May 30th 2005

This is a stunning sample of the types of Corrosion you can find in a belly baggage pit. I have seen more than a lifetimes worth this week alone. Corrosion generally will run rampant in the aircraft belly because typically this is where all things wet and grungy collect. Speaking of wet and grungy - who wants to hear a gross little fact about airplanes !?!?!?! (O.K. I knew you would)
.....So here goes;
We all know that an aircraft is a completely sealed cylindrical object that generally is used to haul hundreds of people in recycled air, around the globe for hours at a time, right?. As we also know people are, shall we say, self-lubricating body fluid excreting sweaty skin blobs.... So what happens to all the sneezes, bad breath, and dry skin flakes that are expelled from each and every person in that aircraft?....
Well, you see, here's the thing - it actually makes a film on the inside walls of the cabin and slides down ever so slippery to under the belly baggage pit where it sits sloshing around slowly rotting out the structure. Then that's where I come in like the hero I am and grind, cut and replace all that snot-induced rot, so that you can have your safe hot-breathy-aired flight over the Atlantic.

....Yes, you are welcome.