GoPro - Singapore Airlines Cargo Ramp Agent POV at Chicago O'Hare Int'l Airport [01.27.2014]
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- PLEASE READ: if I were to type a description of this video, it would be very long and drawn-out, so please feel free to ask me any questions about my job and my responsibilities and I will answer them. Thanks!
NOTE: While I am an avid planespotter myself and love photographing and video-recording airplanes, I hope this video goes to show how hard us ground crews work to keep these aircraft flying. If I may add, it was -7°F ( approx. -21°C ) on this particular day with a windchill of -16°F ( approx -26°C ). While I was properly equipped with the appropriate clothing, facemasks, goggles, gloves, and boots, after a while the body begins to sweat and that sweat begins to freeze onto your skin. It's also not very easy to be doing a dangerous job in the extreme cold with new guys who are not used to the elements consistently complaining about it. You can't just tell them to go home, you need the help to maintain the plane on schedule and turn it around on time. I hope you all understand how fun, but how stressful, this awesome job can be.
As many of you know, I'm an employee at Chicago's O'Hare International / Int'l Airport ( ICAO = KORD / IATA = ORD ). I bought a GoPro HD Hero 3 White Edition camera on sale during my lu nch break on "Black Friday," the crazy sales event after Thanksgiving Day, and decided to wear it during my job offloading and loading cargo planes at the Southeast Air Cargo Ramp at O'Hare.
Here, the video starts with me marshaling in Singapore Airlines Cargo aircraft 9V-SFM, a Boeing 747-412/SCD ( cn 32898 / 1333 ) arriving as Singapore Airlines Cargo 7969 Heavy ( SIA7969 / SQC7969 / Singapore Airlines Cargo Flight 7969 / Singapore International Airlines Flight 7969 ) from Dallas - Fort Worth / Ft. Worth International / Int'l Airport ( KDFW / DFW ) in Texas by way of Hong Kong - Chep Lap Kok International / Int'l Airport in Southeast Asia with a fuel stop at Anchorage - Ted Stevens International / Int'l Airport ( PANC / ANC ). I was standing atop a JBT AeroTech Commander 30 aircraft cargo loader, or as some people call it, an elevator or bridge.
I stopped recording after offloading the rear belly of the aircraft because the front belly door wouldn't open. It was frozen shut from the extreme cold the aircraft had experienced during the flight from DFW to ORD! You can see me trying to get it open, but I gave up after several attempts because I could damage the locking mechanism and that would be very bad and potentially catastrophic to the structural integrity and pressurized interior of the aircraft during flight.
SQC7969 Flight Information for Monday, Janiary 27th, 2014:
flightaware.com/live/flight/9V...
9V-SFM Flight History: www.flightaware.com/live/fligh...
THIS VIDEO IS THE PROPERTY OF CZcams USER joseg2143. IT IS NOT TO BE DOWNLOADED, COPIED, OR RE-UPLOADED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES UNLESS SPECIFIED IN WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM MYSELF.
joseg2143 IS AN EMPLOYEE AT CHICAGO O'HARE INT'L AIRPORT AND A MEMBER OF THE ORD AIRPORT WATCH PROGRAM WITH THE BENSENVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, AND OTHER STATE, LOCAL, & FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
© Jose Guillen 2014
Recorded with a GoPro HD Hero 3 White Edition on Monday, January 27th, 2014. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
2024 gang😭😭
Na 2024 you are young er wow
2099
Hi
Who want back the Boeing 747?😢
Yeah, it’s 2024
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it's already been 6 years since this video was uploaded, yet you're still giving hearts on comments, that's just nice
Lol, it's been getting a lot of attention lately for some reason. Sometimes I'm just reading the news on my phone and I get a new comment notification.
Chicago Airport Spotter toop
Hello I have a plane photo
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Ye
This was honestly a lot more interesting than I thought it was going to be.
Haha, thank you!
good fidio
Patrick van Hoek qscnnn
Patrick van Ho
Patrick van Hoek I
Massive respect for you ground workers
You spend your wonderful time to full fill the peace of passengers and work
And you still reply to comments after 6years!! Absolute legend man hats off to you.
Bu nico
I dont know why youtube recommended this to me but its good.
Same
Same
Same
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6 years ago , but still hearting people’s comment
Very Interesting Indeed. Always blows my mind why ground crew are so poorly paid and underappreciated. Without ground crew everything would grind to a halt. From marshaling, offloading, loading, GPU, ASU, HVAC, pushback, jetbridge (for pax aircraft), you all rock.
10.50 an hour baby!
jstuttgart that's terrible pay warehouse are starting to pay 12$ for much less work
jstuttgart and the weather challenges they have to go through.. is tough.. respect to the ground staff too..
At Menzies, they get paid 14.50 an hour and the pay might go up in January.
I love it is so relax
Hahaha that shoulder bump at 1:44
It's for good luck! :)
hahaha realy :D
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I love your video 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
I do like how you used the small baggage ramp instead of the huge one to open the cargo doors. I’ve seen a lot of planes just use a big ramp. They are pretty much wasting fuel... But you did it the good way. Nice job unloading this 747!
Edit: On smaller planes they use small ramps due to cargo door size.
It's a lot more maneuverable in the tight gate area and also, the high loaders are needed to start offloading ULDs asap, can't really be wasting time, haha
The fact that he is still giving hearts to people man u deserve respect
I love how those two people ran and bumped brings back childhood memories
“Nooo! You can’t just wave sticks around and make planes follow you” “Haha, Glow stick go brrrr”
😂😂😂
I remember watching this, now am back and so is everyone else
This video was 6 years ago at the Time I'm watching rn
It's been a while, haha.
Great video. It's nice getting a deeper understanding of what goes on with trading trough air and planes in general. Much respect for the everyday impact your crew has on our lives.
2:07 anyone notices that guy on the right lol
NDABE ZITHA the bouncing man?
Yes
Illusion... your eyes Is god.
Hes cold bruh.
Hmmmm hmmmm
9 years since this video was uploaded, and youtube is just now recommending this masterpiece to me.
mad respect to ground crew and atc. they must be looking at the pilot in the cockpit window "hey fck that guy."
BlaZe Overall Gamer Amazing- so many 12 year old gamer "airline pilots" on CZcams these days...
Jimmy おしん Everyone respects each other for the most part. It's all the same industry. Personal conflicts rarely arise most commonly from the fact the pilots don't understand everything a ground crews' job entails, and ground crews don't understand everything the pilots' job entails.
Royal How does an airline pilot not know any proper grammar then?
@Claudia Washington cant be bad at english and be a pilot.
of course he deleted his comment so i dont know how bad he was
I love how the vehicles used are so similar yet different, in Ireland we use Wompos (the belt loaders) that have rails on the side and a little cage beside the driver
I have to do this
When my mum drives her car
Viper same lol
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Me too
The video gave me lots of memories when the 747 existed, mainly they are saying that is not going in operation anymore. You are one of the bests who saved a video!! Congrats
Plenty of them still exist, just mainly for cargo and not passenger. I did ground ops for 3 different 747 cargo flights today, and I saw Lufthansa's passenger 747-8i at Terminal 5 during my lunch break. They'll be around for a while.
I miss working as a ramp agent 🤧 such an awesome job!
1:45 bump it!
The amount of work and attentiveness to handle and ground handle that plane is crazy, props to you 👏
I love how we can see the plane so close and it's amazing
he’s still liking comments after 6 years
Wow, that was seriously amazing! Thanks for bringing this amazing footage to us :) It's so cool to see what you guys do, and especially in those harsh weather conditions, too! I'd love to see more footage like this, even if it's just the taxiing and engines being shut down too!
Thank you! I appreciate your taking some time to watch this and comment!
It’s already been 9 years since this video was uploaded, yet you’re still giving hearts on comments, that’s just nice
Another awesome video, being a planespotter myself at Luxembourg Intl Airport and being able to see the cargo handling(Cargolux,Qatar Cargo & etc) from a far, it's nice to see it a POV view. Thanks very much for the vid
9 YEARS LATER THIS GOT ON MY RECOMMENDATION
Same
Same
Same bro
10 years
Same@@tefukarime
Great video Bro. Fellow Ramp rat here. My base of operations is YEG International. You've inspired me to buy a action camera and film point of view video. It's hard to describe to non airport workers what exactly it is we do . It'll be fun to film Marshling, ULD off loading and loading, and finally push back from my TLD push out. Again mad props to you and the rest of your crew. Take care:)
Working the ramp is stressful but also fun
been almost ten years, and this video is still epic
I love this video! I love how you show in detail what goes on in terms of loading the airplane from the view of a ramp agent. I've always wanted to have such a job! Keep up the great work!
Thanks for watching!
***** It's pretty bad when you start out with no experience. But work hard, show the people that matter that you can do the job and want to learn more, and you'll go up the ladder.
We will be out in the next week
Very good video, I have actually seen a lot of aviation but this is the first video of the ground staff, we hope more! Thank you greetings from Argentina!
Good job!!! Thank you for making our delivery on time!!! Beautiful work!!! Now this the bits we don't usually see while boarding an airline!!! Keep it up and Happy 2018!! Hopefully there will be no snow storm!!
Finally an amzing first person video of the life on the ramp at an airport!
Amazing vid!
how does it feel to be a plane parker?
You mean “Ground Crew”
@@ItssJacoooobbthey meant Peter Parker.
dude sick video! i work in zurich airport as a ramper since a couple months and i'm going to work everyday with a smile on my face, gotta love that plane stuff :) interesting that we do the same job but the whole procedure is completly different. we have tons of savety rules in switzerland, looks kinda more relaxed in chicago.. by the way, it looks cold as s***!!! keep it up man
My favorite job which made me realize ramp agents and flight attendants are so much better
I have whatch this video over 5 times now, i really enjoyed it, keep up the good work
Wow that's a huge plane! The biggest I've worked with is a boeing-737(sunwing) when I worked for Trans-Sol and I absolutely LOVED it. Now I'm working for Servisair and the biggest planes we do are Dash-8-300s.
737’s are huge
As a pilot, it makes me feel horrible inside that you get underpaid but do such hard work
Its been 9 years still you are giving hearts ❤💞
Man u are a legend
U still reply and give hearts man thank you so much to god that a so heartful human exists💓
Please make more of these 30 min videos you can't really imagine how much i enjoyed watching :D . I love this job :D .
That was an awesome look into cargo operations at ORD. Especially in sub-zero temps. I hope you decide to take more of these vids in the future
Thank you. Ever since day one at ORD throwing bags into Delta narrowbodies, I wanted to shoot something like this. The bad weather makes the job a whole lot more interesting, but I'd rather it be 120°F with 90% humidity than -20°F with a -50°F windchill. I have a couple more coming. I recorded dozens, but stuff goes wrong in most of them, so I won't upload those, lol.
Awesome job, I have always wanted to work as a ground crew member at a airport but never had the opportunity
I like planes cause they show you a beautiful part of the world, in plus they protect r country
Great video! I work for Delta and CAS doing ramp work and gotta say I love it.Those belt loaders are no joke, I fell off of one and landed on my shoulder. Dislocated and out of work of work for 8 weeks or so,prime example of human factors over here. Anyways great video and can't wait for more!
Thank you! Which station are you at? I myself have slipped off the belt loaders and turned my ankles a few times, lol. One day, I will learn.
I am in PHX. You get the cold and I get the heat.
Unlike these guys, you're supposed to have the handrail up when climbing the belt.
I fell off the belt loader when I was working on the A380 at YYZ I lost my footing and fell on my back also by work buddy fell of a Loader because the platform was slippery
Absolutely awesome. Other than being a commercial pilot this is literally my ideal job. I'm studying aviation at University in the UK at the moment and would FAR prefer to be doing this at Heathrow or Gatwick. This perspective shows just how personal, so to speak, you get with the aircraft and I can only imagine how sweet it must be to marshal in that 747.
This may sound weird but this video has inspired me to apply for an airside job like this one this summer. Great video!
And I can totally see what you mean about it being stressful. But I bet that's what makes the job so good in a way.
First time I marshaled in a 747...it was one of the most incredible moments of my life. I've since done it with MD-11's, 777's, and 737's. You are correct that we do get very personal, in a way, with the aircraft when they are ours on the ground. It's the most satisfying feeling watching them take off once we're done with them. This job is not for everyone, it takes a certain kind of insane mentality to deal with the weather, schedules, and physical aspects, but I do recommend it to everyone who wants to try it out or who wants an aviation career. It's a great place to start off at the airport and get your feet wet. I myself am starting flight school soon, and I wish you the best in your endeavours. Cheers, and thanks for taking some time to watch this video!
@@ChicagoAirportSpotter I think 747s are rare
You are giving heart even after too much years
It has been 9 years since you did this and I have not seen a better skill like that before and on a B747 😮😮😮well done❤❤❤
Amazing job
Damn! That’s actually really cool!
Commissioner_JustinRBLX Thank yoy, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
joseg2143 I did, thanks!
I might dab my tell of when i rdo this
Yolanda Williams What?
So, this is why it can take weeks to get our things. Awesomeness.
FurryCoup Online Correct. Without them it would be years.
please do more of these i like watching how they take your shipment, i rewatch this many times it would be great if you had more
Excelente el canal... me gusta mucho su contenido, saludos desde Argentina!
Fabian.
I'm only 15 and this is an excellent example for me in the future nice mate loved it hope the best for you
adam 20777 dumbass
That's a bit harsh...
LONDON OVERGROUND I hope you achieve your dreams!
Well ur 17 rn
Now your 18
Thats so cool that finally someone started filming cargo planes😊
Interesting POV that I've never seen before - thanks for posting!
Thanks for watching! There will be more to come. I wore a headcam for many days in a row at work. Just have to find the time to piece together these videos and share them online.
1:43 bro love xD
Oh so this is the lightsaber job my friend was talking about
Cool
Lol
Its been 23 years your still giving hearts and reply good job
Lol! 6 years - it's my most-watched video, I think. I enjoy the support. Mostly enjoy people realizing how things work behind the scenes.
@@ChicagoAirportSpotter I'm from the future
@@ChicagoAirportSpotter in the future marshals will now have jetpacks
@@ChicagoAirportSpotter btw since your a ground crew why did the engines had smoked when they are turned off and when they're off do they turn on the extra back engine?
@@ChicagoAirportSpotter what a legend
This is great, I’m never able to find a good GC vid until now!
Oh my goodness! You have an awesome job! I always wanted to be ground crew
Thank you. it's got it's ups and downs. I loved doing the job, though. I'm a ramp controller now. I miss working the ground everyday, but it was time to put my big boy pants on, as my boss says, and get a real job with a real schedule. No complaints from me, but I'm jealous of the guys working on the ramp.
Amazing video!!! Deserve a sub
I actually enjoyed watching this. It was interesting
Marshalling AND driving the loader! Your crew count on you to keep them safe during the process, kudos to you! Winter operations too, I am feeling cold just watching lol
Ground Services X in real life (gone sexual)
Gotta love the md-11 in the background
I just started working for a shipping company that uses passenger and cargo planes to get our deliveries out, and it's really interesting seeing the physical side of routing and transfers.
I do offload and outbound from Memphis,TN at the FedEx Mega Hub. It is cool to see everyone else’s ramps. We offload 3-5 planes a night and send out 2 777’s overseas.
I’m really interested in planes and all the physics so you just earned your self a subscriber
Excellent a really unique perspective, I notice you kept the orange batons crossed long after the plane stopped, is that some kind of a rule thing ?
Thank you! Yes, I agree. Not too much (or not enough!) footage from this perspective exists. And you're right, I did hold the X longer than usual. On a 747 or similar large aircraft, our rules were to wait until the engines are off as well as the red rotating beacon before setting the main gear wheel chocks. The nose gear chocks are set as soon as the aircraft stops. Then the pilots set the parking brake. Once the main gears are chocked, the mechanic can tell the pilots to release the parking brake and roll back onto the chocks and then set the P-brake again. I wait for the mechanic or one of my fellow ramp agents to signal me to pass that onto the pilots. That's what I did when I placed my wands parallel to each other.
Thanks for the info.
@@Wonkabar007 you'rewelcome
@@ChicagoAirportSpotter I thought you had to do a knife to the neck sign tho?
Isn’t that a sign or no?
I love your content, I'm an aviation enthusiast so I can watch whatever as long as it is about planes and airports. Great Content!
You got MSFS?
@@Steamy1223 nope, i only have a laptop and it can't run msfs 2020
Jesus. When I’m looking at the past I think. Man, those were the good days.
I would probably almost have a heart attack seeing a Boeing 747 driving towards me
Thats an airbus UwU
@@ohno4539 no
"Taxing" its called not driving cuz it's an air vehicle.. so most of the time it's in air..
@@ohno4539 its a Boeing 747, slick
That’s the fun part for me XD
can you do more videos of this if your work is ok with it?
I have about 2-3 dozen more, just no time to edit and upload them all!
alright
That was the best time of my life back in the 80s and 90s .
Virgin Atlantic
PIA
Air India
Jal
All my flights was Combe
I was top side loader that was the best time of my life
That things massive! I flew from O’Hare to Will Rogers in those tin can planes, an American Eagle. I also flew back, we hit a storm on the way to Oklahoma and had a terrifying landing. We then sat in the plane for a few hours waiting for the lightning to die down and to get pulled to the gate. It was just American Airline waiting too, Sprit got pulled in, United got pulled in. It wasn’t the best day I’ve ever had
What are those spinning things below your feet while you're directing the plane?
Leo Tapp Those are the rollers that move the cargo. Cargo is usually stacked on "cookie sheets" which are basically giant, flat pieces of metal on which freight is stacked and those rollers make contact with the bottom of the sheets and move them on/off the plane.
Leo Tapp And they're moving here because it was so cold out, we jam the joysticks that we use to operate them to keep the hydraulic fluid warm so that our chabces of having an equipment failure in the middle of a ground operation decrease.
joseg2143 Ah, I see! Thanks for the information!
@@ChicagoAirportSpotter interesting. I'm originally from Chicago, however I do this same job in Tampa. I was wondering why you had the rollers on that whole time. I'm thinking on coming back to O'Hare soon, I'll be a completely different environment if and when I do.
When your getting your payment or taxes 1:44
I used to watch this video, just before becoming a Ground Ops agent and had no idea what I was getting myself into.
Still amazes me to this day..
Glad I work with dash 8's takes us 15min unloading everything and then we wait an hour for the next flight
Brabo d +++ sou do Brasil
I love how the cargo rolls down all the carts
Must be interesting working at the worlds second busiest international airport. Working as ground crew seems like a big responsibility, ya know, ground crews are pretty much what makes it possible for you to get from the plane to the terminal safely and efficiently. You guys pretty much make the airport function.
What sign was that at 3:57 after the Stop? What I know is that you gave the measurements to the pilot and then X but that parallell sign... what was that? 😅😁
That means "wheel chocks are in position, set parking brakes"
@@ChicagoAirportSpotter oh, okay! Thanks!
01:42 xD
I just got off work at my airport and this vid is giving me Vietnam flashbacks thinking im still at work
Adagio for Strings or Fortunate Son?
@@ChicagoAirportSpotter Fortunate son is what comes to mind in my flashbacks
@@ChicagoAirportSpotter I need to learn how to do this because I need to bee a traffic police at my house when my cousin come with his car
This is relaxing for some reason
what is your jobs official title, i really want to get this job at my local airport and are you hired by the airport or a airline? thanks
Ramp agent, ground handling agent - those are the two names/titles I would recognize this job as.
Braapman just remember that a ramp agent must do the cleaning inside the plane like get out the trash from bathrooms, pilot cabin and and mop the gallys floor, thats my job in menzies aviation as a rampy
J L the Operation Manager at Menzies wanted to hire me, but instead gave me a free ticket to dalgs station manager. No interview needed as Menzies already saw potential in me. Its a 50 cent difference
With Allegiant Airlines, we are Ground Operation Agents (GOA's)
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You are lucky to see a queen of the skies. That's a big jet close up
Idk why but I had a smile on the hole time
Can someone tell me what this siren/noise is at 24:55? I love it! :D
Not sure what it is called other than it's a warning alarm for when the deck of the loader is coming down.
@@ChicagoAirportSpotter Thanks anyways!
It’s a movement klaxon. The louder it is, the closer to it you are, so you need to double check if you’re around it to ensure there isn’t going to be a collision of some sorts. Vertical or horizontal.
@@tg5369 You're awesome! Thanks for the answer :)
i was a ramp agent before here in the Philippines is there any possible way of being one there? i love that job so much
Absolutely, I know a few people out here with work visas/permits who are working towards U.S. residency or citizenship. As long as you have a clean record and can pass a background check and a drug test, you're good.
What an amazing job to do not every one can come face to face with a flipping 747 how amazing
Great video, it was so satisfying yo sed how the plane comes towards you. Its awesome