Xu Cang stayed in Binjiang for a night. After Guan Shan's repeated requests, he tried to go out once. However, as soon as he walked out of the hotel door, the cold wind blew in his face like a knife, causing pain on Xu Cang's face.
It was very cold, so we went back.
For Xu Cang, the experience of Binjiang Hotel was not very good. Due to the existence of the heating, he always felt that the room was dry and hot, but it was too cold when it was turned off. He could not find a balance, so he had to put a large basin of water in the corner of the room to increase the humidity, but the effect was mediocre.
I stayed in the room and read for a while, then went to bed early. When I returned the next day, everything was normal. There was no rain or snow, and no tornado. It was very comfortable.
In fact, as far as this tornado experience is concerned, Xu Cang felt that this tornado was not surprising, and it was far from what he expected. It is said that the greatest fear is the unknown. After experiencing the so-called tornado this time, I will not be afraid next time.
However, I had originally thought about bragging to Lu Jinghua when I got back. But thinking about my previous experiences, I always felt that the goddess of luck had not been very kind to me recently, so I should say less to avoid being overjoyed and then end up in sorrow.
The original plan was to discuss the follow-up cooperation with the leaders of Binjiang Airport, but the leaders had something urgent to do and canceled the meeting. In the final analysis, Xu Cang said that it was glorious, but it was not glorious either, because some people did not give Xu Cang face.
However, Xu Cang didn't care. Maybe the other person really had something urgent to do. Understanding is the key.
After returning to Jianchuan, Xu Cang had no more work to do, so he joined the crew and went back to Erhai Lake. Later, he specifically found Lu Jinghua.
This isn’t to brag about my tornado experience, but to talk about the cold weather technical bulletin.
Ice and snow accumulated on the front landing gear struts of the aircraft, making it impossible to turn the front wheels. This is indeed a very rare example, at least Xu Cang has not encountered it very often. However, given the extreme rain and snow weather that may occur in Binjiang and other northeastern regions, it is still necessary to take precautions against this.
Before Xu Cang was reborn, he had already taken the position of Chief Pilot of the Bureau, so he was quite familiar with this kind of thing. However, Xu Cang was very lazy, so he just told Lu Jinghua a few key points and left the rest of the expansion and technical demonstration to Lu Jinghua.
Since a suitable chief pilot has not been found yet, Lu Jinghua is now the general manager of the flight department and concurrently serves as the chief pilot. He does two jobs but only gets one cent paid, which makes Lu Jinghua very dissatisfied, but Xu Cang always brushes him off.
More than once, Lu Jinghua strongly requested to hire a chief pilot. In fact, it was not a matter of money. If Lu Jinghua really loved money, he would have stayed at Blue Sky Airlines long ago. The main reason was that if he was busy, he could not take care of the responsibilities of both the general manager of the flight department and the chief pilot. If something went wrong, he could not afford it.
However, the Chief Pilot was a big deal, and Xu Cang didn't want to compromise. However, Lu Jinghua kept nagging him all day, and Xu Cang was getting annoyed. He planned to communicate with Instructor Shi Qi later to see if he was willing to do it first.
However, Xu Cang had little .
Although the chief pilot seems to be a purely technical position, it also involves some coordination and communication work, the most important of which is to maintain the relationship with the authority. Letting Instructor Shi Qi take charge of technology should not be a problem, but if he is asked to devote his energy to maintaining the relationship with the authority, then Instructor Shi Qi might find it troublesome.
This is why the chief pilots of most companies are not old instructors who are too old or have too much experience. Most chief pilots are between 35 and 45 years old.
However, there seem to be only a few aircraft that the fleet can show off now, so Instructor Shi Qi can only be inconvenienced for the time being.
Of course, compared to the Chief Pilot's issue, Xu Cang has been more concerned about another issue recently, which is the issue of power-for-money transactions . Generally speaking, a company can maintain a clean environment for a period of time in the early stage, but how long has it been since then, and corruption has already formed in the company that is close to institutionalization. How can this be tolerated?
We need to take care of it, otherwise something serious will happen.
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The large conference room of Spring Airlines' cabin department.
Recently, many departments have moved to the new base, and the cabin department is one of them. Not long after the move, the cabin department held a meeting, and all the flight attendants who did not have flights were required to attend.
The large conference room had hundreds of seats, but since there were so many flight attendants, there wasn't much space left after all of them sat down. Looking around, the room was filled with beauties, and even the air was filled with the scent of powder, which was truly refreshing.
The person standing on the podium was the general manager of the cabin department, who was recruited from Guoda Airlines and was a bit old. However, with makeup on, he was still graceful, and because of his seniority, his words carried a lot of weight.
"Now that everyone is here, let's get started." The cabin department general manager held a list in his hand, which was a process that had been drawn up before the meeting, but it wasn't very long. The description on the list was not detailed, and most of the content was left to the cabin department general manager to express freely.
In fact, the things he talked about were all very routine, such as the increase in subsequent flights, and the general manager of the cabin department leaked the news in advance, which was considered a mobilization. There was also the decision to reorganize the cabin crew.
Spring Airlines originally had only four flight attendants, but as the company expanded, four flight attendant squadrons were obviously not enough, so after discussion, it was decided to add three more flight attendant squadrons.
"After the reorganization of the cabin crew brigade, the names of the squadrons will be announced. Please check your mailbox. Because the previous four squadrons had too many people, some will be assigned to the new squadrons. The number of cabin crew has increased rapidly in recent times, and the number of squadrons may be increased again in the future. From now on, there will be no special meetings to discuss the reorganization of squadrons. Only the squadron leaders will make internal notifications." The general manager of the cabin department said: "In addition, after the meeting, all chief stewards will stay."
The general manager of the cabin department looked at the list, put it on the table, and then said, "Okay, there is one last item left, which is about selecting personnel to go to ANA for training. The number is currently tentatively set at three chief flight attendants and twelve flight attendants. The squadrons have already announced it, and everyone must know what it means. After research by the department, a decision has been made on the relevant candidates, so we'll take this opportunity to announce it."
After saying that, the general manager of the cabin department winked at someone below the stage, and soon that person ran up and handed a list to the cabin department manager.
"Okay, come up if you hear your name." The general manager of the cabin department looked around and said, "Squadron One, Li Siyu."
Soon, a flight attendant stood up and walked along the aisle to the stage.
"First Squadron, Zheng Xia."
…
The general manager of the cabin department reported more than a dozen names in a row, and everyone was present. It seemed that the cabin department had already contacted the planning office in advance for this conference and assigned these people shifts.
When there were fourteen people standing on the stage, everyone in the audience was envious.
Being able to go to ANA for training will not only make you a backbone of international flights, but will also greatly facilitate your promotion if you want to work in management positions in the future.
You know, from the information we know so far, the treatment for international routes that Spring Airlines is discussing is higher than the treatment standards for international routes of most domestic airlines. Generally speaking, the benefits will get worse and worse, and it is rare that the opposite happens. These dozen people will definitely be able to enjoy the initial benefits. How can people not envy them?
However, this is not something to be envied. The 14 attendants on this plane are all veteran flight attendants, some of whom are former flight attendants. They are both capable and experienced, and cannot be compared. We can only wait for the next batch.
Now there was only one person left. The general manager of the cabin department looked at the list and called out a name expressionlessly: "Fourth Squadron, Xia Shuyue."
"Um?"
Suddenly, the whole audience was surprised. Even Xia Shuyue herself did not expect that she would be the last one. Compared with the flight attendants and stewards on the stage, she was just a low-ranking steward. She could speak English, but it was not good enough to cover up her technical level and qualifications, right?
After meeting the gazes of everyone in the audience, Xia Shuyue did not stand up. She felt that it was the general manager of the cabin department who had given the wrong name.
Suddenly, the general manager of the cabin department locked onto Xia Shuyue's figure in the crowd and raised his chin: "Xia Shuyue, why don't you come up?"
Xia Shuyue was stunned. She pointed at herself and said, "Me?"
Even at this time, Xia Shuyue still found it incredible.
However, she could not doubt it in this situation. Although she didn't know why, the fact was there. So, Xia Shuyue, who still didn't understand the situation, left her seat. However, in the aisle, Xia Shuyue could hear whispers in her ears, and the content was not so harmonious.
Before, everyone who was called to the stage would receive at least routine applause. But when it was Xia Shuyue's turn, not only was there no applause, but instead there was all sorts of whispering, the contrast was obvious.
When Xia Shuyue went on stage, she just stood in the very corner, looking at the questioning eyes cast at her. Xia Shuyue felt even more uneasy.
"Okay, these fifteen colleagues will represent the Spring Airlines cabin crew to go to ANA. Let's give them a round of applause."
Unlike the warm atmosphere before, this time, even under the leadership of the general manager of the cabin department, the applause was sparse. Xia Shuyue, who was on the stage, had already started to feel a little uneasy.
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In Qin Xin's office, Xu Cang was curled up on a small sofa watching TV with an apple in his hand, while Qin Xin was working diligently. The contrast between the two pictures was quite obvious.
"If you want to watch TV, can't you go to your dormitory? You're disturbing my work here." After enduring for more than half an hour, Qin Xin finally couldn't stand it anymore: "Also, I'm not your babysitter, peel the apples yourself."
That’s right, the apple in Xu Cang’s hand was peeled by Qin Xin.
Xu Cang raised his hand, with a band-aid wrapped around the tip of his right index finger: "It got cut off. I almost cut my finger off."
"You..." Qin Xin was really speechless. Why did Xu Cang look like a child now?
She looked at Xu Cang, then at the TV, and simply closed the document. In such an environment, how could she concentrate on her normal work?
"By the way, Kingfisher Airlines contacted me. You will need to go to the UK and sign the document to complete the transfer of ownership."
Xu Cang nodded while chewing an apple: "Go ahead, find some time to go later. No, let's go to the UK as soon as possible after signing the contract with ANA. Do you want to go with us?"
"Xu Cang, you want to share the profits of the US routes with ANA. Is this really the result of your careful consideration, or is it just something you came up with on the spur of the moment? ANA's US routes don't make much profit at all. Didn't you investigate this before?"
Xu Cang was still staring at the TV, and just said vaguely: "It's okay, there will be profits later."
"Behind? How behind? You promised to help open the China-Japan route between Shanghai and Guangzhou. This must take a lot of effort, so there must be an equal return. Profit? How much can the profit grow to?"
Xu Cang finally turned around and said, "Don't worry, there are a lot, a lot."
Qin Xin looked at Xu Cang, who had a serious expression on his face, and didn't want to ask any more questions. After all, Xu Cang was now the major shareholder of Spring Airlines, and Xu Cang had the final say in terms of both public and private matters. Moreover, so far, Xu Cang's decisions on the general direction had not gone wrong.
Although Qin Xin couldn't understand why Japan Airlines, which had an overwhelming advantage in the US routes, suddenly declined and allowed ANA to take over,
"So according to you, you are going to open domestic flights to Tokyo in the future?"
"Yes. This time, ANA's proposal to open routes between Shanghai and Guangzhou is also a test run for China-Japan routes. The regulations of Japan's JCAB are relatively loose, so it's easier to deal with. It's difficult for us. If we are lucky, we can open routes from major cities to Tokyo. Not only can we earn money from international routes, but we can also share in the profits of the subsequent US routes. Of course, if we are unlucky, this plan will fail."
Since Xu Cang promised Guan Yueling to open routes between Shanghai and Guangzhou, he would naturally give priority to this agreement. However, these two routes are simply round-trip routes between China and Japan, not routes serving the United States. In other words, Xu Cang also wants to open his own China-Japan route in the future, and at the same time coordinate with ANA's US route in terms of time.
However, Guan Yueling felt that he was not capable of opening the China-Japan route, and Xu Cang was actually the same. He had the confidence to help Guan Yueling solve the Shanghai and Yangcheng routes because of his good relationship with Tiandong Airlines and Muhua Airlines, and with the help of all other things.
Xu Cang has some face, but after helping Guan Yueling, he is afraid that there will not be much left. If he wants to open his own China-Japan route in the future, he will have to put in some effort.
However, in Xu Cang's memory, it would take some time for ANA and American Airlines to reach a cooperation, so he had some time to think about what to do during this time.
"By the way, have you booked the flight to Japan in five days? What's the flight number?" Xu Cang suddenly asked.
"Hmm?" Qin Xin didn't expect Xu Cang to care about this, and nodded: "It's settled. Let's go to Hanjing first, then fly to Hokkaido, and then to Tokyo from Hokkaido."
"Hokkaido to Tokyo, Sapporo to Haneda?" Xu Cang seemed to have activated some memory and immediately sat up straight: "What's the flight number?"
Qin Xin didn't quite understand why Xu Cang was so nervous all of a sudden, but she still said, "ANA flight NH61, what's wrong?"
"NH61? Wait, wait!" Xu Cang quickly raised his hand: "Well, change the flight, don't take this one."
Qin Xin was puzzled and asked, "Why? There aren't many flights to Japan. If I change the flight, I have to change the signing date and notify ANA."
Xu Cang made up a random excuse: "Just change the date. Anyway, I won't be transferring in Hokkaido. I don't like that place. Let's change it."
"If we want to change it," Qin Xin thought for a while, "then we have to fly from Shanghai to Osaka, and then from Osaka to Haneda, NH43 flight, which needs to be postponed for one day. What should we do?"
Xu Cang quickly said: "Let's do it this way, just change this."
As long as he doesn't take NH61, it's fine. Seeing Qin Xin agreed, Xu Cang finally relaxed.
I finally feel relieved!
In fact, Xu Cang had thought about whether to notify the Japanese JCAB. However, before his rebirth, Xu Cang did not know much about the ANA Flight 61 incident, because this incident was not a technical incident. As the chief pilot, he was not very interested in it. He just knew that such a thing happened. He couldn't ask for the cancellation of ANA Flight 61 directly because of an unspeakable reason.
Xu Cang felt that he should not get involved in this matter. He just needed to fly to Tokyo calmly, sign the cooperation agreement, and come back calmly. He would not care about other things.