Chapter 131 Fuel Disaster!
It can only be said that Shandong Airlines has a very good vision in the design of flight attendant uniforms. The smooth sky blue fabric is sprinkled with the texture of scattered clouds, giving people a feeling of agility and lightness, especially the lines on the waist, which can reflect the flight attendants' graceful figure.
Xu Cang's eyes flickered, and his initial surprise quickly turned into amazement. In this era, the uniforms of flight attendants were still quite formal and not really good-looking. The grand and dazzling uniforms of Shandong Airlines could indeed attract a lot of attention.
Perhaps it was because Xu Cang stayed in the crew preparation room for too long, and soon a very tall flight attendant came slowly over. When she got closer, Xu Cang realized that she was almost as tall as himself. Such a height was quite rare in the female circle.
If Deng Wenjia were here, he would definitely be able to tell that the flight attendant was his wife Li Feifei.
Li Feifei walked to a place not far in front of Xu Cang and made a rough assessment of his appearance. He seemed to be somewhat similar to the ID photo of Xu Cang in the flight information. However, she did not ask directly, but smiled and said, "Is there anything wrong?"
"Oh, no." Xu Cang glanced at Li Feifei, and quickly turned his gaze to the other flight attendants.
Li Feifei noticed that Xu Cang was still looking at other flight attendants, and couldn't help but laugh: "You are the first co-pilot who looks at people so brazenly here."
The uniforms of Shandong Airlines' flight attendants were indeed figure-flattering, so it was normal for the pilots to take a few more glances. However, it was quite rare for someone like Xu Cang to come to the flight attendant preparation room and look at them unscrupulously in front of all the flight attendants.
However, Li Feifei discovered that there was no lustful light in Xu Cang's eyes, and she suddenly became curious.
"Excuse me, do you know who is responsible for designing the flight attendant uniforms?" Xu Cang retracted his gaze and asked seriously, "Or is the clothing design outsourced to another company?"
Xu Cang remembered that Blue Sky Airlines' uniforms, including those for pilots and cabin crew, were all outsourced to other companies. The pilot uniforms were fine, as they were pretty much the same across airlines, but the cabin crew uniforms were really ugly.
The main color of Blue Sky Airlines' cabin crew uniforms is burgundy, a real main color. From the small vest on top to the professional skirt on the bottom, it's all burgundy. The style is extremely rigid, and it doesn't add any points to the look. Instead, it makes the wearer look a bit old-fashioned.
Li Feifei was startled, but she didn't expect Xu Cang to ask about the flight attendant uniforms. This was the first time. It turned out that Xu Cang was not looking at the beauties, but at the clothes.
"Our uniforms are produced by external factories, but the styles and patterns are designed by ourselves," said Li Feifei.
Xu Cang's eyes lit up: "The cabin department is also responsible for designing uniforms?"
It is understandable that the uniform production is outsourced, but the design is done by Shandong Airlines itself. The cabin department of Shandong Airlines is really versatile.
"Almost. To be precise, it was the original design I submitted." Li Feifei smiled and looked a little proud. "I was doing fashion design before I joined the company. When the company was soliciting opinions on the flight attendant uniforms, I directly submitted a draft design, and then the company revised it according to my draft."
Xu Cang looked at Li Feifei in surprise, wondering how come Shandong Airlines had so many talented people. Compared with Shandong Airlines, Blue Sky Airlines was so lifeless and had no vitality at all.
Suddenly, Xu Cang took a step forward excitedly and approached Li Feifei. This move really scared Li Feifei, and she instinctively took a step back.
Xu Cang realized that he had lost his composure and immediately apologized, "I'm sorry, I was asking if you have any idea of changing your work environment?"
Li Feifei raised her eyebrows: "Are you talking about changing jobs?"
"Yes! There should be few restrictions on you flight attendants changing companies." Xu Cang nodded: "The salary will definitely be increased."
Li Feifei was a little confused. Xu Cang's train of thought was too jumpy. He came here not to see the beauties, but to see the uniforms. After asking about the uniform design, he asked about job hopping. Li Feifei couldn't keep up with Xu Cang's thoughts at all.
In fact, Xu Cang's idea was very simple. He found that there were too many talents in Shandong Airlines. Not to mention Wu Taiming, the future backbone of civil aviation, it was rare to see a senior ground instructor like Xian Tong.
Xu Cang felt that even if he couldn't go back for a while, he had to send some talents to the Erhai base. A few days ago, Xiantong had promised him that he was willing to go to other companies for support in the future, so there would be a person in charge of the ground theory after the development of the Erhai base. Now seeing a good player like Li Feifei, it seems that the future leader of the cabin department has also been settled.
Li Feifei's smart eyes looked at Xu Cang's face and found that Xu Cang seemed serious, which made her really distressed: "I don't think I have this plan for the time being..."
"It's okay, it's okay, you don't have to make a decision now, think about it again." Xu Cang interrupted Li Feifei immediately, and then took out his mobile phone : "If it's convenient for you, I'll leave your phone number. If you have any ideas, just contact me."
However, as soon as these words came out, Li Feifei's eyes widened: "So this is your purpose!?"
"Ah?" Xu Cang held a cell phone in his hand and looked at Li Feifei blankly, who was showing signs of anger. "What do you mean?"
Li Feifei glared at Xu Cang fiercely: "Now you have gone through so much trouble to get my phone number. I almost believed you."
Xu Cang then realized that Li Feifei had misunderstood that he was trying to strike up a conversation with her and asking for her number, and he immediately explained, "No, no, that's not what I meant. I'm not interested in you, I'm just interested in uniforms. No, it's not that I'm not interested in you, it's just... not that kind of interest..."
By the end of his speech, Xu Cang's tongue was almost tied.
Li Feifei rolled her eyes and looked at her watch: "Xu Cang, right? It doesn't matter if you talk nonsense with me here, but don't forget to sign in."
"Huh?" Xu Cang was stunned, and subconsciously glanced at the time on the phone screen. He had completely forgotten about signing in for the breathalyzer test, and there were only two minutes left. He didn't even have time to talk to Li Feifei, who was pulling the flight box and running all the way to the flight preparation room.
What caused Xu Cang to suffer a cerebral thrombosis was that he hurried to the preparation room, looked for the flight doctor's seat, and found that someone was already using a handheld breathalyzer.
That's right, Shanhang didn't have a large breathalyzer, so they could only use a handheld breathalyzer, but a handheld breathalyzer was more troublesome than a large breathalyzer. When Xu Cang came over, the man in front was still fiddling with the handheld breathalyzer, and Xu Cang was sweating in the back.
This is my first flight with Shandong Airlines. Although it is not a big deal, being late on the first flight is really too much.
Xu Cang glanced at the flight doctor and saw that the doctor was busy with his work and didn't pay attention to him. So Xu Cang "became angry" and signed his name in the breathalyzer record book before the doctor noticed.
This movement was noticed by the pilot in front, and he also realized Xu Cang's little move. He turned his head and happened to make eye contact with Xu Cang behind him. When their eyes met, both of them were stunned.
"Old Wu?" Xu Cang exclaimed in a low voice. He didn't expect that the pilot in front of him was Wu Taiming.
Wu Taiming raised his thick eyebrows fiercely. He was quite unhappy with the title of "Old Wu". However, after noticing Xu Cang's small action, Wu Taiming did not alarm the flight doctor. He did not look at Xu Cang again, but silently completed the breathalyzer test and signed behind Xu Cang's name.
Xu Cang quickly followed Wu Taiming to blow the breathalyzer test, then pretended to sign, and then followed Wu Taiming's steps. However, as soon as he caught up, he immediately found that he was with Wu Taiming, but he clearly remembered that the previous one was not Wu Taiming.
Could it be that some urgent matter occurred and the person was replaced?
However, this was not a critical issue, and it was just right to change people. However, Xu Cang found that the captain on duty, Li Hongming, seemed to have seen him somewhere before. After a brief recollection, wasn't he one of the people who watched at the door when he and Xian Tong were "debating" in the training classroom a few days ago?
When Xu Cang approached, Li Hongming leaned one arm on the table and looked at Xu Cang with interest, which made Xu Cang very uncomfortable?
Li Hongming was not tall, probably less than 1.7 meters, like a little old man. However, he had raised eyebrows, sunken cheeks, and high cheekbones, and his physiognomy alone showed that he was a very scheming and sinister person.
Compared to the oppressive and ferocious feeling brought by Wu Taiming's huge frame, Li Hongming made Xu Cang feel a little repulsive. He really didn't like people with this kind of face.
"I'm curious, where on earth did you know so many theories about other models?" Li Hongming asked with a smile. But when Xu Cang saw this smile, he always felt that it was a bit sinister.
Wu Taiming's eyes moved back and forth between Li Hongming and Xu Cang in surprise. He didn't like to ask about the company's news, so he didn't really know what happened to Xu Cang. His knowledge of Xu Cang was still stuck on that awkward first meeting in Hanjing. How come it seemed that Teacher Li Hongming knew Xu Cang, and there seemed to be some story behind him?
Xu Cang said casually: "Teacher, I just took a look at it casually, and my memory is pretty good."
"Haha." Li Hongming did not answer, but just laughed twice for unknown reasons, and then stopped talking.
Veins popped out on Xu Cang's forehead. He hated people with weird tempers. Actually, it didn't matter that he had a weird temper. Xu Cang's way of thinking was more jumpy, so many people couldn't keep up with his ideas. However, Xu Cang would not express his displeasure at normal times because others couldn't keep up with his ideas.
But some people with weird tempers not only have jumping thoughts, but also force others to conform to their strange way of thinking. If others do not conform, they will get angry or make some expressions that make others feel uncomfortable. This is very bad, and Xu Cang is speechless.
However, he was not interested in dwelling on such matters. They were too common in life, and if everyone got angry, his liver would not be able to bear it.
While Xu Cang was getting the pre-voyage capital, he secretly looked at Wu Taiming. Wu Taiming was reading the navigation notice at first, but Xu Cang's little action was so obvious that Wu Taiming's square face, which was originally dark, looked like it was covered with soot.
About five minutes later, Wu Taiming silently put down his pen and told Li Hongming that he was going to the bathroom. As soon as Wu Taiming left, Xu Cang immediately found an excuse to follow him.
As soon as Xu Cang came out of the flight preparation room, he ran into Wu Taiming who was waiting outside.
Wu Taiming was a very strong man, and Xu Cang was caught off guard and was pinched hard on the back of his neck. His neck shrank involuntarily, and then Wu Taiming directly lifted Xu Cang to the end of the corridor.
Wu Taiming didn't let Xu Cang go until there was no one around.
Xu Cang touched his neck, a little angry: "Can you please stop touching my neck?"
Of all the parts of his body, Xu Cang's neck was the most sensitive. Even if it was the closest person, Qin Xin, who was his bedmate in the future, knew not to touch Xu Cang's neck.
"Then can you please stop looking at me like that? Are you sick?" Wu Taiming was still furious. In the past few minutes, Xu Cang had been stealing glances at him every ten seconds. A grown man stealing glances at another man, just thinking about this scene, Wu Taiming, a straight man, felt goose bumps all over his body.
Xu Cang twisted his neck: "What kind of look do I have? I'm just analyzing your situation."
Wu Taiming frowned: "Analyze what?"
"Boss... Boss Wu." Xu Cang almost blurted out the name Old Wu again, but he felt Wu Taiming's murderous gaze and finally swallowed it back and changed it to Boss Wu. In fact, the name Boss Wu is also quite strange, at least it is used for Wu Taiming at this moment. However, compared to Old Wu who is very similar to Lao Wang next door, Boss Wu is barely acceptable.
Xu Cang cleared his throat: "Boss Wu, are you still single now?"
"Huh!?" Upon hearing this, Wu Taiming was like a cat whose tail was stepped on. He was about to explode in an instant: "What do you mean?"
Xu Cang scratched his neck and moved closer to Wu Taiming under his disgusted gaze: "I know a very nice girl. Do you want me to introduce her to you?"
Although Wu Taiming looks fierce, he is actually very gentle. He grew up in a single-parent family, so he longs for love and care in his heart.
In this situation, some people may indulge themselves. But Wu Taiming is different. Although he is not good-looking, at least he can easily find a girlfriend with his job as a pilot. However, Wu Taiming will not just find a girlfriend just because he lacks love. He thinks this is irresponsible to others and himself.
However, after so many years, Wu Taiming still hasn't found his other half. Just now, Xu Cang saw Wu Taiming's rough stubble and wrinkled shirt, which exuded the scent of a single dog.
As expected, Wu Taiming has not found his future wife yet.
However, Xu Cang's abrupt proposal made Wu Taiming gasp for air, and then Wu Taiming uttered three words clearly: "Psycho."
After saying that, Wu Taiming walked away. He really couldn't understand why there was such a weirdo as Xu Cang. However, before he took two steps, Xu Cang's voice came from behind him: "If you have time, you can go to Jianye Plaza in the evening, preferably after nine o'clock. There may be a girl selling portraits there. You can try to find out."
Jianye Plaza is a giant square in the northern part of Qizhou. At night, a large number of small stalls are set up there, making it the largest night market in Qizhou.
After Xu Cang and Wu Taiming became familiar with each other, Wu Taiming mentioned the story of how he met his wife. According to the time, Wu Taiming's wife should have graduated from college not long ago. Because she majored in fine arts, before she found a suitable job, she would go to Jianye Plaza at night to draw portraits for others to supplement her family income.
In the future, Wu Taiming and his wife will meet at Jianye Plaza, but Xu Cang deliberately brought it forward a little. As his best friend in the future, even if Wu Taiming is unwilling to go to the Erhai Base with him in the end, Xu Cang still hopes that Wu Taiming can get the happiness that should belong to him earlier.
Wu Taiming didn't even turn his head, but his footsteps paused slightly. Xu Cang knew that he had listened to him, and that was enough. As for whether this would be the beginning of a close relationship between him and Wu Taiming, that would depend on fate.
However, a cheerful female voice suddenly rang out from the stairwell in the middle of the corridor: "Jianye Plaza, what's going on over there?"
Upon hearing this voice, Xu Cang's scalp went numb, and Wu Taiming, who was about to leave, stopped and looked back at the girl who came out of the stairwell with a little surprise: "Xiaoxiao?"
Sure enough, a young woman who looked like an elf jumped into the corridor. She was Lu Xiaoxiao from the Human Resources Department who had gotten drunk with Wu Taiming before, and the future director of the Audit Center of the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
Lu Xiaoxiao first glanced at Wu Taiming, then turned around and found Xu Cang standing at the end of the corridor. Her eyes suddenly lit up.
This light fell into Xu Cang's eyes, just like the green light flashing in the eyes of a hungry wolf when it saw food. At this moment, Xu Cang shuddered directly.
Lu Xiaoxiao is definitely an expert at accounting. She was supposed to be the director of the Finance Department of the General Administration, but she was too lively and the Finance Department was located in the General Administration's office building, which made her feel uncomfortable.
Therefore, she simply chose the audit center of the directly affiliated institution. This audit center was not located in the building of the General Administration, so it was much more comfortable.
In fact, lively girls are often lovable. Of course, Xu Cang personally prefers quiet girls, but that doesn't mean he dislikes lively girls. But the key is that Lu Xiaoxiao is too lively, and she is too enthusiastic towards Xu Cang, which makes Xu Cang a little unbearable.
When Lu Xiaoxiao saw Xu Cang, she immediately remembered that she had seen Xu Cang when she was caught by Deng Wenjia. However, she was drunk at that time and did not look at Xu Cang properly. Now that she was sober and carefully distinguished Xu Cang's appearance, she was immediately shocked by his beauty.
Xu Cang's appearance was too feminine, which he didn't like, but some girls just liked it. This period of time was when some foreign aesthetics invaded China, and Xu Cang's appearance perfectly fit the character of a "handsome man".
"I never noticed that you are so beautiful before." Lu Xiaoxiao actually licked her lips slightly.
Xu Cang caught this little action accurately, and suddenly he was overwhelmed. Lu Xiaoxiao was just too enthusiastic and didn't hide her likes and dislikes at all. In the future, even though Xu Cang was married, Lu Xiaoxiao still expressed her concern beyond friendship, which made Xu Cang really overwhelmed.
In fact, judging from her appearance, Lu Xiaoxiao is definitely a beauty. But Xu Cang is not a sea king who refuses everyone. However, Lu Xiaoxiao's accounting ability is too strong, so strong that Xu Cang really can't let her go, and he will not cause such a big trouble.
If Lu Xiaoxiao could find a man who could calm her down, that would be the best of both worlds, but where could she find such a man? As for men with feminine looks, there seemed to be no such men in the circle she knew.
Just when Xu Cang was having a headache, Lu Xiaoxiao actually walked towards him, which made Xu Cang shiver. Suddenly, Xu Cang found Li Feifei leading a large group of flight attendants, and he knew that his savior had arrived.
Pretending to be serious, he shouted to Li Feifei: "The flight attendant is here, let's go! Go and coordinate!"
As he said this, he hurriedly passed Lu Xiaoxiao and headed for the flight preparation room. He looked as embarrassed as he could be.
…
This flight was to Tianning Airport, and the single leg took only an hour and a dozen minutes, which was very short. After the plane landed smoothly at Tianning Airport, Xu Cang waited leisurely for the passengers to get off before going down to refuel.
At first, Xu Cang was a little worried about not being able to return to Blue Sky Airlines. He wanted to return to Blue Sky Airlines just to go to Erhai Base. However, recently he changed his mind and thought that as such an unlucky guy, he should show up at Erhai Base for a while to avoid bringing any bad things.
Xu Cang was of course a thorough materialist, but he encountered a series of problems. If he went to the Erhai Base and something happened, the Erhai Base, which was not even an airline, would not be able to support itself.
However, if it is just normal operation, Xu Cang is not necessary. Anyway, in Shandong Airlines, there are really a lot of talents. It is not a bad contribution to use some tricks to transport these talents to the Erhai base.
However, Xu Cang still felt a little embarrassed about this behavior of taking advantage of Shan Hang.
After all the passengers got off the plane, Xu Cang put on his reflective vest and walked off the tarmac, feeling the breeze and feeling pretty good. This time he only had to do the task of refueling and filling in the form, which was quite relaxing.
As soon as he got off the ladder, the gas master came over with a book. Xu Cang told the master the amount of oil, then wrote the amount of oil he wanted to add in the gas book and signed his name.
After finishing everything, Xu Cang originally planned to follow the refueling master to the underside of the wing. However, before he took two steps, his cell phone rang. He took it out and looked at the number. It was still Feibiao's landline number. Now Xu Cang was in a dilemma to hang up.
However, during refueling, people within a certain range of the gas truck were not allowed to answer the phone. So Xu Cang told the gas station attendant about the situation and ran to a distant place to answer the phone.
After running all the way to the next corridor bridge, Xu Cang finally connected the arc. Soon a woman's voice came from the other side: "Xu Cang, this is Feidiao."
"Hello, is there anything I can help you with?" Xu Cang said while paying attention to the actions of the gas station attendant.
"It's like this. Our test papers are ready. When do you think the test will be held? Also, the simulator inspection has been arranged. The earliest will be tomorrow..."
"Then arrange everything for tomorrow. After the test, I will go fly the simulator right away." Xu Cang is a man of great speed. If he can finish it in one go, he will definitely not divide it into two times.
"Of course you can." The Feibiao staff said, "But your subsequent Boeing plan will be changed. We will have the planning office arrange an Airbus plan for you. As long as it is approved tomorrow, we will switch to the Airbus plan for you."
As long as you pass the theory and simulator inspection, you can serve as a second mate. Because it takes a certain period of time to make a license, you can use it temporarily after signing on the old license. Later, when the new license comes out, you can use the old license to replace the new one.
"Okay, that's no problem." As long as the progress is fast enough, it doesn't matter whether it's Airbus or Boeing.
"Also, there is one more thing. We think your experience is enough to be promoted to level 2. After the aircraft type change is completed, you come to Feibiao and we will sign an application for promotion."
From this we can see that Shandong Airlines still cares about its pilots. In Blue Sky Airlines, whether the time is up or not is entirely up to the pilots themselves, and the company never mentions it.
"Okay!" Although Xu Cang was not keen on the transfer, he would still transfer if possible. Moreover, the process of transferring to the second level was the simplest, and he only needed to make a theoretical inquiry.
After saying that, Xu Cang hung up the phone, only to find that the master who was supposed to be supervising the refueling had just connected the oil pipe to the refueling port on the wing and left it alone, and ran towards Xu Cang.
Xu Cang was paying attention to the refueling at first, but he lost his focus for a while and didn't pay attention to what was happening.
Putting away his phone, Xu Cang pointed in the direction of the oil truck: "Master, what's wrong?"
A trace of embarrassment flashed across the refueling master's face: "Captain, I'm sorry, we are not allowed to refuel."
Just like people don’t call someone “deputy” in society, airport staff will not call someone “co-pilot” even if they recognize the three bars, but will only call him “captain”.
"Not allowed to refuel, what does this mean?" Xu Cang was also a little confused.
The refueling attendant said helplessly, "They said your company owes too much money, and they will not provide refueling until the debt is settled. Captain, why don't you ask your company? I can't do anything about this."
Xu Cang knew that this matter had nothing to do with the gas station attendant, but it was not uncommon for airlines to owe money for fuel. That was because airlines often settled accounts with fuel companies on a regular basis, rather than paying once per refueling or every day. Therefore, it was normal for airlines to owe money for fuel, and it was not uncommon for airlines to fail to pay back the money on the stipulated loan date.
Generally speaking, as long as the delay is not too extreme, the aviation fuel company will basically accept it. After all, as long as I owe enough money, the debtor is the boss.
However, it is indeed quite rare for an aviation fuel company to be so indebted that it cuts off fuel supply.
After thinking about it, Xu Cang couldn't make the decision on this matter, so he hurriedly boarded the plane. When he entered the cockpit, Li Hongming was stunned: "Refuel so quickly?"
Looking at the fuel gauge, it was obvious that no fuel had been added yet, so how come Xu Cang came up?
Xu Cang told Li Hongming exactly what the gas station attendant had said. Even Wu Taiming, who was sitting next to him, was stunned.
"So the creditor is getting angry and coming to collect the debt?" Li Hongming let out a long sigh, "What bad luck."
Wu Taiming asked carefully: "Teacher, should we call home and ask?"
"Go ahead and call." Li Hongming waved his hand. "Even if they want to settle the debt, it won't be done in a short time."
This is not because Shandong Airlines deliberately owes money but because it has grown too fast in recent days and has been a bit overwhelmed. The tight cash flow has made it impossible to repay on time in some areas, such as aviation fuel.
Wu Taiming called the operations control department as instructed, but the operations control department was in charge of the flight and had no business dealing with outstanding debts, so the call was transferred to the person on duty, number one.
"Tell Instructor Li to wait a moment, we will settle it as soon as possible." The No. 1 on duty had no choice but to say this. Recently, the business has expanded too much, and Shanhang is a little overwhelmed. Otherwise, it would not have been in such an embarrassing situation of being cut off from fuel.
Wu Taiming asked cautiously: "Mr. Wang, what if the flight is delayed?"
Wu Taiming had no doubt that the company would try its best to handle the matter. He only cared about who would be responsible if the flight was delayed.
Sure enough, the officer on duty quickly said, "Don't worry, this has nothing to do with you. Just wait."
Wu Taiming breathed a sigh of relief after receiving such confirmation from the duty officer. After hanging up the phone, he said to Li Hongming, "Teacher, the company said that they will settle the account as soon as possible. Let's wait a moment."
"Wait a minute, what are you waiting for! There is a fourth stage behind this plane. If the delay is too long, not only will the fourth stage behind it be affected, but tomorrow morning's flight will also be affected." Li Hongming said angrily, "Even if they want to pay back the money, it will take a lot of time just to approve such a large amount of money."
Shandong Airlines' aircraft utilization rate is very high. Except for the necessary maintenance time, the rest are basically flying, so that it can generate enough profits. But this will also bring a problem, that is, once a flight is seriously delayed, all subsequent flights will also be affected.
Xu Cang leaned against the door and said casually: "Teacher, there is nothing we can do about this. It has nothing to do with us. Just wait."
"What do you know? How much money will the company lose due to our delay?" Li Hongming raised his head and looked at Xu Cang: "How much fuel did we have when we returned?"
"Twenty-two thousand pounds. What's the matter, Master?"
Li Hongming rummaged through his flight box, took out a reflective vest, put it on, pulled the seat back, and stood up.
Xu Cang was startled: "Teacher, what are you going to do?"
"What?" Li Hongming cursed, "I'm going to buy oil, damn it!"
…
At this moment, in the Shandong Airlines hangar of Qizhou Airport, an Airbus 320 that had just completed maintenance was undergoing the final finishing work.
Two mechanics were sitting in the cockpit, discussing and doing some paperwork. One of the young mechanics, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, suddenly stopped writing and asked the older mechanic on his left, "Master, we've checked it all over and didn't find any difference in fuel flow between the two sides. You're just letting it go. Is that ok?"
The old maintenance man sighed, "Actually, this level of fuel flow difference doesn't warrant maintenance. The higher-ups are just being cautious. But, this is indeed strange. We've done a full round of testing, but still can't find the problem. However, all the items before we release it are qualified, so we'll release it. I think this plane is old, and some oil and dirt have accumulated in the fuel pipes, blocking some of the fuel pipes, which is why the fuel volume difference occurred?"
"The Airbus 320 that came this time is older than this plane, and there was no problem with the difference in fuel quantity." asked the young maintenance man.
The old maintenance worker was annoyed by the questions and waved his hand: "How should I know if you ask me? This plane has been flying for a long time, so it is normal for some data to deviate. We can't just dismantle the whole plane to have a look, right? Forget it, forget it! I will ask the maintenance department of the National University later, and if possible, ask them to send someone to take a look."
"Yes!" The young engineer didn't mean anything else: "Master, then I will sign it?"
"Sign up. You've become a master now. Do you still want to follow me?" The old maintenance man patted his apprentice on the shoulder and said, "This is your first shift!"