Post by racktracker on Mar 25, 2007 13:36:45 GMT -5
A US Air Force C-141 is scheduled to leave Thule Air Base, Greenland at midnight.
During the pilot's preflight check, he discovers the latrine holding tank is still full from the last flight.
A message is sent to the base and an off-duty airman is called to take care of it.
The young man finally gets to the base and makes his way to the aircraft, only to find the latrine pump truck has been left outdoors and is frozen solid, so he must find another one in the hangar, which takes even more time.
He returns to the aircraft and is less than enthusiastic about what he has to do.
Nevertheless, he goes about the job carefully (and slowly) so as not to risk criticism later.
As he's leaving, the pilot stops him and says, "Son, your attitude and performance has caused this flight to be late and I'm going to see to it that you are not just reprimanded but punished."
Shivering in the cold, his task finished, he takes a deep breath, stands tall and says, "Sir, with all due respect, I'm not your son; I'm an Airman in the US Air Force.
I've been in Thule, Greenland, for 11 months without any leave, and a reindeer's butt is beginning to look good to me.
I have one stripe; it's two-thirty in the morning, the temperature is 40 below zero, and my job is to pump crap out of an aircraft.
Exactly what form of punishment did you have in mind?"
During the pilot's preflight check, he discovers the latrine holding tank is still full from the last flight.
A message is sent to the base and an off-duty airman is called to take care of it.
The young man finally gets to the base and makes his way to the aircraft, only to find the latrine pump truck has been left outdoors and is frozen solid, so he must find another one in the hangar, which takes even more time.
He returns to the aircraft and is less than enthusiastic about what he has to do.
Nevertheless, he goes about the job carefully (and slowly) so as not to risk criticism later.
As he's leaving, the pilot stops him and says, "Son, your attitude and performance has caused this flight to be late and I'm going to see to it that you are not just reprimanded but punished."
Shivering in the cold, his task finished, he takes a deep breath, stands tall and says, "Sir, with all due respect, I'm not your son; I'm an Airman in the US Air Force.
I've been in Thule, Greenland, for 11 months without any leave, and a reindeer's butt is beginning to look good to me.
I have one stripe; it's two-thirty in the morning, the temperature is 40 below zero, and my job is to pump crap out of an aircraft.
Exactly what form of punishment did you have in mind?"
