Originally Posted by
Outlaw2097
I ramped a while ago for a company that did Alaska, Aloha, and Frontier out of John Wayne
I looked good back then...bag loading is one hell of a workout...
The best sight was always 7 AM...When SNA starts operations...there are about 15 aircraft taking up every taxiway and the secondary runway trying to depart...and right at 7, the first plane to roll was the 640 Alaska to Oakland
You must have been Atlantic? I worked there summer '07 as a lineman. I was stuck on the GA ramp pushing luggage carts, taking trash, fueling, dumping lavs, marshalling, potable water, towing. Never got over to fueling the airlines, my last day however, one of the guys took me over to see what it was like. I obviously would've much rather been doing that. It's okay though, I met a lot of different people and made a few contacts. I loved every bit of it!
I agree about John Wayne at 7:00AM. Taxiways being clogged and the smaller runway serving as a taxiway. It has to be a little harder with the construction of the new terminal. I always liked when about 6:59.45 came around the first aircraft would be rolling and 7:00AM they would rotate and disappear into the marine layer.