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Interview

Question 1: Wes have you ever worked on Jets?

Answer: Yes I worked for Delta for three years. I worked the night shift at the Atlanta airport for Delta, and there was always planes coming and going into the maintenance.

Question 2: Did you like your job at Delta?

Answer: I loved working for Delta and I the people I worked with at Delta, but the night shift didn't work for me. I was working twelve hour shifts through the night, and would come home while my wife is leaving. Then I would be leaving when my wife was getting home from her work. I couldn't do that with my wife.

Question 3: Working on both Jets and Props, which one is easier to work on?

Answer: Jets!!

Question 4: Why are Jets easier to work on?

Answer: Most people think that Jets are more complex, but in reality prop planes are more complex than Jets. Jets are also more spread out, and not compressed into a singular round cylinder.

Question 5: Why are props harder to work on?

Answer: Props look much easier to work on, but everything is crammed into the smallest space in order for it to all fit. Also, there are more components to a prop engine.

Question 6: Which plane is more fun to fly?

Answer: Prop planes are definitely more fun to fly, but thats my opinion. I like how quickly you are able to move the planes direction.

Question 7: Why are Jets less fun to fly?

Answer: Jets fly so quickly and some are so heavy that they can't change their directions quickly at all. Some jets are like flying tanks in the air. Prop planes are overall much more fun to fly and maneuver with.

Question 8: Is there any advantage for one over the other?

Answer: Prop planes burn less fuel through the time they fly mainly because through the time they fly they go slower than any Jet plane out there.

Question 9: John have you ever worked on any type of Jet?

Answer: Yes I was a mechanic in the Marines on the F-18 Hornet.

Question 10: Did you like working on those aircraft more than the ones here?

Answer: I loved working on those aircraft of course because they were beasts, but I love working on these prop planes because I get to fly them as well.

Works Cited and Blog

Brown, Stuart F. "How To Build A Really, Really, Really Big                Plane." Fortune 143.5 (2001): 144-154. Business                      Source Complete. Web. 15 Dec. 2014.

Conigilo, Sergio. "Military Aircraft Propulsion: Jets Vs.                        Props." Military Technology 34.2 (2010): 77-84.                        Computer Source. Web. 8 Mar. 2015.

 

Link to my blog: http://clemson17.blogspot.com

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