You're all as soft as Nannas scones
I had to sweep the hangar till 3am, go to bed at 1am and get up to work at 5am. I only got half an hours sleep by going to bed at 6am... Then I had to walk 30 Kays to the airstrip in the rain during 45 degree heat in the middle of the wet.
I couldn't afford shoes back then, so I did it with old oil rags wrapped around my feet.
Of course we hand swung our props to start the engines back then. It was pretty difficult because it was so damn cold. Our hands would get stuck to the metal propellers and the engines would be just about seized because the oil was so thick!
Of course because we couldn't afford gloves you had to be careful of getting
splinters from the stone chips on the wooden propellers.
After flying 16 hours in a 5 hour duty period working 13 hours straight, we'd have to walk the 50 kays in the freezing rain in the middle of winter to get home.
You lot have got it so easy these days
