Thousands of miles away, on a bench in the square outside the Rolls-Royce headquarters in Derbyshire, England, Chief Engineer Joe is leisurely enjoying afternoon tea. For the British, many things can be abandoned, but a peaceful afternoon tea is indispensable.
The Rolls-Royce logo in the center of the square not far away had a golden edge in the bright afternoon sunshine.
Although he is busy with many tasks now, this moment of peace can give Joe enough relaxation.
Suddenly, Song Xinyang's appearance broke the tranquility.
"We have to have afternoon tea here at this time every day, it's a regular routine." Song Xinyang joked as he sat next to Qiao.
"Song, so you are not a true British person and don't know what afternoon tea means to us." Qiao laughed.
"That's right. The tea I drink is different from yours. I drink Longjing tea." Song Xinyang handed a video player similar to a thick tablet to Qiao and said, "There is something I need you to look at."
Qiao didn't take it immediately, but kept holding the teacup: "Song, it's break time now, you're making it difficult for me."
Song Xinyang smiled and said, "You won't feel embarrassed after reading this."
"Oh?" Qiao looked at Song Xinyang in surprise, hesitated, put the teacup aside, and took the video player.
In this era, portable tablets have not yet appeared, so this video player seems a bit bulky. However, lightweight tablets will soon be available.
Joe clicked the play button. The main content of the picture seemed to be a canyon. In the airspace in the middle of the canyon, there was an airplane flying, which seemed to be a Boeing 737.
The camera is very steady, chasing the plane directly and keeping it in the center of the frame at all times. It can be seen that the photographer has some skills.
Qiao only watched the beginning and didn't find anything unusual, so he said, "Song, what do you want me to see? A plane flying through a canyon, what's the point of that?"
"This plane is operating with a single engine," Song Xinyang explained.
"Single shot? That makes sense. It's not that we don't want to cross obstacles, it's that we don't have the ability to do so." Qiao suddenly realized: "But, this doesn't make any sense, right?"
Song Xinyang held his breath, waited for a while, and suddenly shouted: "Look!"
As Song Xinyang suddenly shouted, Qiao suddenly discovered that the 737 passenger plane in the picture had completed an incredible maneuver in the air that was almost like a hovering turn.
"Holy Fuck!" Joe stood up suddenly, and his exclamation directly alarmed other employees of the Rolls-Royce headquarters. However, facing the strange looks from his colleagues, Joe didn't care. He just looked at the screen of the video player in his hand with great horror.
"Impossible, how can a 737 hover and turn? Only a vector engine can perform such a maneuver." Qiao raised his head and looked directly at Song Xinyang: "What's the point of showing me such a ridiculous thing?"
Joe's first thought was that this video must have been technically processed, because the maneuverability of the 737 in the picture far exceeded the limits of the aircraft itself and was beyond Joe's cognition.
Song Xinyang shook his head: "I also hope that this is just a fake video, but the fact is that this video is very likely to be real. I got it with great difficulty. It is confidential over there and cannot be leaked casually."
Qiao glanced at Song Xinyang, then looked at the video. Unfortunately, after the plane turned its nose and flew back for a while, there was no more content.
We don't know what specific model of the plane is, where the airspace is, why this maneuver was made, what the weather conditions were at the time, or who was the operator on the plane.
"If this video is real, then the person who completed this maneuver must have had an unconventional way of thinking. This is not something that can be accomplished by technology alone, and it must have relied on other external factors. It is impossible for a 737 to perform such a maneuver, at least under normal circumstances, it is impossible to rely entirely on itself." Joe rewound the progress bar of the video a little, and then paused it: "Look, the angle at which the nose of the plane has tilted up is so high that it has obviously exceeded the stall angle of attack, but the plane has not yet stalled. Interesting, really interesting, how did he do it?"
Joe slowly sat back on the bench, slowed down the video to 0.5 times speed, and savored it carefully.
However, the information we know now is too little. No matter how good Joe is, he can't completely imagine the situation at that time. However, for the "hovering" operation of the passenger plane, this picture alone is enough to make Joe feel fascinated.
Originally, Qiao felt a little dissatisfied with Song Xinyang for interrupting his afternoon tea, but now, this little dissatisfaction has long disappeared, and what is left is only curiosity, thirst for knowledge and fun.
Song Xinyang asked Qiao to study it for a while. After waiting for about five minutes, Song Xinyang said, "There is news that the person on the plane is...Xu Cang."
Qiao had been concentrating on studying the video, but when he heard Song Xinyang's words, his body stiffened and he turned his head: "Xu Cang?"
"Yes. Although I don't know for what purpose, but judging from the information fed back from there, it is most likely him."
"Xu Cang, Xu Cang." Qiao muttered softly, repeating Xu Cang's name. Suddenly, he returned the video player to Song Xinyang and sighed softly: "If it's him, then it's not surprising. Song, I think it's necessary to postpone the test of Trent 1000."
Song Xinyang's heart tightened: "Huh? What's wrong? What's the problem?"
Qiao said solemnly: "It's a pity to waste such talents all at once. I think we can debug the Trent 1000 again to make it more stable, at least to avoid too outrageous failures, so as to increase Xu Cang's survival rate during the test flight."
To be honest, Luo Luo didn't care much about Xu Cang's life or death before, they just wanted the key data parameters of Trent 1000. But now it's different, judging from the terrifying strength Xu Cang has shown, Qiao thinks that the two sides can cooperate more in the future, instead of pushing Xu Cang into a situation where he might be consumed all at once just for Trent 1000.
"But the board of directors may not be able to wait any longer. General Electric's GE90 has put too much pressure on us, and the prospects of GENx are also quite good. We have suffered a setback with the A380, and the disadvantage is already very large. Pratt & Whitney has not made any new moves. If..."
Before Song Xinyang could finish his words, his cell phone suddenly rang. He looked at the number and saw it was his secretary calling.
Without thinking too much, Song Xinyang answered the phone first.
"Well, I'm over here on the bench in the square, come over here."
After hanging up the phone, Qiao picked up the teacup he had put down before and asked, "What's going on?"
"He said there was something." Song Xinyang's expression was still calm, but based on his understanding of his secretary, the tone when he called just now did not seem so optimistic.
Soon, a young man who looked less than 30 years old ran over and handed a document to Song Xinyang, and Qiao next to him also leaned over to take a look.
However, it was this one glance that pulled Joe out of his leisurely afternoon tea time.
"PW6000 is going to conduct flight tests?" Joe was shocked after seeing the contents of the document.
Song Xinyang's secretary whispered, "The specific time has not been determined yet, but it is very likely to be completed within this year. The test flight platform is tentatively scheduled to be the Boeing 720."
"This..." Qiao was calm and quickly suppressed his emotions, but the shock in his heart was definitely not reduced at all: "The first engine test of PW6000 was just over a year ago. How long has it been since we started the flight test? This speed..."
Song Xinyang's face looked extremely ugly. Just now, he said that it was fortunate that Puhui did not have any new moves, but he was slapped in the face in an instant.
"General Electric's GENx, Pratt & Whitney's PW6000, damn it!" Song Xinyang's face was as gloomy as water. Originally, they only had to consider the impact of General Electric's GENx, but now Pratt & Whitney's PW6000 is about to conduct flight tests, so they must also take it into consideration.
Once an engine has completed flight testing, it means that it is not far from commercial use. Even if it is not yet fully commercialized, some aircraft manufacturers will begin to determine it as their own power system in advance.
This is just like the LEAP engine, the power core of Boeing and Airbus' new generation narrow-body aircraft. Boeing and Airbus have already decided to choose the LEAP engine before the LEAP engine has even completed the research and development process.
Now the world's three largest aircraft engine giants, General Motors and Pratt & Whitney, have launched their own new generation of aircraft engines. In contrast, Rolls-Royce's Trent 900 does not seem to be important enough. Even Airbus, which is also a European company, does not use the Trent 900 as the only power option for the A380.
The situation is quite bad!
If the GE90 of General Motors is limited in its market application due to its huge size, then its smaller version, the GENx, will undoubtedly have a brighter future and will directly compete with Rolls-Royce in the market. With the introduction of Pratt & Whitney's PW6000 in the future, the market space of Rolls-Royce will be further squeezed.
"Is the news reliable?" Song Xinyang asked solemnly.
The secretary whispered, "Reliable, and..."
Moreover, these two words made Song Xinyang's eyelids twitch wildly: "Anything else?"
The secretary gritted his teeth and said, "There is another piece of news that has not been confirmed yet. Pratt & Whitney's PW8000 engine project has begun demonstration."
"I..." Song Xinyang's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot: "PW8000, the aircraft engine that is said to be designed for narrow-body aircraft?"
The secretary nodded: "That's it."
"How much funding does Pratt & Whitney have to develop two new engines?" Song Xinyang leaned back on the bench and tried to take a deep breath to calm his inner anxiety.
Qiao thought for a moment and said, "It seems that our previous assessment of our situation was too optimistic. We must do something ."
"What to do?" Song Xinyang spread his hands. "Don't even mention that the Trent 1000 is not even in sight. Even if it is released now, it will only ease the situation. The situation will not change substantially. General Motors and Pratt & Whitney, for example, are developing PW6000 and PW8000 at the same time. Aren't they afraid of failure?"
Today’s aircraft engine development requires tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars of investment. If the project fails, most of the previous investment will be wasted. Therefore, even aircraft engine giants will only start developing a new generation of engines after the technology of one engine is mature.
Just like Rolls-Royce, although the Trent 900 is not yet fully commercialized, it is almost there and mature enough. After that, they started to develop the Trent 1000.
This is the safe way to proceed.
But Puhui is obviously not like this. With PW6000 in one hand and PW8000 in the other, he holds them with both hands and has no worries about running out of funds.
"If the top management of Pratt & Whitney is not crazy, it means that they have sufficient funds and are confident to bear the losses caused by the project." Joe said coldly.
This two-pronged approach is naturally high-risk and high-reward.
The worst case scenario is that both projects fail at the same time, which is something even Rolls-Royce dares not think about, but Pratt & Whitney dares to do it.
In the medium case, if one project succeeds and the other fails, there is a high probability that there will be gains and losses, and no serious damage will be done.
The best scenario would naturally be for both to succeed, which would enable Pratt & Whitney to maintain its leading position in both narrow-body and wide-body aircraft for a long time.
If both projects are successful, Rolls-Royce will basically be forced into a corner.
"I really don't understand how Puhui is so rich." Song Xinyang cursed.
Pushing forward two engine projects at the same time is totally the way the wealthy people play. How can Rolls-Royce stop it?
Qiao let out a long sigh: "The largest civil aviation market in the world is the European and American markets, followed by the East Asian market. In the European and American markets, it seems that we can't stop GE and Pratt & Whitney from reaping profits, so we can only make a move in the East Asian market."
"What can we do? East Asia is the fastest growing region in the civil aviation market, but it is also the region with the largest demand for General Electric and Pratt & Whitney engines. How can we do it?" Song Xinyang asked in return.
"Didn't I tell you before? It's too difficult for us to rely on ourselves to fight against GE and Pratt & Whitney. We must support a spoiler. I am now more and more certain that the spoiler must be in East Asia." Qiao affirmed: "Yes, the East Asian civil aviation market still favors GE and Pratt & Whitney engines. However, as an emerging country, I don't believe they will turn a blind eye to self-developed engines. If a high-performance domestically produced aircraft engine can appear, the local government will definitely intervene in policies and artificially promote this engine, thereby squeezing out the market share of GE and Pratt & Whitney engines."
Song Xinyang quickly understood what Qiao meant: "Do you still want to cooperate with Xu Cang and take the initiative to give him the core technology of the engine?"
As long as Xu Cang can really develop an engine with sufficient performance, it will be rolled out across the country. This is almost certain, both from the public and official attitudes.
If Xu Cang could be more powerful and promote the engine to the entire East Asia region, it would be a disaster for the East Asian market of General Motors and Pratt & Whitney.
Having lost the profit support of the East Asian market, Joe didn't believe that General Motors and Pratt & Whitney would still dare to spend money on scientific research recklessly.
"But we also have market interests in East Asia. Isn't this disadvantageous to us?" Song Xinyang asked doubtfully.
"Our market share in East Asia is completely inferior to that of GM and Pratt & Whitney. In such a crisis, how can we care about such a small profit?" Joe scolded, pointing to a building in the distance: "That used to be the headquarters building of our automotive department, but it no longer belongs to us. Are we just going to sit there and wait for death?"
A long time ago, the car brand Rolls-Royce was a sub-brand of Rolls-Royce. However, after the Rolls-Royce bankruptcy, Rolls-Royce was split off and has nothing to do with Rolls-Royce anymore.
No matter what, the loss of the automotive division is a concern for every Rolls-Royce employee. Now it seems that it has come to a historical decision point, and Rolls-Royce should make a choice.
Song Xinyang's expression was stern: "Okay, I get it. But what do you think? Just transfer the technology to Xu Cang unconditionally?"
"This is definitely impossible." Joe lowered his head and thought: "I'll think about it again. Think about it again."
…
In the Civil Aviation Administration building in Hanjing, Chen Xiangdong was looking through documents in his office. Suddenly, the door of his office was pushed open, and the directors of the Transport Department and the Flight Standards Department came in together, both with strange looks on their faces.
"What's wrong? It looks a little strange." After hearing all this, Chen Xiangdong closed the document and saw the expression of Tan Linlin, Director of the Transportation Department. He frowned and asked, "What happened?"
"Something happened, but it's not a bad thing." Tan Linlin slapped a stack of documents on Chen Xiangdong's desk: "Your apprentice is really good at handling things."
"What?" Chen Xiangdong was confused. He looked at the document given by Tan Linlin and glanced at it. He immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "Overseas M&A application?"
Wu Yue, the director of the Flying Standards Department, said helplessly: "Old Chen, your apprentice wants to take over Kingfisher Airlines of the UK, didn't you know?"
"Kingfisher Airlines?" Chen Xiangdong recalled briefly: "That low-cost airline?"
Kingfisher Airlines is quite famous in the low-cost airline industry, so it is not surprising that Chen Xiangdong knows about it. However, in Chen Xiangdong's impression, Kingfisher Airlines is still of a decent size, and Xu Cang's wealth is enough to take over Kingfisher Airlines. Moreover, is it really necessary to go across the ocean to acquire a foreign airline? Don't worry about management issues? After all, the corporate cultures of the two sides are completely different, and it is possible that one plus one is less than two.
Tan Linlin rolled her eyes. "If we only count trunk airliners, Kingfisher Airlines' fleet is more than twice the size of Spring Airlines. This is no longer just the big eating the small. Isn't your apprentice afraid of getting too full?"
Now nearly two-thirds of Spring Airlines' aircraft are ARJ21s. There are actually not many real mainline passenger aircraft, at least compared with Kingfisher Airlines, they are much weaker.
"I'm his master, not his father, and I feel like even his father can't take care of so many things, right?" Chen Xiangdong thought to himself as he replied to Tan Linlin, "Xu Cang has his own ideas, and I can't interfere with everything, right?"
Wu Yue smiled and said, "We are not here to call you to task. It is a good attempt for a domestic airline to acquire a foreign airline of scale. However, we checked the situation of Kingfisher Airlines. Kingfisher Airlines was indeed very good before and developed very fast, but it has been in a financial crisis recently and is in a bad situation. If Xu Cang wants to take over Kingfisher Airlines, I am worried that it will become a burden to him."
"Does it require our intervention?" Tan Linlin asked. "If a domestic airline wants to acquire a foreign airline, it needs our consent. We have the right to stop it."
Although Tan Linlin said this, in fact, since airline mergers and acquisitions are relatively routine business activities, the authority will not intervene as long as there are no obvious problems.
Chen Xiangdong laughed: "It seems that you guys are really considerate of Xu Cang."
It’s not that Tan Linlin and Wu Yue were deliberately making things difficult for Xu Cang, but they wanted to intervene out of a mentality similar to that of elders who are afraid that their juniors will suffer losses, so as to prevent Xu Cang from carrying a heavy burden like Kingfisher Airlines.
Chen Xiangdong hesitated for a moment: "Since Xu Cang submitted the application, it must have been carefully considered..."
"That's right." Tan Linlin nodded: "Look at the last few. Your apprentice really thinks far ahead. Not only did he submit the merger application, he also submitted the application for the entry of foreign aircraft ."
Chen Xiangdong was stunned: "What do you mean, he bought a plane?"
Aircraft are special in nature and cannot be completely regarded as an item. Especially when introducing foreign aircraft, the General Administration of Customs approval is required to pass the customs, otherwise it will not pass the customs.
This situation is more likely to occur when purchasing or leasing foreign aircraft.
"Buy planes? What planes? He's just making internal adjustments." Tan Linlin snorted, "After taking over Kingfisher Airlines, he plans to transfer Kingfisher Airlines' ten 737s into the country. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, he submitted the merger application and the entry application together. He's really fearless."
Wu Yue suggested: "Old Chen, why don't you ask Xu Cang. Explain the matter clearly. If this is the result of his thinking, then we will naturally agree. If not, persuade him so that he won't regret it later."
Chen Xiangdong thought about it and nodded: "I'll give him a call."
Wu Yue raised his hand to stop Chen Xiangdong: "There is one more thing. The ICAO flight specialist certificate has been issued. Ask him whether he should come here by himself or we mail it to him. Forget it, let him come by himself to avoid any trouble. In addition, the application submitted by their company to restore Mo Shangyun's position as the designated representative of the authority encountered some minor problems in the document review, which may delay it for a while, so tell him not to worry."
Chen Xiangdong laughed and said, "You really want to finish telling the whole story at once."
"I'm not familiar with him, so it's strange to call him specifically. I just do it for the sake of convenience."
Chen Xiangdong nodded: "Okay!"
Chen Xiangdong originally wanted to make a phone call in the office, but he was stared at by Tan Linlin and Wu Yue. Chen Xiangdong felt very uncomfortable, so he made an excuse to go out and make a phone call.
Soon, the call was connected, and Xu Cang's voice came from the other end: "Master, what's wrong?"
Chen Xiangdong said directly, "Um... Director Wu and Director Tan came to see me just now. They said you want to buy Kingfisher Airlines from the UK. Is that true?"
"Yeah, haven't I submitted my application?"
"Where do you get so much money?" Chen Xiangdong snorted heavily. "Also, do you know that Kingfisher Airlines is in a very bad financial situation right now? Don't always think about buying things. It's not easy to save some money, and you keep buying things that lose money."
Xu Cang knew that Chen Xiangdong was concerned about him, and his heart warmed. He patiently explained: "Master, Kingfisher Airlines is only experiencing a temporary crisis now, and it will definitely turn around in the future. This is not called buying a loss-making product, this is called bargain hunting. Moreover, strictly speaking, I did not buy Kingfisher Airlines, but accepted it as a gift from others. Someone directly gave Kingfisher Airlines to me. I only need to pay part of the property tax, and the investment is not as large as I imagined."
Just like transferring a house to someone else, taxes still need to be paid. Even if Sir Capet gave Kingfisher Airlines to Xu Cang, taxes still need to be paid.
It was agreed before that Xu Cang would bear the tax. Of course, with the property tax in the UK, a lot of tax would have to be paid just for this donation. However, compared to the overall scale of Kingfisher Airlines, Xu Cang still made a big profit.
Chen Xiangdong had understood everything, but when he heard about the gift, he became alert: "Really? Who is so bold as to give away an airline?"
So, in order to dispel Chen Xiangdong's doubts, Xu Cang told him everything about Sir Capet. Chen Xiangdong was stunned after hearing this.
Chen Xiangdong knew the Capet family name. After all, it was a family with a long history and the Union Jack of the United Kingdom. In fact, the Capet family was not only well-known in the UK, but also in Europe, with its branches spread all over Europe.
However, even if it belongs to the Capet family, it is quite outrageous to directly give away an airline.
"Saving your life is indeed a great favor. You are really lucky to have encountered this." Chen Xiangdong didn't know what to say to be honest: "So it really didn't cost much, but what about the rest? If Kingfisher Airlines loses money, then it's your own money that will be lost."
Although it didn't cost much to acquire Kingfisher Airlines, it couldn't change the current situation of Kingfisher Airlines' continuous losses. In the past, Kingfisher Airlines had to bear the losses, but now Xu Cang would have to bear the losses.
"One of the biggest problems of Kingfisher Airlines is that it has excess capacity and low aircraft utilization. Our Spring Airlines is currently in its growth phase and its capacity is not enough. We can reduce a large part of the cost by making internal adjustments."
"But that won't stop the losses completely."
Xu Cang said: "There is nothing we can do about this. But Master, I said that Kingfisher Airlines' losses are only temporary, and it will recover on its own later."
Chen Xiangdong didn't believe it: "Why are you so sure? What's the reason?"
This question really stumped Xu Cang: "This...I can't really explain it, how do you feel?"
"Bullshit! Can you just rely on your feelings?" Chen Xiangdong cursed, but he didn't continue to dwell on it. He could tell that Xu Cang had made up his mind: "Forget it, if you really make up your mind, I can't do anything about it. Many times, you think more than I do. The Transportation Department and the Flying Standard Department will approve your application."
"Also, the ICAO flight specialist certificate has been issued. You can come and pick it up to be on the safe side." Chen Xiangdong said, "Also, there are some problems with the documents for the restoration of the designated representative of your company. It will take a little more time. You just wait."
Xu Cang smiled and said, "It's okay, no rush."
At this point, Xu Cang suddenly remembered something: "Master, if I want to open a China-Japan route, is it easy to do?"
"China-Japan route?" Chen Xiangdong was stunned: "Where exactly?"
"Just...Rongfu to Tokyo, Shanghai to Tokyo, Guangzhou to Tokyo, and so on."
“You guys run it yourself?”
"yes!"
Chen Xiangdong thought about it and felt a little embarrassed: "I'm afraid this matter is difficult to handle. The number of China-Japan routes was negotiated between us and JCAB, and the allocation is quite strict. Moreover, I don't manage matters in this area, so I don't know much. When you come here to get the specialist certificate, go and ask the Transportation Department and the International Department, they are responsible."
"Okay, I'll remember that."
Having said this, Chen Xiangdong didn't plan to say anything more and hung up the phone.
…
On the Erhai Airport apron, Xu Cang also put down his phone. At this moment, he was dragging the flight case and his eyes fell on the infield car not far away.
Just now, he flew a round trip from Erhai Lake to Tianning, working with instructor Mo Shangyun, who happened to be his driver and co-pilot checking the route.
When Xu Cang picked up Chen Xiangdong just now, he had just landed from the flight and was waiting to get in the car to leave.
Mo Shangyun, who had been waiting in the car for a while, saw Xu Cang coming late and couldn't help asking, "What's the important matter?"
Xu Cang put down the flight case, found an empty seat in the car and sat down. He told the driver that everyone was ready and they could leave. Then he replied to Mo Shangyun: "My master is looking for me. It's nothing serious. It's about Kingfisher Airlines. The General Administration is reviewing it."
As an initial member, Mo Shangyun had a relatively high status in Spring Airlines and knew that Xu Cang was about to take over the British Kingfisher Airlines.
However, Mo Shangyun didn't know anything about Sir Capet, and Xu Cang would not tell Mo Shangyun everything in detail.
"Is the General Administration free of objection?" Mo Shangyun asked.
"No, I will agree." Xu Cang said: "However, there is a small problem with the restoration of your appointed representative, teacher. You may need to wait a little longer, but it should not be a big problem."
Mo Shangyun waved his hand, "It doesn't matter. It's okay to stay here for a few days. By the way, I just received a call from Mr. Lu. The three captains we sent for investigation this time all died. We will send two more out later. They will be checked by the appointed representative of Muhua Airlines Jianchuan Base. Mr. Lu asked me if I knew the appointed representative there and asked me to tell him privately to be gentle."
"All three are dead?" Hearing this, Xu Cang also found it unbelievable.
The captain often divides the inspection between his own company and other companies. A large part of the reason for this system is to prevent the inspection of the same company from being relaxed due to personal relationships or other reasons.
Generally speaking, a certain percentage of captains and above will be subject to regular inspections by representatives of other companies. If they fail the inspection, their captain qualification will be suspended and they will be demoted to senior co-pilot.
Of course, usually the person who hired the captain must be quite capable. Even if it is more difficult to check the representatives appointed by other companies, it is not likely to be a complete failure.
Xu Cang asked quietly: "Are there any indicators recently?"
Troubleshooting this kind of thing is related to many factors. Technology is definitely one aspect, but it also depends on the external environment at the time.
If there happens to be a serious safety accident during this period, the investigation will definitely be stricter. Or in some special period, the higher-ups will give instructions and even deliberately arrange a elimination rate, and it is mandatory.
"Could it be the incident where our company ran off the runway not long ago?" Xu Cang asked curiously.
Airlines that have experienced unsafe incidents will become the focus of attention for a period of time, and will certainly receive special care during the captain's investigation.
However, the Binjiang Airport run-off incident was only allowed by the authorities to handle the matter on their own and then report the results. This almost made it clear that they did not exaggerate the incident.
If the bureau really felt that the incident was serious, it would not have asked the Southwest Bureau to investigate it, but Spring Airlines would have handled it on its own.
If this is the case, the authority would not instruct Spring Airlines' captains to set an elimination target, right?
Mo Shangyun shook his head: "I still don't understand this. Didn't your master give you a heads up?"
Chen Xiangdong is the second in command of the General Administration. If it is true, Chen Xiangdong should know about it. It shouldn't be difficult to let Xu Cang know about it.
"No, Master didn't mention it to me." Xu Cang and Mo Shangyun agreed that this matter should have nothing to do with the bureau: "Is it the fault of the three captains who were sent there?"
"No." Mo Shangyun immediately refuted: "I know those three captains. I was the one who conducted the job examinations for them when they came here. We also flew together several times later. There is absolutely no problem with their skills. You said that one of them failed by chance, I can understand it, but it is too abnormal that all three failed."
Xu Cang heard the hidden meaning in Mo Shangyun's words: "Problems with the inspector? Teacher, do you want to meet with the inspector?"
Although Mo Shangyun doesn't like this kind of thing, he can't help it. Spring Airlines is not big, and it can handle three pilot deaths. If more deaths occur, it will be a big trouble.
"Well, I'll go look for that person later. I know him. Let's see if it's because our captain's skills are not good enough, or if there is some other reason."
"Other reasons, what do you mean?" Xu Cang was stunned when he heard that.
Mo Shangyun narrowed his eyes and said, "Boss Lu just told me something. In addition to the captain's investigation, the left co-pilot we sent over also failed the inquiry. It's too abnormal. I feel like we are being targeted."