Chapter 242: Complete Boeing 757 production line!
"You want to enter the cockpit? Flight 552?" Ma Cheng's eyes narrowed slightly. He instinctively felt that Xu Cang was definitely referring to something and was definitely not shooting in the dark: "Xu Cang, tell me the truth, what happened to Flight 552?"
Xu Cang's flying skills are not only legendary, his flying experience is also legendary. No, it can no longer be said to be legendary, but weird.
To be honest, if a pilot has problems every now and then, there are too many metaphysical implications. Xu Cang has experienced many special situations, many of which can be used as typical cases. It is considered bad luck for ordinary pilots to encounter such a situation once in their lifetime, but Xu Cang has encountered them one after another, which is worth talking about.
It seemed as if there was some mysterious force controlling Xu Cang's fate.
Ma Cheng is not superstitious, but that doesn't mean he can ignore Xu Cang's experience. It is better to believe it than not to believe it. This is just a safe way of thinking.
Ma Cheng's words were quite clear, but Xu Cang's smile didn't diminish: "What's the matter? I want to go to Korea to have some fun. Can't I take a ride on your plane?"
"If you just want to take a ride on the plane, then that's fine. But why did you specify that you want to sit in the cockpit and not in the cabin? I'm afraid the observer seat in the cockpit is not very comfortable." Ma Cheng stared at Xu Cang with sharp eyes: "Xu Cang, there are some things I don't want you to hide from me."
"Why would I hide this from you?" Xu Cang spread his hands and said, "This place is not full of passengers. If I don't go to the cockpit, where else can I go?"
"Is the place full?" Ma Cheng was stunned: "Wait a moment."
After that, Ma Cheng made a phone call: "Help me check the ticket status of flight 552 in five days."
After the boss spoke, the marketing department naturally responded very quickly. In less than twenty seconds, Ma Cheng learned about the ticket sales situation of Flight 552.
"It's full, right? Okay, I see." Ma Cheng hung up the phone and put the phone on the desk: "Okay, it's full."
"When I bought the ticket, your people told me." Xu Cang smiled and said, "Is that all right? Help me add a crew. This matter needs the approval of you, the leader."
The crews of other companies do need some intermediaries, and Ma Cheng can certainly do it.
"You." Ma Cheng smiled bitterly, believing Xu Cang's words, and his expression was much more relaxed: "It's just adding a crew, just make a phone call, is it necessary to come here specially?"
"I'm going to Shekou to meet a friend later, just stopping by."
"You're quite busy." Ma Cheng said with a smile, "What's your aircrew certificate number? I'll write it down and tell the flight department later."
"03517."
Ma Cheng took a note and wrote down the flight attendant certificate number while muttering, "035..."
"Boss Ma..." While Ma Cheng was recording, Xu Cang suddenly said, "The weather in Incheon has not been very good these days."
Ma Cheng put the note away and said, "Oh, are you suffering from an occupational disease? You are a passenger and you still care about the weather. Is the weather in Incheon bad? What do you think?"
"It's foggy. And I heard the weather will be similar for the next few days."
"It's foggy." Ma Cheng said, "So, what do you want to do?"
Xu Cang laughed: "You know, I don't know whether to say I'm lucky or unlucky. I always encounter some special situations. Incheon Airport may need to fly a circling approach. This approach is relatively rare and requires high visibility, so... I'm a little worried."
"Ha! You're still afraid." Ma Cheng seemed to have seen something very interesting: "But what do you want to do? I'm not a god, can I dispel the fog?"
Xu Cang waved his hand: "No, I'm just kidding. If it's convenient, can you arrange a relatively mature and stable crew for me? It will be safer."
"You still believe this?"
"If you were me, would you believe it?"
Ma Cheng was speechless after being questioned by Xu Cang. After a while, he said, "Let me ask for the crew list of that flight."
Soon, Ma Cheng dialed the number of the flight department's dispatch room.
"I'm Ma Cheng. Five days from now, please add a Spring Airlines pilot to the crew for flight 552. My name is Xu Cang, and my flight attendant certificate number is 03517."
"Mr. Ma, flight 552 is fully booked in five days."
"Let him sit in the cockpit and help me lock this position." Ma Cheng said, "By the way, who is the captain of that flight?"
"Mr. Ma, wait a moment." After a few seconds, the dispatcher replied: "Mr. Ma, the captain is Lu Yongjian, Mr. Lu."
Ma Cheng was stunned: "Lu Yongjian?"
Xu Cang heard something strange in Ma Cheng's words and asked in a low voice: "Captain, is there a problem?"
Ma Cheng hung up the phone: "If it was someone else, I would think you were overthinking it, but if it was Lu Yongjian, then..."
"What's wrong with this guy?"
"The manager of the safety and supervision department will retire in a few years. He has a rather strange temper and his position is quite high, so he doesn't have a very good reputation among the fleet."
Xu Cang's heart trembled, thinking of the cause of the Incheon air crash, and he immediately felt that something was wrong: "Weird, how weird is it?"
"He's stubborn, the kind that's extremely stubborn. Not to mention the co-pilot, he's flown with other instructors before, and he didn't take their words seriously. If someone raised an objection, he would be anxious. If it was an ordinary captain instructor, it would be fine. But this person is from the Safety Supervision Department. Which pilot is not afraid of the Safety Supervision Department? So..."
"On the plane, whatever he says is final. He's a dictator?" Xu Cang chuckled, "What if he's wrong and he still insists on it? Will others be helpless?"
The cockpit structure is too steep due to the captain's excessive authority, which is a very real and urgent problem. However, this kind of thing has a cultural basis in some countries and is difficult to eradicate.
Not to mention at the beginning of the 21st century, even 20 years later, when crew resource management has received more and more attention, the problem of excessive authority of such crews has still not been well resolved.
Ma Cheng's face flashed with embarrassment: "So he doesn't fly much now. He just does ground work in the Safety Supervision Department."
"And I encountered it in a few flights?" Xu Cang said immediately: "The weather at Incheon Airport is bad. This kind of weather requires the most decisiveness. If the captain on the plane is unwilling to listen to other people's opinions..."
If the captain was blinded by a single leaf, then the problem would be huge. Would he have continued to drive the plane forward towards a crash? Moreover, it is expected that the visibility at Incheon Airport will not be good in the next few days, which is tantamount to adding insult to injury.
Ma Cheng's expression was a little serious. He understood what Xu Cang meant and thought for a moment: "Do you want to change people?"
"That's right! Change people! Just change to a type instructor. It doesn't have to be as senior as the instructor here, and he cannot hold an administrative position. He should have a good reputation among the co-pilots. Also, a senior co-pilot can be paired with him. Remember, remember, he must not hold an administrative position." Xu Cang directly drew a scope for Ma Cheng, and he just needed to find someone according to this scope.
If a captain has an administrative position, the co-pilot will be worried. This is the reality. Pilots are supposed to fly for a lifetime, not just for this one trip. If they get upset on the plane, they will be punished by the administrative position when they get off the plane.
"You seem to attach great importance to this crew pairing. If you are so worried, I can arrange for two captains."
"No! You don't understand! Sometimes two pilots are worse than one pilot and one co-pilot. The higher the technical level, the better the crew. It's okay if the two pilots are compatible. But if they don't like each other, they are all pilots and no one can control the other, which will cause big problems. There must be a leader with moderate authority in the cockpit. This is a must."
The strength of the cockpit crew is a very profound subject, which can be developed into a discipline. Ma Cheng is good at making money, but he takes cockpit resource management for granted.
In Xu Cang's opinion, it is most appropriate to define the captain as a leader with moderate authority. He can make the co-pilot feel a little awed, but he will not make the co-pilot feel depressed and hide his thoughts.
However, this is easier said than done, and the grasp of the degree alone is worth studying in depth.
Ma Cheng's eyes turned slightly serious: "Why do I feel that you are not here to add crews, at least not just to add crews."
"What does this have to do with whether what I said is right or wrong?" Xu Cang asked back.
Ma Cheng was stunned. Yes, Xu Cang was a crew member, or for some other reason, but what he said was right. Under the premise of heavy fog at Incheon Airport for many days, the captain was urgently needed to make a rational judgment.
However, the captain is not a god and he will make mistakes. At this time, the co-pilot needs to remind the captain, and the captain carefully evaluates the co-pilot's suggestions.
However, Lu Yongjian's presence is the dictatorship in the cockpit. How could he listen to the co-pilot's opinions?
This is the hidden danger that Xu Cang mentioned!
"I understand." Ma Cheng finally nodded: "I will change people."
"I'll wait here for someone to change."
Ma Cheng shook his head helplessly: "Do you think it's that important? It's up to you. I'll make a call."
After saying that, Ma Cheng called the dispatch room again.
Soon, Ma Cheng hung up the phone. The big boss was easy to talk to, and he could just give orders.
"The dispatch room will change people according to your request. However, Lu Yongjian is also a department leader after all, so we need to ask for his opinion." Ma Cheng said: "But I think there will be no problem."
"Yeah." Xu Cang nodded: "There is something I am concerned about. Since you agreed to replace him, and you also said that you deliberately reduced his number of flights, you probably think that he is not suitable for flying. Why do you still let him fly?"
Speaking of this, Ma Cheng's face was full of helplessness: "Xu Cang, many things are not subjective. If you think he can't fly, he can't fly. There must be a hard standard. What is dictatorship? When a special situation occurs, the captain makes a mistake in judgment, but refuses to listen to the opinions of other crew members. This is called dictatorship. But what if the opinions of other crew members are wrong? He is just sticking to his heart and not being burdened by external things. There are clear physiological indicators in the physical examination, but there are no indicators for listening to the opinions of other crew members. In this case, how can we legally ground him?"
"Besides, this person is highly regarded by his superiors, so it's not a good idea to go too far." Ma Cheng added.
"What do you mean, what did he do?"
"Isn't it the China-Korea route?" Ma Cheng explained: "This guy is of Chinese and Korean descent, and his mother's family seems to be very successful in Korea. At the beginning, we started cooperation with Korean airlines and used some of their routes, which was considered a contribution, so we can't do too much."
"Isn't the boss getting the average hourly rate? Is there any need to fly again? It's not like he's getting less money."
When Ma Cheng mentioned this, his face suddenly became unnatural. Xu Cang took a look and immediately understood: "It seems that Mu Hua's leaders have many channels for income."
"Not much." Ma Cheng subconsciously wanted to pass it off.
"But since this guy is doing well in Korea, why doesn't he go back?"
"Yes! He goes back often." Ma Cheng said, "Take flight 552 for example. He flies there for a while and then comes back. His home is near Incheon, so he can go home for free and make money at the same time. When he wants to come back, we have to arrange another return flight for him."
Xu Cang was really convinced: "Anyway, he wants to take advantage of everything. By the way, do you have to pay him for the night when he is in Korea?"
Upon hearing this, Ma Cheng's face suddenly turned dark, and he looked like he was already filled with resentment.
"That's outrageous! It would be better to have him stationed in Incheon and make him a local."
"But he likes our money more. Usually, he doesn't like his Chinese name and prefers his Korean name, Park Deok-gyu."
Xu Cang was stunned: "Park what?"
"Park Deok-gyu! What's wrong?" Ma Cheng saw Xu Cang's expression was strange: "Is there something wrong?"
"Park Deok-gyu, Park Deok-gyu!" Xu Cang suddenly asked, "How old is he?"
Ma Cheng was confused by Xu Cang's reaction, but he still replied: "Fifty-four or fifty-five, I'm not sure, anyway it's in this range."
"The age matches, but..." A horrifying thought flashed through Xu Cang's mind: "But, shouldn't he be dead?"
…
At the same time, in an office at Erhai Spring and Summer Aviation Base, Qin Xin almost thought she had heard it wrong as she listened to the secretary's report on the follow-up handling of the procedural error at Jinghong Airport.
"You said the design institute doesn't care?" Qin Xin felt incredible: "Is this really what the design institute wants?"
The secretary nodded heavily: "Yes, the design institute's feedback is that this situation is not their responsibility, and they will not make any changes to the program."
“What about refunds?”
"I've asked, and the design institute said that this doesn't comply with the refund regulations, and they won't implement the relevant refund procedures." The secretary also looked quite anxious: "Miss, I reviewed the agreement we signed with the design institute. The responsibility of the design institute ends with the simulation verification, and any subsequent problems have nothing to do with the design institute. If we want the design institute to take responsibility, we need to find problems in the three links of program design, theoretical demonstration or simulation verification."
After all, the design institute is not responsible for the actual operation results. Therefore, the problems found during the trial operation are not within the scope of the design institute's responsibility.
There is a difference between theory and practice, just like many systems of the 737 should not operate in this way in theory, but in practice they do. And regulations allow for this gap.
If unexpected situations arise, Boeing can provide advice, but forget about asking for compensation or other similar requests.
Unless the airline can provide reasonable relevant system violations!
"Miss, are we going to Shanghai?" asked the secretary.
There is also a design institute in Shanghai. If you want to find the problem, you have to ask your colleagues for help.
The secretary continued, "The design institute is willing to cooperate and provide various documents for verification if necessary. Moreover, the design institute said that as long as any problems are found in the program design, theoretical demonstration and simulation verification, they will compensate according to the compensation agreement. I have read the relevant compensation agreement. If it is indeed the responsibility of the design institute, they need to pay an additional 40 million."
One to two!
This is the compensation ratio!
"So the design institute is very confident."
The secretary hummed, "During the time I was in contact with them, the design institute was very cooperative and seemed very confident. Miss, it seems that this is really not the design institute's problem."
If the National Design Institute in Hanjing is not a bunch of idiots trying to cover up their mistakes and dare to say so after self-examination, then it is very likely that they firmly believe that there is no problem with themselves.
"What about the terrain data? Have you provided it?" Qin Xin asked.
"Yes! The design institute has compared the original data with the Geological Bureau, and the two are exactly the same. The design institute said that if we need to re-survey the topographic data, there will be an additional charge. Of course, the design institute suggested that we find a third-party agency."
It seems that the design institute has also lost its temper. The most obvious manifestation is that it suggested that Spring Airlines find a third-party terrain measurement agency.
The design institute's attitude is very clear, that is, they are very confident in their own procedures, and no matter how they review them, there will be no technical theoretical problems.
As long as it is not a problem in data theory, the design institute will not have any problems.
"Miss!" the secretary called softly, "The design institute did give some self-inspection suggestions. They might mean that there is something wrong with the aircraft itself."
"That's impossible. The plane is in good condition. How could there be a problem? If there was a problem, it wouldn't fly."
"What about this?" The secretary was already somewhat helpless. According to the agreement, they really couldn't find the design institute's responsibility at this time. Unless Spring Airlines spent money to find a third-party authority to verify the design institute's data.
Qin Xin didn't know what to do. There was nothing wrong with the procedure, the plane, or the crew. So what went wrong?
"Well, consult Boeing's technical department to see if a similar situation might occur." Qin Xin instructed, "Let's do this first and listen to Boeing's opinions. As for the rest, we can discuss it after Xu Cang comes back."
Just then, someone came into Qin Xin's office. It was Yi Feng who had resigned from Guoda Airlines.
"Miss Qin, how are you?" Yi Feng was wearing a gray windbreaker and had his hair cut into a neat short style. At first glance, he looked very different from before.
"Here you are!" Qin Xin knew that Yi Feng was coming to report today, but she was not surprised at all and immediately stood up to greet him.
When the secretary saw Yi Feng coming, he said something to Qin Xin and left the office first.
Qin Xin and Yi Feng sat opposite each other on the sofa. Qin Xin wanted to pour Yi Feng a cup of tea, but was stopped by Yi Feng: "No need. I just drank a lot of water on the plane and I really can't drink anymore. Where's Xu Cang? I didn't see him."
"He went to Muhua headquarters."
"Oh." Yi Feng did not ask any further questions, but as a result, the two of them fell into silence.
Qin Xin and Yi Feng had known each other for a long time, but they only knew that Guoda Airlines had such a promising young executive and that Spring Summer Travel Group had a female management star who was as capable as any man. Apart from that, the two had no other interactions.
Of course, things are different now because of Xu Cang's existence.
After a few seconds of silence, Qin Xin was the first to break the silence: "Xu Cang wants you to be in charge of the aviation materials company that is about to be established."
"I heard about it." Yi Feng nodded: "But, isn't that company just making money without doing anything? Is it really necessary for me to go there? I thought he wanted me to stay here."
To be honest, in Yi Feng's mind, there was no need to manage that kind of aviation material company seriously. He was the type who chased after illegal food. Would he sleep all day if he went there?
"Xu Cang is very short of money now. The aviation material company is indeed very profitable, but Xu Cang wants to make more. He has already made an agreement with Tiandong Airlines and Muhua Airlines that the two companies will purchase a large amount of goods in the future. He is just starting for you, and the rest depends on you." Qin Xin said: "In addition, Xu Cang has agreed with AVIC that in the future, related parts and maintenance services for ARJ21 will be obtained at the most favorable prices. After that, all ARJ21 parts will also be circulated through the channels of the aviation material company. Finally, the subsequent distribution rights of the Trent series engines will also be allocated to you. These are almost all your resources."
"Enough, enough! I don't understand how much Xu Cang needs money. He knows that he wants to buy Pratt & Whitney's planetary gear technology later. What else? It seems that he is interested in something else."
Speaking of Xu Cang, Qin Xin couldn't help but feel a little proud: "Xu Cang's thinking has always been extended to the future. Every step he takes is to plan for the future. He wants planetary gear technology to develop aircraft engines, and after aircraft engines, it is domestic large aircraft. So far, he has set the 737 as his goal, but he said that the 737 model has no future for any modification or upgrade, it is locked."
"The 737 platform is indeed quite old, but I heard that Boeing has a plan to upgrade to a new generation of 737."
"So, Xu Cang will continue to follow the 737 path for the time being, because the 737 is the most successful model after all, and it is of reference significance. But he must make plans for the future and choose a more suitable modification platform."
Yi Feng's heart trembled: "A platform that is more suitable for modification means..."
Qin Xin's eyes flashed with a glimmer of longing: "Boeing 757! He said he wants a complete Boeing 757 production line."
