How To Wash An Airplane (VIDEO)

Thought washing a car was time consuming? How about an airplane?

Southwest airline employees are charged with washing airplanes after hey are "c-checked" which happens every 15-21 months, The Presurfer reports.

The night after they are c-checked, at which time they are out of commission for roughly 1-2 weeks, the planes are thoroughly washed.

Workers at Houston's Hobby Airport filmed the process, which takes roughly five hours.

Ian Kinsler, a lead mechanic for the airline, says in the video:

They wash it pretty much like a car--every square inch that's not covered up they'll wash it and make it look like a brand new airplane. To wash a plane, the whole time involved I'd say maybe five hours. They build up a lot of crud and dirt, that's the dirtiest part of the airplane—the landing gear—hydraulic fluid runback, that's where they really want to scrub, the underside.

Check it out below.