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778A Second Loadmaster

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Overview

A Second Loadmaster performs in-flight duties as a loadmaster assistant aboard C-37 and C-40 aircraft. The loadmaster performs maintenance, rigging, and in-flight functions for internal aircraft cargo handling and has knowledge of aircraft systems, passenger handling, safety equipment, transport regulations, and emergency procedures.

Core Skills

  • Internal aircraft cargo rigging and maintenance
  • Passenger handling under air transport regulations
  • Aircraft emergency procedures and safety equipment knowledge

Civilian Career Paths

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Flight Attendants

In-flight passenger handling and knowledge of aircraft safety equipment, emergency procedures, and passenger transport regulations transfer directly to cabin safety work.

How to prepare: Apply for airline flight-attendant openings and complete the airline's required post-hire initial training for FAA certification. Service as a flight attendant aboard an air-carrier aircraft with 20 or more seats requires an FAA Certificate of Demonstrated Proficiency, issued after successful completion of FAA-approved flight-attendant training requirements.

What the civilian work involves
  • Verify that first aid kits and other emergency equipment, including fire extinguishers and oxygen bottles, are in working order.
  • Announce and demonstrate safety and emergency procedures, such as the use of oxygen masks, seat belts, and life jackets.
  • Direct and assist passengers in emergency procedures, such as evacuating a plane following an emergency landing.

Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors

Loadmaster-assistant experience with internal aircraft cargo handling and rigging provides a practical foundation for coordinating aircraft loading and cargo securement.

How to prepare: Practice civilian cargo-distribution and center-of-gravity calculations, and document any crew-direction experience before targeting supervisory openings. The verified duties establish assistant loadmaster work, not supervisory experience.

What the civilian work involves
  • Determine the quantity and orientation of cargo, and compute an aircraft's center of gravity.
  • Direct ground crews in the loading, unloading, securing, or staging of aircraft cargo or baggage.
  • Distribute cargo to maximize use of space.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Cargo tracking system software

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 778A

    [1] NEC entry "778A - Second Loadmaster"; cached text line 18652; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Internal aircraft cargo rigging and maintenance, Passenger handling under air transport regulations, Aircraft emergency procedures and safety equipment knowledge, Flight Attendants (O*NET 53-2031.00), Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (O*NET 53-1041.00)

  2. O*NET: Flight Attendants

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Flight Attendants (O*NET 53-2031.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Flight Attendants

    [3] How to Become, Training and Licenses; checked September 24, 2026

    Supports: Flight Attendants (O*NET 53-2031.00)

  4. 49 USC 44728: Flight attendant certification

    [4] Subsections (a), (b), (e) and (g); laws in effect September 23, 2026

    Supports: Flight Attendants (O*NET 53-2031.00)

  5. O*NET: Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors

    [5] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (O*NET 53-1041.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 778A

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