After much taunting, harassment, and the occasional bit of encouragement I have decided to offer up my repair shop and our dirty little secrets to the Dirty Jobs crew. I run the Water/Waste and Seating departments at an aviation repair station just north of Seattle, Washington and we specialize in the repair, overhaul, and modification of aircraft toilet systems and seating products. Although I make every effort to minimize my employee’s exposure to the product it remains a very dirty job all the same. There are several elements involved in the overhaul of the toilet products that most people are not aware of. Aside from removing clogs--which are most often used diapers, glasses, beepers, tools, and various prophylactics--the product requires a full strip down, the fiberglass tank assemblies are checked for disbonding, structural damage, and moisture (poo) ingression and then repaired, which is a dirty job in and of itself. After trouble shooting and initial clean-up it is necessary to strip and media-blast the various poo and mineral deposits from the stainless steel components, breakdown and repaint the motor assemblies, perform repairs on circuit boards and other various electronic elements. Once you get past the whole poo part these complex assemblies are actually very interesting and challenging to work on.
Seating products are a different animal all together. Most assemblies that hit my shop floor are nothing short of destroyed and will require heavy structural repair. But first it is important that you remove all of the dead skin, coffee (as well as other unmentionable fluids), and monumentous amounts of gum from the underside of the seat. This requires an industrial sized pressure washer, a large slab of concrete and a wetsuit.
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