 I am Tech Sergeant Jared Hildebrand and I'm a C-130 flight engineer. My job is very gratifying. I've traveled all over the world and I've been as far north as Iceland, as far south as Puerto Rico, as far west as India and as far east as the Middle East. As a flight engineer you are the only enlisted member in the flight deck. You're surrounded by pilots and navigators in the flight and you are responsible for all the systems of the aircraft, whether it's hydraulic, electrical, air conditioning, pressurization, fuel. You are responsible for all the...the aircraft commander relies on us every minute of every flight. If we weren't there they can't start engines. Test management is key because at all times you are monitoring the engines, you're running the field panel, you're doing takeoff and landing data, you're calling checklists. At all times you're doing something. It's interesting to me knowing so much about the airplane. Learning an aircraft is very difficult but it's very rewarding at the end of the day.