I Love My Job

Monday morning, have to show up at 0730 for another day of water survival training. Get a quick lecture, change into loaner flight gear to include: flight suit, helmet, gloves, flotation vest (looks like a parachute rig), and an actual parachute rig. First excercise, I get up onto a platform by the pool with a cable running above it from one wall to the other. I'm strapped into the zip cord harness by my chute rig and dragged off the platform. My job is to get out of the parachute rig in the proper way. Next evolution is similar. This time I'm on a tall platform and going downhill along a cable until I hit the water. Same procedures, only this simulates a normal water bailout, whereas the first simulates a bailout with limited float time. End the day with one more simulated helicopter hoist and seeya later, thanks for playing. My posterior is firmly affixed to my favorite chair at home at 1030. I'll say it again, I love my job.