for Delta Air Lines.

We have many things that we need to do throughout the night.

We do an initial walk around,

check for our brakes,

our tires,

our lights,

any pilot light upset we've got.

As soon as we have done our walk around,

we go up into the cockpit,

check the hydraulics,

check our engine oils.

Sometimes we have to wring the wires out.

We have to get meters and gauges out there

and see what the symptoms are of the aircraft

and get a little bit more diagnostics going on...

Go through our schematics and narrow it down.

...and go from there.

I got started by taking my brother to take a test to enter the Air Force.

While I was waiting for him, one of the recruiters

says why don't you take the test also?

And so I did and next thing you know, the recruiter was calling me as an aircraft mechanic.

I went straight up to the high school and asked the counselor where can I go to school

to become an aircraft mechanic.

I had no idea there was jobs out there.

I started with a small commuter airline,

then Delta called me up and says would you like to come to Atlanta,

I said sure.

This gave me a very comfortable living.

You can get into the major airlines,

you can get into small commuters.

You can get into your corporate aviation.

There's a very high demand for a good aircraft mechanic.

The responsibility of being a mechanic is

you've gotta be able to have a very good character,

very good responsible aspect within yourself.

You've gotta love action.

You've gotta love unexpected events happening.

You got to just love life and if you love mechanical things...

thinking outside of the box.

And to know that this aircraft is gonna leave the ground, and leave with many people.

I love my work...

I enjoy seeing what I worked on that night leave in the morning with happy passengers.

I mean, it's kind of exciting to know that you put a good product out there

At the end of your day,

to know that yeah, somebody else can enjoy their day now too.