Talk:Loadmaster

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Wikified as part of the Wikification wikiproject! JubalHarshaw 19:35, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My Observations

I just made some modifications to the Duties section. Remember that this article covers civilian, military (all the branches), and any aircraft serviced by a loadmaster. If this article grows, it might need to be split into smaller articles. There was a statement to the effect of "Loadmasters don't physically load the plane", I'm sure plenty of us wish that were true, but at least in the USAF C-130 world, it isn't. Another statement asserted something along the lines of, "loadmasters must also perform airdrops", this is true for most, but last I heard, the Navy doesn't do airdrops any more, and there are plenty of private-sector loadmasters who don't, either.

Also, there are several statments that need sources; "Many military victories have been dependent in large part upon aerial delivery", for example. The first paragraph of the History section seems to be on the right track, but the next two paragraphs are about CG and WAM.

Anyway, I don't mean to criticize the editors that came before me, I was thrilled to see this article here. It's a great start, I hope others will jump in to make it better. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Flood6 (talk • contribs) 02:35, 24 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Page focus

I'm new to Wikipedia editing but I've been a USAF Loadmaster for a little while and I'd love to work on this page. I think that the article aught to focus on military loadmasters. Major civilian air cargo companies use a computerized system that is heavily standardized and needs only manual labor to load the plane, not much of a Loadmaster. The contract civilian airlifters working in the desert right now are mostly former Loadmasters on old Soviet planes. So keeping this article to military Loadmasters would be the most relevant.

-Schlanger 10:23, 7 February 2007 (UTC)