At a parking space at Tianning Airport, a Spring Airlines plane was quietly parked against the bridge. All the passengers had just disembarked. Captain Shi Qi went down to do a round-the-plane inspection, and then went to find an open space to take a short walk. His waist was not feeling well from sitting all the time.
Compared to Shi Qi who paid attention to the maintenance of his body, Xu Cang relied on his youth and didn't pay much attention to his body. At least Xu Cang's waist was still very good. After the last passenger got off, Xu Cang recalibrated the navigation, and then quickly made preparations for getting off the station. He put the seat back, lay down, stretched out his whole body, pulled the sunshade on the side window, and began to take a nap.
Xu Cang's physical fitness was not very good, but it was definitely not bad, after all, he was young. However, Xu Cang could not stand getting up early, this was an old problem. This Erhai-Tianning class was a very early morning class, the latest sign-in time was more than five in the morning, including the time to get up, dress and wash, Xu Cang got up at 4:30, and he was completely confused.
There was no other way. Xu Cang flew on and off, and spent too much time falling, while the number of landings was sufficient, so he could only fly more flights with longer flight times.
In fact, there is another flight from Erhai to Jinmen, which takes nearly eight hours to go back and forth, which is longer than the flight from Tianning, and it is also an early morning flight. The round trip from Tianning takes about seven hours, and Xu Cang already feels overwhelmed. If it takes eight hours to go back and forth, Xu Cang feels that his life will be explained in the cockpit.
During this period, Xu Cang wanted to use two sticks to keep his eyelids open, otherwise, if he didn't pay attention , his eyelids would close. As soon as the plane entered level flight, Xu Cang's consciousness began to blur. He felt sleepy but couldn't. Xu Cang had an idea at that time. Forget about saving time to transfer to the captain's position. No matter what, sleeping in is the most important thing.
The only good news was that the transit time for this flight was longer than the normal one hour, at one hour and twenty minutes. When they arrived at the first leg, they were ten minutes early, so the one and a half hour transit time was quite ample, and they could take a nap for more than half an hour.
Shi Qi said that he was old and slept less, so even if he didn't have an early shift, he would naturally wake up at six in the morning, so he wasn't that sleepy. So, seeing Xu Cang was as sleepy as an old dog, Shi Qi took the initiative to take on the job of looking after him and cheering him up.
After a while, when he finishes the inspection around the aircraft, the fuel truck will be here soon, and he will be responsible for the refueling work. Xu Cang will not have to get off the plane and can stay in the cockpit to take a nap.
That is Xu Cang, otherwise these tasks should be done by the co-pilot, the captain doesn't care whether you are sleepy or not. Many captains only take care of takeoff and landing, and only move these two levers for the two round trips, and the co-pilot does all the rest of the work.
The Erhai class usually has fewer passengers on the outbound leg and more passengers on the return leg. This also makes the first leg of the train disembarkation very fast. After everyone disembarked and the station preparations were completed, Xu Cang quickly glanced at the panel to confirm that there were no errors, put on his sunglasses, folded his arms, and began to sleep.
Perhaps it was because I had accumulated too much sleep in the first flight. As soon as I closed my eyes, my soul left my body, feeling light and uncomfortable.
"Is this the beauty of sleeping?" Xu Cang sighed in his heart.
He knew that there was a kind of punishment that deprived the prisoner of sleep, and forced him to endure until he could no longer bear it, and then he would no longer hold back. Before, Xu Cang thought that this kind of thing was too mysterious, it was just not being able to sleep, so he just endured it.
Now Xu Cang has deeply understood it.
It is really difficult to not be able to sleep, as if there are ants crawling on my body and I can’t scratch them off, so I just hope to close my eyes.
As Xu Cang's feeling of wandering in the sky became stronger and stronger, Xu Cang knew that he was about to fall into a relaxing sleep. He set the alarm clock himself and also asked the flight attendant to come to the cockpit to call him in half an hour. He was not worried about oversleeping.
But just when Xu Cang wanted to enjoy this moment of peace, the half-closed cockpit door was pulled open, and then a man leaned into the cockpit. He spotted Xu Cang wearing sunglasses at a glance, and immediately uttered a heavy nasal sound: "Don't you know the rules for refueling in the cockpit?"
Xu Cang shuddered all over and sat up as if he had been electrocuted. His movement was so big that his sunglasses fell to the ground.
This kind of sudden awakening, especially when half asleep, often results in such a stress reaction. Xu Cang was frightened like this, and after waking up, he felt his heart pounding and felt very uncomfortable.
I looked at the cabin door with some annoyance and found a middle-aged man with a flat head and a plaid shirt standing there. There was an ID hanging on his chest. He had a stern face and looked very majestic.
"From the Bureau?" Xu Cang rubbed his eyes and looked at the badge on the middle-aged man's chest for a moment: "Route Supervisor?"
This time the industry-wide overhaul was indeed carried out in an orderly manner. All route monitoring is carried out across regions, that is, the Eastern Bureau inspects the Southwestern region, the Southwestern Bureau inspects the Northeastern region, and so on. Anyway, they are all staggered.
This time, the route monitoring will only monitor one section, that is, the section from Tianning to Erhai Lake. Originally, Xu Cang thought that the supervisors from the bureau would come when the passengers were boarding, but he didn't expect them to come so early.
"There's something wrong with your work attitude. You didn't watch the cockpit during refueling. What if some dangerous situation occurs?" The inspector from the bureau sat down in the seat behind the captain and looked at Xu Cang with a sullen face.
Xu Cang pointed to the right rear of the plane and said, "If there is any problem, the captain will notify me."
"How can we notify you? Is this in time?"
"What's so late? Just tap the right front nose and I'll know." Xu Cang was already annoyed because his rest was interrupted, and now the inspector was still chattering, which made Xu Cang very annoyed.
The practice of notifying the cockpit by tapping on the fuselage is fairly common, but the agency's inspectors were clearly not satisfied.
"Refueling is a critical phase, and the cockpit must remain vigilant at all times." The inspector pointed at Xu Cang and said, "There is something wrong with your work attitude."
Xu Cang really hated being pointed at and talked at. He saw the inspector take out a piece of paper and write something on it, so Xu Cang didn't bother to pay attention to him and just lay back on the chair, but without closing his eyes.
Seeing Xu Cang lying down again, the inspector clicked his tongue again: "Why are you lying down again? Are you so sloppy at work?"
"The SOP doesn't specify the sitting position of the pilot during the stopover, right?"
"You really have an attitude problem, and it's a serious one," the inspector snorted.
Xu Cang actually hated the idea of ​​a so-called attitude problem, but the entire industry quite recognized this, so he didn't know what to say. He simply tilted his head to the side, too lazy to pay attention to the inspector from the bureau.
This inspector from the bureau was probably seeing a pilot ignoring the bureau’s orders for the first time. He was so angry that he wrote on the inspection form for a long time.
This experience of being interrupted in the middle of sleep was quite uncomfortable. Xu Cang was originally sleepy, but now he was both sleepy and had a headache, and his head was buzzing.
Seeing that Xu Cang didn't say anything, the inspector from the bureau didn't say anything, but went to the cabin to embarrass the flight attendant.
About a quarter of an hour later, Shi Qi came back after refueling. As soon as he entered the cockpit, he saw Xu Cang staring with bloodshot eyes and half tilting his head in a daze. He was folding his luminous vest and asked, "Why don't you take a nap? You look so sleepy that you're about to pass out."
Xu Cang saw Shi Qi coming up, put on his sunglasses again, and pointed towards the cabin: "The inspector from the bureau is here, saying that sleeping during refueling has a problem with work attitude, how can I dare to squint?"
Shi Qi folded the reflective vest and stuffed it into the box. He glanced back and saw the middle-aged man with a flat head and a plaid shirt: "What's the reason for the recent security rectification?"
"It seems so. Didn't they say the one in the east would check the one in the southwest? Isn't it coming up now?" Xu Cang yawned, "You can take over after we take off. I don't want to move."
Shi Qi was the instructor, and Xu Cang was responsible for the landing of Tianning. Xu Cang should also be responsible for the take-off of Tianning. However, Xu Cang felt that his head was swollen and he didn't want to move at all. He simply pushed all the take-off matters to Shi Qi and just concentrated on being a PM.
"I don't mind." Shi Qi looked at the clock and saw that it was still early for passengers to board, so he leaned back in his chair and said, "You young people, you don't sleep at night and you can't get up in the morning."
As he spoke, Shi Qi took out a yellow fuel slip from his trouser pocket and threw it on the central control console: "Here, the fuel slip, keep it."
Xu Cang curled up and muttered, "Leave it there, I'll take a nap."
As a result, just as Xu Cang finished speaking, a heavy voice came from behind: "You should always pay attention to the cleanliness of the central control console. Also, the fuel list is an important flight document and should be stored in time."
Shi Qi looked back, said "oh", and reached out to take the oil slip back. Xu Cang didn't even look at Shi Qi. He knew that once the inspector from the bureau came in, he would not be able to sleep again.
Taking off his sunglasses, Xu Cang slapped himself on the forehead and said, "Teacher, the company is going to build an Airbus fleet in the future. Why don't you transfer back to Airbus? If you transfer back to Airbus, we will have an additional Airbus representative."
Shi Qi was stunned: "I heard that the company is going to build an Airbus fleet, but I think it's unlikely. It may just be a misunderstanding."
"Misinformation? I said it, then it's not a misinformation. We will form an Airbus fleet." Xu Cang said softly: "The initial number of Airbus aircraft will not be large, about three. The first Airbus captain will be you ."
"Are we really going to build an Airbus fleet?" Shi Qi immediately became a little nervous: "Won't the company lose money if it has so many models?"
"It's a loss... it's definitely a loss, but... it doesn't matter." When talking about the Airbus fleet, Xu Cang's spirits improved a little: "Instructor, you should have a lot of disciples, right? Can you bring two over? It's not easy for us to train them from scratch, we need a few mature captains and co-pilots as a foundation."
Pilots of Shi Qi's level probably have some apprentices who are already instructors, and some even have grandchildren. If you add it up, it's definitely an extremely large network of relationships.
In the future, even the training model of master and apprentice will disappear, and the relationship between master and apprentice will fade. However, this era is different. In the aviation industry, the master and apprentice are still in a very close relationship.
As long as the conditions are right, the master's words will definitely be of great reference value to the apprentice.
But, for some reason, Shi Qi always felt that Xu Cang was involved in pyramid schemes.
"Do you want me to develop downlines?" Shi Qi suddenly asked.
Xu Cang was stunned by these words, and he suddenly replied: "Why do you think so? Do I look like someone who does pyramid selling?"
Shi Qi said very seriously: "It's a bit like that."
"You..." Xu Cang was speechless and touched his face: "Is my face so convincing?"
The two of them were not on the same page, but no matter what, they both left the inspector alone. Shi Qi could see that Xu Cang had a lot of complaints about the inspector, so he didn't need to take him too seriously.
Moreover, Shi Qi was previously a representative appointed by the bureau and had no psychological burden at all about such matters. If he was told not to care, then he would ignore it.
The inspector of the bureau looked gloomy, and just watched Xu Cang and Shi Qi chatting, completely ignoring him. However, it was time to pass the station, and there was nothing to pay attention to. If it was just a chat, he couldn't say anything, but just sat in the back with a gloomy face and said nothing.
After Xu Cang's endless urging, Shi Qi finally agreed, but he changed the subject: "We still have a lot of veteran instructors in our company, like Instructor Mo. If the company is really sure, you can mobilize them and ask them to call all the pilots they know in the circle to hold a symposium. Recruiting is a two-way process, where the company selects employees and employees select the company. At the symposium, we show our sincerity and listen to the needs of those people. Isn't that better? You are trying to pull one and persuade one, which is too wild and inefficient."
"But I don't know if the old teachers are willing." Xu Cang was quite worried.
Xu Cang has some reputation in civil aviation, but it does not have much influence on those old teachers. Those old teachers are basically waiting to retire, so why would they care about other people's faces?
He has a clear understanding of his own position. Some people respect him, some people fear him, but more people don't have any special feelings about him. They neither hate him nor like him.
Xu Cang has never been so narcissistic as to think that his personal charm is that strong. If those old teachers are unwilling, things will be difficult to handle.
"You can talk to Teacher Mo. He has influence among the old teachers. If he is willing to help persuade other old teachers, the matter will basically be settled." Shi Qi thought for a while and said, "Also, you'd better make a good call with other companies. Otherwise, your behavior will be a bit like poaching, which is easy to make people unhappy."
"Is that so?" Xu Cang rubbed his temple.
He felt that he had too much to do. The shortage of manpower in the company alone involved many aspects. On the one hand, I just mentioned to Shi Qi that there are not many experienced pilots now. It is not like before when someone would take the initiative to submit a resume. You have to fight for it.
In addition, the recruitment of flight trainees is also an urgent problem to be solved. Now, his master is at a critical moment in his promotion, and he can't ask his master for help. However, with his face, he is better than nothing in the flight academy, and there is no way out.
The Phoenix Aviation School does not have enough students to train, so the acquisition will have to wait until after the September incident.
One by one, all piled together.
In addition, after going to the UK, he will go to Japan without stopping, and then go to Shanhang in Qizhou. Xu Cang feels that he has endless things to do.
"Perhaps, I lived too leisurely in my previous life, so I have to work hard in this life." Xu Cang thought.
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At the Jianchuan Airport control tower, Ye Shengning, general manager of the airport group, stood outside the window with his hands behind his back, overlooking the entire Jianchuan Airport.
Next to him, Qin Xin was wearing a slim-fitting suit, looking neat and clean. Qin Xin's eyes scanned the entire airport area, and there was no major change in his expression.
"Mr. Qin, if we want to meet, we don't have to choose here, right?" Ye Shengning was already accustomed to Jianchuan Airport. He was not interested and got bored after a while, so he withdrew his gaze and looked at Qin Xin next to him.
Since Spring Airlines obtained the priority of Jianchuan Airport, according to etiquette, the general manager of Jianchuan Airport Group should meet with the representatives of Spring Airlines. However, due to some issues, the meeting was delayed again and again.
Originally, Ye Shengning wanted to choose a meeting place somewhere else, but Qin Xin came directly to him, and the two of them went straight to the airport tower.
"We are just discussing business. We can discuss it anywhere." Qin Xin suddenly raised his right hand and pointed to the center line of the apron area: "Do you see that line?"
Ye Shengning was stunned for a moment, and looked in the direction Qin Xin pointed. A taxiway extended from an exit in the middle of the apron. Ye Shengning was already familiar with the airport, and he didn't even need to look at the airport map. He asked directly: "Taxiway B3?"
There are three entrances and exits at Jianchuan Airport, namely B1, B3 and B5. Of course, in theory, B2 and B4 can also play the same role. However, according to the airport command rules, B2 and B4 are not allowed to enter and exit the apron unless under special circumstances.
Taxiways B1 and B5 are located at the two ends of the apron, while B3 is in the middle of the apron. The ground line extending from taxiway B3 directly divides the entire apron into two identical areas.
" I don't understand that. I mean that line is exactly the center line of the apron."
Ye Shengning didn't understand, but nodded: "Yes, yes. Is there any problem?"
Qin Xin pondered for a moment, then continued, "In the future, in principle, only Spring Airlines' planes can park in the area east of that line."
"What!?" Even though Ye Shengning was a calm person, he was still shocked when he heard this. As a result, he failed to control the volume and alarmed other people in the control room.
Ye Shengning realized that he had lost his composure. He glared at the staff member who was looking over, and then lowered his voice: "Boss Qin, are you asking for half of the parking spaces? But as far as I know, even if all the planes of Spring Airlines park here, they still can't fill up those spaces, right?"
Qin Xin retracted her gaze from the outside world and turned around: "Yes, so you don't have to follow this rule now. When we feel that the fleet has grown to an appropriate level, we will give you clear requirements."
"This..." Ye Shengning was stunned. He originally thought that the person he was meeting was just a woman and it would be easy to deal with her, but he didn't expect Qin Xin to be so arrogant and ask for half of the seats at Jianchuan Airport.
Ye Shengning showed a trace of embarrassment: "Boss Qin, although Spring Airlines has obtained priority at Jianchuan Airport, it can't just take half of the airport seats by force, right? We can give priority to Spring Airlines' best seats. Boss Qin, half is really too much. This will seriously squeeze the resources of other airlines."
"So, this involves another problem." Qin Xin chuckled and pointed to Runway 05/23 again: "Is there something wrong with the location of Jianchuan Airport? There was no space reserved for a second runway at the beginning."
Mentioning this directly touched Ye Shengning's sore spot. He said in a deep voice: "It happened more than ten years ago. Why bring it up?"
Qin Xin flicked her nails. "If I remember correctly, Mr. Ye was the leader of the Jianchuan Airport site selection team. With such a location, Jianchuan Airport cannot open a second runway, and even the apron and terminal building cannot be expanded. Why is Rongfu Airport developing so fast? Because in the southwest region, Rongfu Airport was the first to build a second runway. Now, with the size of Jianchuan Airport, single runway operation has become a factor restricting the airport. If Jianchuan Airport does not seek change, then it will always be stepped on by Rongfu Airport."
Ye Shengning's eyes narrowed immediately: "Boss Qin, are you here to call me to task?"
"If we really want to blame you, Mr. Ye, you can't escape responsibility." Qin Xin smiled and said, "However, Mr. Ye also said that it happened more than ten years ago. Who could have thought that the country would develop so fast? Who could have thought that a single runway would not be able to meet Jianchuan's transportation requirements? Mr. Ye, in your opinion, is it possible to build a second runway at the current location of Jianchuan Airport?"
"A second runway?" Ye Shengning snorted and pointed to the other side. "Runway 05/23 is in the mountains to the north, so it is impossible to open it. If it goes south, it will be the Kunyang River. Unless the municipal government agrees to fill up the Kunyang River, there is no possibility."
The Kunyang River is a large river that runs through the entire Jianchuan area, and it is impossible to allow it to be filled in. That means that the geographical conditions of Jianchuan Airport have made it impossible to build a second runway.
"Besides, it is impossible for Jianchuan Airport to expand the terminal area." Qin Xin took a deep breath: "So, this is really a situation where the dragon is trapped."
Ye Shengning frowned. He didn't quite understand what Qin Xin meant. "Boss Qin, if you want to hold me accountable, I, Ye Shengning, will accept the investigation. If it's something else, please let me know. I'm stupid and can't understand what you mean."
"Boss Ye, there is no need to hold anyone accountable. We cannot use the current development to judge past actions." Qin Xin paused and said, "Boss Ye, if possible, can you do it again?"
"Again?" Ye Shengning was stunned for a moment: "Again what?"
"Of course it's the location of the new airport. Jianchuan Airport has already reached its ceiling, and the upper limit has been locked. If we stay here, the distance to Rongfu Airport will only get farther and farther. A tree that is moved will die, but a person who moves will live. Isn't it the right thing to do to find a second airport?"
Ye Shengning opened his mouth slightly. He couldn't believe his ears. "Boss Qin, are you talking about building a new airport? Is this... feasible?"
"Why not? Isn't this a natural change to meet the ever-growing transportation needs?" Qin Xin said with a smile.
Ye Shengning was silent. He began to understand the hidden meaning of Qin Xin's words: "Boss Qin, I mean... money!"
It is obviously difficult for Jianchuan to support two airports with its size. The most important thing is that according to Qin Xin's idea, the second airport should at least have dual runways, and the construction cost is indeed a bit high.
"Boss Ye, there will be money, but the work needs to be done in advance." Qin Xin said in a deep voice: "There is one more thing. Originally, Xu Cang planned to deal with the gang of scoundrels in the airport group himself. But now he is too busy and is not willing to distract himself to take care of these trivial matters. I think Boss Ye also knows about the illegal approval of Blue Sky Airlines' Cebu route. We can tolerate your deliberate silence and test our intentions, but please deal with this matter as soon as possible. Xu Cang is very tired, and I need to clean up some trivial matters for him."
Ye Shengning's lips twitched. All his thoughts were taken advantage of by others.
"Boss Qin, I will personally take care of that matter."
"No, no, no, I'm not satisfied with this answer." Qin Xin smiled faintly, "I'm a very easy-going person. But if you think I'm too easy-going, I can ask Director Xin to come over. Before, when Director Xin came to Jianchuan Airport, he had already wanted to deal with you."
When Ye Shengning heard Qin Xin mention Xin Xin, he was like a mouse seeing a cat. He didn't dare to act presumptuously at all. He hurriedly said, "I will take care of it. I guarantee that President Qin will be satisfied."
Qin Xin hummed, and said nothing more: "Let's stop here today, Mr. Ye, you go ahead and get busy."
After saying that, Qin Xin glanced at the airport again, then turned around and left.
Ye Shengning hesitated for a moment, and just as Qin Xin turned around, he asked, "Boss Qin, is this what Mr. Xu Cang meant?"
At this moment, Ye Shengning did not have a trace of arrogance, only respect.
Qin Xin paused, with a hint of teasing in her expression: "What else?"
"Mr. Xu Cang's words..." Ye Shengning lowered his head slightly: "Any other instructions?"
Qin Xin tilted her head and thought for a while, then suddenly exclaimed, "There really is one thing."
Qin Xin smiled and said, "He has thought of a name for the airport."
Ye Shengning was startled: "What?"
"Dianyun." Qin Xin said softly: "The new airport will be called Dianyun Airport!"