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2007-04-11 04:40:27 · 6 answers · asked by fksarwar 1 in Cars & Transportation Aircraft

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Are you wanting to learn how to tow, marshall, load bags into an airplane? If so, then just go to your local airport and get a job with an airline or at the FBO and they will teach you how to do it.

2007-04-11 11:16:06 · answer #1 · answered by IFlyGuy 4 · 1 1

I'm going to assume that by the term ground handling, you mean the actual handling of aircraft incoming to a ramp area, on a ramp area or outbound for departure; otherwise you would have said something about ground control, ground maintenance or AOG services.

IFlyGuy's got it pretty well right. The cool thing will be that most of your job will be OJT, and there's plenty opportunity for screwoffery. (I've had to discretely recover stomp rockets from a competitor's ramp and repair a golf cart that got broken during a company party.)

The other side of it is technically challenging and if you want to learn, the key is to never stop learning. Mechanical skill and a firm understanding of symple physics will help immensely. An inexpensive Leatherman tool is a sound investment, along with stubby flat and phillips screwdrivers for places the Leatherman won't fit.

Be willing to enjoy customer service, and laugh about it when it's hard to do. Be ready to accept the wierd with the friendly, be ready to accept layabouts on staff with you that don't give a s*#^ about the customer or the airplane.

Expect to have some stereotypes shattered, expect to have some difficult experience and expect the odd recurring nightmare. I had to rebuff the sexual advances of one customer, (he's a man, as am I,) at not 1 but 3 FBO's before all four on the field refused to serve him, he cost me raise in my last actual line job and despite being refused service at the FBO's, started using the same maintenance facility I went to work for; I started hauling hurricane debris in La to get away from him and now I'm building data centers, both make more money, so I guess I should thank him.

I do miss playing with airplanes and being the go-to-guy at my company sometimes.

And the more you learn, the more valuable you are. I've been out of aviation for about 20 months and can still predict, with reasonable accuracy, when the FBO I last worked for is going to call me for tech support. The accountant whines when they call me; I charge just for answering the phone.

It can turn into a career that will last as long as you're willing to work in it.

Find a pilot shop near your home. There's an old guy in the shop there that will know all the local airports that have FBO's and can tell you where to start filling applications and leaving resumes.

Good Luck

2007-04-11 16:17:58 · answer #2 · answered by jettech 4 · 0 0

US Navy
US AirForce
US Army
US Coast Guard

2007-04-11 05:11:53 · answer #3 · answered by cherokeeflyer 6 · 1 1

Check your local small airport for ground school, or at your local college.

2007-04-11 04:58:17 · answer #4 · answered by tophat0246 2 · 1 2

you can search for info in the nearest airport in your city, or yellow pages... look for aviation schools!

2007-04-11 05:06:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

community college

2007-04-11 04:43:52 · answer #6 · answered by [BBq] Felix 3 · 0 3

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