You might be an aircraft mechanic if.....

You've ever slept on the concrete under a wing.

You've ever said, "Oh yes sir, it's supposed to look like that."

You know what JP4 or Skydrol tastes like.

You've ever used black grease to fix an overworked tire.

You have better bench stock in the pockets of your coveralls than the supply system.

You've ever used a piece of safety wire as a toothpick.

You've ever been told to go get some "prop wash and a yard of flight line."

You've worked a 14 hour shift on an aircraft that isn't flying the next day.

You can sleep anywhere, anytime, but as soon as the engines shut down you are wide awake.

You've ever stood on chocks to keep your feet dry.

Used a pair of dikes to trim your fingernails.

Wiped leaks immediately prior to crew show.

Wondered where they keep finding the idiots that keep making up stupid rules.

You've ever had to defuel an aircraft an hour after refueling it.

You've used a chock as a hammer.

You've ever wished a pilot would say "Great Aircraft."

You have ever been blamed by management for looking where you were NOT SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING.

You've ever wondered why it takes a college degree to break an aircraft but only a high school diploma to fix one.

You have used a wooden/rubber chock as a pillow on a push back tug.

You have scuba dived a lav tank to remove everything under the sun.

You have had a pilot ask you why the valve stems on all the tires are not the same size.

You have had a steering bypass pin fall out during a blinding snowstorm while in a near red-line turn.

You have seen the "Northern Lights" inside the cabin while being shocked by a ballast (200v).

You have had fire lick the back of your neck after getting that inop APU finally started.

You have told someone that you are an aircraft mechanic only to have them say, "But not on the engines....right?"

You have wanted to put your foot up a pilot's ass on MANY occasions.

You have wished that you had chosen a different career.