FishingCop
Well-known member
A US Air Force C-130 was scheduled to leave Thule Air
Base, Greenland, at midnight. During the pilot's preflight check, he
discovers that the latrine holding tank is still full from the last
flight. So a message is sent to the base and an airman who was off duty
is called out to take care of it.
The young man finally gets to the air base and makes his
way to the
aircraft only to find that 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
pumping job deliberately and carefully (and slowly) so
as not to risk
criticism later.
As he's leaving the plane, the pilot stops him and says,
'Son, your
attitude and performance has caused this flight to be
late and I'm going
to personally 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 United States Air Force. I've been in
Thule, Greenland,
for 11 months without any leave, and reindeers' *****
are beginning to
look pretty good to me, I have one stripe; it's 2:30 in
the morning, the
temperature is 40 degrees below zero, and my job here is
to pump ****
out of an aircraft. Now, just exactly what form of
punishment did you
have in mind?'
Base, Greenland, at midnight. During the pilot's preflight check, he
discovers that the latrine holding tank is still full from the last
flight. So a message is sent to the base and an airman who was off duty
is called out to take care of it.
The young man finally gets to the air base and makes his
way to the
aircraft only to find that 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
pumping job deliberately and carefully (and slowly) so
as not to risk
criticism later.
As he's leaving the plane, the pilot stops him and says,
'Son, your
attitude and performance has caused this flight to be
late and I'm going
to personally 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 United States Air Force. I've been in
Thule, Greenland,
for 11 months without any leave, and reindeers' *****
are beginning to
look pretty good to me, I have one stripe; it's 2:30 in
the morning, the
temperature is 40 degrees below zero, and my job here is
to pump ****
out of an aircraft. Now, just exactly what form of
punishment did you
have in mind?'
