WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:03.417 (upbeat classical music) 00:07.907 --> 00:10.996 - Hi Lily, my name is Senior Master Sergeant Shawn LeGrange. 00:10.996 --> 00:13.070 And I work at the 180th Fighter Wing, 00:13.070 --> 00:14.574 in the aircrew flight equipment section. 00:14.574 --> 00:17.070 And I've been told that you have some very interesting 00:17.070 --> 00:19.404 questions about what pilots do in the airplane 00:19.404 --> 00:22.100 after you've read your flyer's handbook. 00:22.100 --> 00:24.032 And some of the questions that I like to answer is, 00:24.032 --> 00:27.463 has anyone ever thrown up while flying? 00:27.463 --> 00:29.152 Where would it go? 00:29.152 --> 00:32.130 Do you have a little bag like the airlines 00:32.130 --> 00:34.910 or do you just go on the instrument panel? 00:34.910 --> 00:37.205 Or into a breathing apparatus? 00:37.205 --> 00:40.400 What if you need to pee, etc? 00:40.400 --> 00:43.160 Land? Do you use diapers? 00:43.160 --> 00:45.497 And how do you keep from throwing up, 00:45.497 --> 00:48.848 passing out, or peeing or pooping? 00:48.848 --> 00:51.240 Now do you see how tight it is in here? 00:51.240 --> 00:53.584 There's not much room to move around in. 00:53.584 --> 00:56.047 You have things like the stick that steers the airplane, 00:56.047 --> 00:57.720 and down here is the throttle. 00:57.720 --> 00:59.520 And this is the most important thing, 00:59.520 --> 01:00.610 in case there is an emergency, 01:00.610 --> 01:02.250 this is the ejection handle. 01:02.250 --> 01:04.450 So when you're in here, in the plane, 01:04.450 --> 01:05.800 and you have to go to the bathroom, 01:05.800 --> 01:08.090 you have to be very careful not to touch anything 01:08.090 --> 01:09.810 that could mess the airplane up. 01:09.810 --> 01:10.760 The first thing that we do 01:10.760 --> 01:12.365 is we teach the pilots how to 01:12.365 --> 01:15.019 fully loosen their lap belt right here. 01:15.019 --> 01:17.720 And then they kind of have to prop themselves up, 01:17.720 --> 01:19.800 just a little bit, undo their zipper, 01:19.800 --> 01:21.630 and then that's where they go pee. 01:21.630 --> 01:22.463 And you kind of wonder 01:22.463 --> 01:25.260 well what happens if they have to go poop? 01:25.260 --> 01:27.380 Well that's gonna be really difficult 01:27.380 --> 01:29.680 because there's no room in this plane to go poop. 01:29.680 --> 01:31.460 So they have to hold it. 01:31.460 --> 01:32.844 The whole entire time. 01:32.844 --> 01:34.856 And with throwing up, 01:34.856 --> 01:37.240 all they've gotta do is take the bag out 01:37.240 --> 01:38.106 and put it right here, 01:38.106 --> 01:39.950 and throw up in the puke bag 01:39.950 --> 01:41.340 and then tie it back up 01:41.340 --> 01:42.930 and sit it down in their lap. 01:42.930 --> 01:44.500 And this is Erin Bacon here. 01:44.500 --> 01:46.723 And Erin Bacon has put on the poopy suit. 01:46.723 --> 01:48.290 And I say poopy suit, 01:48.290 --> 01:50.630 that's kind of a funny name for a suit, right? 01:50.630 --> 01:52.980 Well its actually called an anti-exposure suit, 01:52.980 --> 01:54.686 but the reason we call it a poopy suit, 01:54.686 --> 01:57.370 is there's not much room in the cockpit. 01:57.370 --> 02:00.310 So, if a pilot has to go the bathroom, 02:00.310 --> 02:02.489 number two in the airplane, 02:02.489 --> 02:04.410 they go right in this suit. 02:04.410 --> 02:05.930 That's why we call it a poopy suit. 02:05.930 --> 02:07.150 And they bring it back here, 02:07.150 --> 02:08.960 they want us to wash it. 02:08.960 --> 02:11.070 But the reason that they really wear these, 02:11.070 --> 02:13.800 is because they're flying over really cold water. 02:13.800 --> 02:14.633 Okay? 02:14.633 --> 02:16.110 And if they eject out of the airplane, 02:16.110 --> 02:17.560 and they go down in the water, 02:17.560 --> 02:19.948 they don't have much time to get into the life raft. 02:19.948 --> 02:22.230 So what this does is it prolongs life. 02:22.230 --> 02:24.500 It lets them live a little bit longer 02:24.500 --> 02:27.000 so they swim to the raft, get into the raft, 02:27.000 --> 02:28.100 and save themselves. 02:28.100 --> 02:30.410 And right down here, you see where the zipper is? 02:30.410 --> 02:31.420 It's not to go poop, 02:31.420 --> 02:32.430 its to go pee. 02:32.430 --> 02:33.860 So they use this piddle pack 02:33.860 --> 02:34.960 and even the females, 02:34.960 --> 02:36.880 they can use it as well. 02:36.880 --> 02:39.230 And I want to show you how this thing works. 02:39.230 --> 02:41.420 This is the piddle pack and if you can see down there, 02:41.420 --> 02:42.870 there's some grandulers. 02:42.870 --> 02:44.350 Well what happens to those grandulers 02:44.350 --> 02:46.230 when the pilot has to go pee? 02:46.230 --> 02:47.409 Well I brought this water here, 02:47.409 --> 02:49.763 and what I'll do is I'll poor this in. 02:51.980 --> 02:54.500 Just a little bit, not too much, right? 02:54.500 --> 02:58.530 And as you'll see, it starts to become a solid. 02:58.530 --> 02:59.557 It's just like a sponge 02:59.557 --> 03:03.020 and all those things soak up all the water. 03:03.020 --> 03:04.224 So it doesn't spill. 03:04.224 --> 03:07.130 Well Lily, I hope I answered all your questions. 03:07.130 --> 03:10.383 Please stay tuned for the next episode in two weeks.