U.S. Air Force Flight Engineer-The Human Computers Aboard Aircraft

Flight Engineers in the U.S. Air Force are expected to know everything about their aircraft’s systems and how to fix them if something goes wrong. Watch Airmen discuss what it’s like to work in this crucial career field.
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[@ИгорьЛ-п8о]

Hallo to former and current flighengineers from flightengineer from Russia. Flightengineer used to be as a conductor in flight crew. All my birds Tupolev 154, DC-10-30/40, IL96-300. 35 years in the air.

[@ericramosrodriguez]

Very cool AFSC to cross train into.

[@princearthur4946]

Beautiful! I miss my great years of service as a flight engineer (PFE with A&P).

[@10snoopy1]

Sounds like fun! 😊😊😊
The calculations, the scenarios... The predictive vectors...

[@notmenotme614]

The human computers aboard (old) aircraft = you’ve been replaced by a glass cockpit screen with a button

[@c.k.holliday728]

1:08 Check out that Harambe sticker in the top left corner.

[@punisher8319]

Air Force 👍👍

[@MechanicalMikesRoadsideRepair]

Life is feeling pretty shabby thinking about joining to be a flight engineer

[@alanphuck6450]

How’s it going?

[@MechanicalMikesRoadsideRepair]

@@alanphuck6450 working a factory job which pays good but very little freedom and very little benefit anywhere else. Still a good idea to join, hard to make that jump

[@alanphuck6450]

@@MechanicalMikesRoadsideRepair I’m in the same boat Mike. I’ve been at my factory for about 3 years now. I’ve worked my way up to QA on 2nd shift. It’s very very easy and I’m usually in the office. But I’m bored and I don’t want to pay for college so I’m probably going to enlist. Gotta work on my weight loss though.

[@LLL-zx6dw]

Both of you should join definitely we have one life, sometimes you just gotta jump and take the risk it’s scary but rewarding

[@briantorres3712]

i hope both of y’all doing well, gonna join

[@WootTootZoot]

Spaaaaaaace Foooooorce (with an echo at the end)

[@FighterJetOfDoom]

This is the job I hope to get once I join the Air Force because of my love for planes and memorization. My question is where is tech school for flight engineers and which planes would I potentially working on for this jobs?

[@rachelhopkins9432]

I just got my ship date for this job!!

[@breadyfinay9841]

Congrats to you man $90,000 a year👏

[@carlkpsplucky5554]

@@breadyfinay9841 I thought Flight engineers were disappearing from the civilian workforce?

[@jesseguevara]

How much money do you make if you don mind me asking?

[@michaelengle9062]

@@breadyfinay9841 $90k as an enlisted airman?

[@rhodeislandpw2008]

Go airforce

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[@gavinlittle4161]

Sounds like an airborne crew chief to me

[@chasingthetrail9375]

Pretty much a lot of these positions and the aircraft navigator positions have been replaced by computers. You can still work both for the FAA in the civilian sector though. I imagine at some point they’ll probably be rolled in with special missions aviator or some new name for the AFSC as technology improves they have found the aircrew positions can be manned by fewer and fewer people. Chances are in the future there will be one person doing multiple jobs like loadmaster, aerial gunner, flight navigator, flight engineer, flying crew chief, boom operator etc..

[@User-wuqo2Yi8]

Honestly I’m 13 and I already kinda know how to fly for some reason also I already planning to join the USAF

[@joeboi1342]

P3RS0NA1 GACHAL1F3 are you taking flight lessons?

[@PepsiCubes]

P3RS0NA1 GACHAL1F3 you have a gacha pfp

[@1newww]

do it man I played a lot of flight sims growing up and ended up flying on c130s in the air force as a loadmaster. Ended up retraining as a flight engineer. Sounds like aviation is in your blood

[@njez7563]

Wow you're a smart 13 year old

[@michaelengle9062]

"Kinda know how to fly for some reason"....that inspires conference 😅

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

These guys are real life mentats. 😲👍🏻

[@brickspeedy4671]

Make a video of the A-10
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[@charlie13albert]

"Human Computers"... can't upload video in 720p

[@nelsonreyes7183]

Enjoyed my time as a C-130 FE.

[@noted_insolence1894]

Hey!! Just signed my contract as a C-130 Flight engineer in the reserves today!! If you don't mind, could I get some info from you about the job, training, etc?? Also, couldn't help but notice you're dawning a Nasa flight suit in your picture! Do you work for Nasa now?? If so, what do you do and what trajectory did you take to get there??

[@nelsonreyes7183]

@@noted_insolence1894 Hello. Yes, I know work at NASA as the Super Guppy Flight engineer. In short becoming a FE was the best life choice I ever made.

[@johnnydoe9969]

@@noted_insolence1894 did u get to choose what aircraft u want for reserves ?

[@noted_insolence1894]

@@johnnydoe9969 So pretty much, in my state, there is only one unit that even has flight engineers, and it's a c130H unit (one of the last airframes to require flight engineers at all). So I said I wanted that job, and there was only one Unit/aircraft type available so I took it

[@mikalserna155]

@@nelsonreyes7183 how were you able to transition to NASA? i'd love to hear more.

[@michaelengle9062]

I've been hearing a lot of conflicting information. Do any current (2024) USAF a/c still have flight engineers on crew? and if so are they projected to be around for the near future?

[@USAirForceRecruiting]

@michaelengle9062 There are flight engineers for the C-5, C-130, AWACS and other large aircraft.
Ray
U.S. Air Force and Space Force Recruiting

[@Rinkyu]

That’s so cool

[@ilanzatonski8826]

They are atmonauts - astronauts in the atmosphere

[@mdogzino]

so pilots.

[@moneymikeslickwill8749]

I thought this job was going away???

[@alexg-m6e]

In the civilian world, this job went away a long time ago, recent aircraft no longer require flight engineers. But the Air Force flies a lot of very old aircraft, and unlike airlines, the military doesn't care as much about the cost of having flight engineers. So this job will still there for a little while in the Air Force

[@josuecabrini5802]

Does a flight engineer also fly Planes too?

[@USAirForceRecruiting]

Flight engineers do not fly aircraft.
Pam
Air Force and Space Force Recruiting Service

[@JorgeMartinez-wp9en]

Can I join the air force if I am Mexican?

[@michaelsemonskyoutdoorsand4458]

Yes you can just if your in Mexico now BECOME A US CITIZEN

[@calvinrenfrow3072]

Yes but you’d need green card at the very least if you’re a Mexican citizen.

[@had1223]

Does Mexico have an air force? Just curious.

[@DamienRiven]

@@had1223 They barely have a police force.

[@martinjones12]

Sir or madam......you can join ANYTHING if you have determination and a fair amount of talent......go for it!

[@user-bj5sk6zp7o]

🇺🇸

[@t-technews]

If you heard the phrase "there is nothing like the smell of jp4 in the morning" or "Another day in paradise", well I said it almost evrry day and it took off and now it is on coffe mugs and T-shirts. Seems someone liked what I said and made money off it. Its all good. Glad they did. 👍

[@johnpyle2]

Good thing they are getting ride of all of the flight engineers 😂

[@dreadlocsamurai4241]

Why

[@johnpyle2]

@@dreadlocsamurai4241 🤷‍♂️ they keep finding ways to get the enlisted out of the flight deck. They say a computer can do the job but I don’t think so.

[@kpnone94]

👍

[@badqualitymush2197]

P-51

[@dohatrump4682]

From America's next president Doha TRUMP
I am proud of us force

[@mathiasgrun630]

Murderer!

[@nohaboy100]

"Human Computer"? A little bit of hyperbole. Used to love arguing with the FE's on 141's and 130's. These people caused more waste of man hours troubleshooting than most pilots.