An airline worker in the USA has broken the age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world record for the world's longest-serving airline mechanic. Azriel Blackman, 91, started age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world in 1942 at the age of 16. He has now been working for 75 years. His age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world salary was 50 cents an hour. The age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world still works five days a week. He clocks on before 5am at an American Airlines age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world at JFK International Airport in New York. His age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world means his employers prevent him from doing certain tasks for safety age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world . He is not allowed to scale ladders, drive on the age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world and surrounding areas, or use certain tools. He is responsible for assessing the maintenance age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world of the airplanes that have been parked in the hangars age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world . Mr Blackman's record has been recognized for his age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world to his job. His employer dedicated a plane in his age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world at a ceremony at JFK. His signature was painted in age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world letters on the front of one of the airline's Boeing 777 aircraft. Blackman said: "I'm just honored to be here. I'm age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world to be a mechanic." The 91-year-old received a standing age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world from his fellow colleagues and managers at the age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world . Reporters asked him about the age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world behind his record. He said: "When you like what you do, it's not work. When asked about age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world , he said: "That's not up to me. That's up to the man age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world . The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is I say 'thank you for age another ceremony dedication giant hangar honor needs nonagenarian ovation overnight proud reasons retirement runways secret starting upstairs work world day'."