#aviation stuff

(Btw correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the aircraft might be a Beechcraft Model 17 "Staggerwing", which also goes by the nickname "Stag"? So basically, the biplane aircraft hanging from the ceiling in Buck's 🦌prison might have been a Stag 🦌? Lol, what a charming and not at all ominous room! But I'm really not sure, I don't know much about aviation and 🎼planes don't come easyyyy to meeee 🎶)

Anyway, if I've got the aircraft type right, I'm thinking maybe it was an Easter Egg foreshadowing Buck's upcoming addiction storyline 🤪? I mean... if there was indeed "a stag" hanging from the ceiling in that room...? Think of the implications of that detail!

"Traditionally, game meat was hung until "high" or "gamey", that is, approaching a state of decomposition."

And with the knowledge that you once worked at an airport....I get the feeling you got some StoriesTM Max. Care to share some? :3

So the airport I worked at didn't actually have a nightshift per se, because we supposedly closed the office at 7 during the busy season, and 5 during the off season

However

The runway didn't technically close until much later, and if someone wanted to fly in or out late, we were obliged to offer afterhours services. I actually liked doing afterhours for a couple of reasons; 1) I didn't get to actually work the ramp much during the day in the busy season bc I had become the defacto office manager at some point, and 2) I got overtime on top of afterhours commission, plus any tips that were given. Now, because of these monetary gains, I did offer the afterhours spots to the rest of the crew first, because I knew I was getting a better hourly rate because I was a supervisor, but I still ended up with a good number of afterhours that I worked

Now nothing too crazy happened on any of the afterhours I worked at the airport (at least, compared to some of the other stuff that happened to me on dayshift or at other jobs), but it was certainly A Vibe!! And I did spend a whole night there once during a hurricane bc my bosses were worried the roads would be closed in the morning and someone needed to be on-site at the airport to at least clear enough debris for the medevac helicopter to land if necessary (thankfully not necessary, everyone was fine, and I got a free night in a 5 star hotel)

I did have a really fucking wild experience driving home from an afterhours service one night though

Unbelievable Airbus A380 vertical Take-off + Amazing Air Show 2013

X-47B Completes First Carrier-based Launch (Long) 3 (by usnavy)

*warning: might get a little loud at 1:12 or so if your volume's up*