a REALLY smart guy. ;)
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: Baradium on April 14, 2007, 06:51:49 AM
I used to move airplanes at the flight school. We used a JD gator with a tow bar. The flight team washed airplanes and we'd move them to the washing area.
Funniest thing I've seen with trying to move an airplane was the company contracted to move the 727 when they wanted to move it from the temp spot to a permanent pad.
They really believed the Ford commercials and show up with this F350. After doing some burnouts with the towbar attached to the 727 they ponder for awhile, pile a bunch of people in back and try again. This still doesn't work so they show up with an F-600 rollback... which procedes to do the same thing.
Eventually they brought in a twin screw sterling big truck wrecker, which did move it. 8 hours for 5 minutes of actually moving the airplane.... ::rofl::
Bonus: the F350 did manage to move the 72 about 2 ft... off of the steel plates that were put there to prevent it from sinking into the ramp (which wasn't setup for that heavy of an a/c)... so as all this was happening the thing sank into the ramp and ended up leaving 6 big dips in the ramp.
Trivia: A 727 has a higher ground pressure than a 767.
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: tundra_flier on April 17, 2007, 06:55:58 AM
Hanging around for coffee at my favorite FBO is somewhat dangerous. You're liable to get recruited to help move planes. In the winter they don't want to leave the hangar door open any longer that possible. So it's all hands to push one plane out, often on skis, and push the next one in. volunteers just push, the owner or a mechanic does the steering. If the snows' soft or it's something REALY heavy like a C-207 or 185 on skis a pickup may be providing assistance. And of course float planes on the launching trailer get moved very slowly and carefully with at least on person assigned to watch the tail clearing the door :o
Phil
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: Baradium on April 17, 2007, 09:32:49 AM
You guys hear about Mesa's Beech 1900 mishap last week?
Had one hooked to a tug (apparently they actually push back in a 1900 ??? ) with the #2 engine running and the tug got hit by jet blast from "another large aircraft" (read: a much larger aircraft) which sent the tug sideways and into the spinning propeller. Fortunately for the driver it was one with a cab and every blade broke off at the hub. Damage to the tug actually looks relatively minor, the towbar and that engine were trashed though... wonder if it damaged the nose wheel as well (there is a turn limit).
We have some pictures at work, but no electronic copies (sorry!)
And apparently it's against their company policy to start an engine with the tug hooked up... ::whistle::
Poor passengers probobly thought the world was ending as well...
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: Gulfstream Driver on April 17, 2007, 02:28:26 PM
GULP!
Title: Re: Drug Test
Post by: airtac on April 18, 2007, 09:06:43 PM
AH, The joys of hauling freight.......... If we needed to "push back" reverse thrust took care of that (don't need no stinking tug) ;D Best part is cargo don't whine about delays, crappy landings, or rough air ::bow::
