Day 8-October 18th '11

Day 8- October 18^th ‘11



Picture has nothing to do with the post. hahaha. Observation Hill (Ob Hill for short) in background. I'm on the Ice Runway



Today work was a little more hands on. Learning their PTS system and it seems easy to navigate. I entered my first bag drag. A Bag Drag is a scheduled time that passengers from a scheduled flight come the evening before the flight and has all their checked baggage, carryons and personal weight with ECW gear weighed and manifested. They need to do this the night before so that cargo can palletize all the checked baggage for loading onto the transport carriers.

The drawback to this scenario is the chance of the flight being cancelled because of weather or mechanical issues. Because of this, passengers must pack their carryon with what they need to live in McMurdo for a day or maybe a week more and still have their carryon a limited size. They need to pack their carryons accordingly. They will not see their checked bags again until they reach their destination.

All this is stated in the premanifesting speech I give at each Bag Drag.

I felt better today learning more. The only thing still tripping me up is in what order tasks need to be done and how specifically it needs to be done. Everything flight related must be worded precisely per protocol to make it official. I hope I get it handled and sorted in my brain soon.