Wow, how did I miss this thread. I'm retired now but I started with Delta Air Lines when I was 18 in air cargo. I worked ground crew on an L100 freighter, the civilian version of the C130. After a year at Delta, I took a military leave of absence and enlisted in the Navy, enlistment papers specified Naval Aviation. Then I spent four years as an Aviation Electronics Technician on A-7's including 10 months the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy. Back to Delta after the Navy and worked ramp, operations (weight and balance), ticket counter and after too many injuries, finally reservations. Total of 34 years with Delta. I never flew but my aircraft experience: Lockheed L100 and L1011 , Convair 440 and 880, Douglas DC6, DC7, DC8, DC9, DC10, McDonnell-Douglas MD80 series, MD-11, Boeing 727, 737, 747, 757, 767 and a few miscellaneous aircraft from other airlines.