Chapter 76 I Want Him to Be the Chief Designer
Since the simulator that day, Jin Fuli didn't bother him too much. Xu Cang felt that Jin Fuli should have given up, and his mood really improved a lot. After all, being bothered by an experienced instructor was still a bit difficult.
When he had nothing to do, Xu Cang went to the company's dispatch room to help out and do some odd jobs.
It was after that time at Lushui Airport that Xu Cang's relationship with the people in the dispatch room improved dramatically, and there was basically no sense of alienation. At noon, the people in the dispatch room were very busy, so Xu Cang went to the cafeteria on the second floor to get some snail noodles. A group of people closed the door and huddled in the dispatch room to eat noodles.
Xu Cang was originally from the eastern coastal area, and had never eaten snail rice noodle when he was a child. Later, when he came to Jianchuan, he did see it, but it didn't smell very good. Finally, by chance, he tried it once, and was amazed and very enthusiastic about it.
Although the snail noodles taste delicious, the smell is really not good, so we have to close the door. No matter how the smell spreads, the entire floor of the flight department will be filled with a strange smell.
Xu Cang and the others naturally wouldn't eat snail rice noodle in a confined space, as the taste was a bit strong. Several windows were opened as wide as possible, and the smell was discharged outside.
A group of people sat together, eating and chatting about some gossips about the company. It's not that only girls are keen on this, the boys are just as keen on gossiping.
Something like the head of a certain department had an affair again, a certain pilot went out to a foot massage parlor for the night and was caught by the police, two security officers fought over a woman, and the wife of a certain captain went to the company and denounced a certain flight attendant for seducing her husband.
Xu Cang was not interested in these things at first, but when he heard the dispatchers' vivid descriptions, as if he had seen them with his own eyes, he was unconsciously brought into the situation and began to listen carefully with his ears pricked up.
To be honest, it's easy for a group of men to get off topic when they're joking around. Finally, lunch ended with a burst of laughter that everyone understood.
Xu Cang was diligent and took the initiative to help clean up the dishes. After everyone got to know each other, the dispatchers were no longer so polite and let Xu Cang clean up.
Suddenly, a dispatcher asked Xu Cang: "Xu Cang, are you going to change the model? Why didn't you say anything?"
"Ah? When do I have to change the model?" Xu Cang put down the work in his hands and looked at the dispatcher in confusion.
Yue Hai was still picking his teeth nearby, and when he heard the noise he looked over here.
"You don't know? That's strange." The dispatcher was originally sitting at the table. Seeing that Xu Cang didn't know, he jumped off the table, fiddled with his computer, and pointed at the screen: "Come and take a look. The email sent to our dispatch desk and planning department by Flying Biao is a list of personnel who will be switching aircraft types soon. We are notified in advance that we are not allowed to catch flights for the people on the list in the future."
"What the hell is this list of personnel for aircraft type change?" Xu Cang walked over and glanced at the computer screen. On it was an email opened by the dispatcher. The content inside was actually the list of personnel for aircraft type change for the second period of this year, and he was on the list.
Xu Cang's mind went blank: "That's impossible. The fleet didn't even inform me. Is it a duplicate name?"
For such a major event as changing aircraft types, the fleet must notify the pilot himself, but Xu Cang was sure that he did not receive any notification, including emails, phone calls, text messages, etc.
"What do you mean by duplicate names? You are the only one in our company named Xu Cang. Look at the person above you named Wang Wei. Is there a 3 after him? That's a duplicate name." The dispatcher pointed at another person named Wang Wei above Xu Cang's name. This person was listed as Wang Wei 3 on the list. This is a sign that there are duplicate names in the company and the names are numbered. There is no number after Xu Cang's name, which means he is unique.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute." Xu Cang took out his mobile phone again and carefully looked through the communication, text messages and email records. He even found someone to call to confirm that the mobile phone card was not suspended due to arrears. But after a series of operations, everything was fine.
Yue Hai, who was standing by, probably understood what was going on and reminded Xu Cang, "Xu Cang, will it be a forced switch like before?"
A long time ago, Blue Sky Airlines had just established a wide-body fleet. However, it was impossible to hire a captain for wide-body flights, and it had to switch back to narrow-body flights. This was quite troublesome, so no co-pilot was willing to switch to wide-body flights.
Finally, the company abolished the principle of voluntary participation and directly assigned some co-pilots to transfer to wide-body aircraft. The situation at that time was similar to the current situation. There was no advance notice, no intention inquiry, and the co-pilots were informed directly after the results came out.
"No way?" Xu Cang thought frantically, feeling that this did not make sense: "At that time, they could not recruit talents for wide-body aircraft, so they forced people to go there. But the list shows that I am going to transfer to 320. When has the 320 fleet ever been short of people? There are a lot of trainees waiting to be transferred from the fleet. Why let me, a Boeing, change to 320? Isn't this just playing around because I think the money is too much?"
Yue Hai seemed to be thinking about something, and nodded in agreement: "It seems so."
They are dispatchers. The Airbus fleet may not be overcrowded, but it definitely has nothing to do with a lack of manpower. The Airbus fleet was established later than the Boeing fleet, but its development momentum is obviously better than Boeing's. In terms of the number of people alone, it has already surpassed Boeing last year. There is really no need to poach people from Boeing.
"So what does this mean?" The dispatchers couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
After a long silence, Xu Cang began to suspect that Jin Fuli was using some tricks again. However, he had clearly said that he had a master at the simulator center that day. Anyone with a little bit of common sense should have understood what he meant. Was it necessary to be so persistent?
In any case, go to the fleet and ask first.
Xu Cang said goodbye to the dispatchers and bumped into the dispatch supervisor on his way out. The dispatch supervisor was a short, fat man who was very kind. When he saw Xu Cang leaving, he patted him on the shoulder and told him to walk slower.
As soon as the dispatch supervisor entered the office, he felt a foul smell rushing into his nose, which almost made him vomit on the spot: "What the hell, you guys are not using the office as a toilet and doing it here?"
The dispatchers blushed and were about to explain when they heard the supervisor yell, "Hurry up and ventilate the room. Also, clean up the office. Don't make it look like a doghouse."
The supervisor was amiable, and the dispatchers under him were not too reserved either. They came forward and asked curiously, "Isn't it always like this in our office?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" The supervisor glared at them and said, "People from the higher-ups are coming to inspect. We have to do some image projects. Let's get rid of this smell quickly. Don't let the representatives from the higher-ups come over and think this is not the dispatch room but a public toilet."
Xu Cang left the dispatch room and went straight to the fleet office. After asking the fleet assistant, he not only did not get an answer, but the fleet assistant also asked Xu Cang what happened. This made Xu Cang speechless.
Or maybe this fleet assistant really knows nothing, but the more likely possibility is that the flying dart directly bypassed the fleet. Xu Cang personally tends to be more inclined to the latter.
Since the fleet couldn't find the answer, they could only go to Feibiao. It was Feibiao who sent the email to the dispatch and planning desks. Drawing up a list of personnel for the aircraft type changeover was also within the scope of Feibiao's work, so they should be able to get some answers.
As expected, Feibiao did know about the aircraft type change, and Xu Cang also received an even more shocking news. The list of personnel for the aircraft type change had been sent to Lu Jinghua, the general manager of the flight department, by Jin Fuli for approval not long ago. As long as he signed, the matter would be settled.
Hearing this, Xu Cang's scalp tingled. He had been on high alert, but he never expected that Jin Fuli would be able to make things happen.
Regardless of whether Xu Cangtong agrees or not, transfer it to the Airbus fleet first to create an fait accompli. Other things can be discussed later. This is like cutting off the source of the problem and killing people.
"The older generation's methods are as fierce as their style." After learning everything, Xu Cang dared not stay and ran to Lu Jinghua's office without stopping.
On the way, Xu Cang's phone suddenly rang. He took it out and saw that it was a text message reminder about the flight schedule for next week. Xu Cang hesitated for a moment, then went to his mailbox to look for the email.
He originally planned to take a quick look, but when he saw a flight for Wednesday, Xu Cang's steps gradually stopped.
Next Wednesday, Xu Cang will operate a round-trip flight from Jianchuan to Lufeng, with a take-off time of 7:50 in the morning. The captain is a Class A instructor, the first co-pilot is a Level 4 co-pilot, and Xu Cang is the third.
This was originally a very ordinary flight plan, but when Xu Cang saw the plane number of the flight, his heart was suddenly filled with huge waves.
"1566!"
That's right, the plane used for the flight on Wednesday was the one with the problem that caused the abnormal nose-up phenomenon.
Xu Cang stood there in a daze, muttering, "How could this happen?"
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At this moment, in the office of the general manager of the flight department, the president of the Civil Aviation Flight Academy, Chen Xiangdong, who had suddenly arrived just now, had already left, leaving only Lu Jinghua, Jin Fuli and Wang Xuan.
Chen Xiangdong only asked some questions about Xu Cang and didn't ask about other aspects, which made Lu Jinghua and others breathe a sigh of relief. However, they couldn't understand why Chen Xiangdong seemed to have some other interest in Xu Cang.
Lu Jinghua leaned against his desk, Jin Fuli sat on the sofa, and Wang Xuan leaned against the door. The three of them kept silent, and the atmosphere in the office was a little weird.
After an unknown amount of time, Lu Jinghua finally couldn't stand it anymore and pointed directly at Wang Xuan: "Wang Xuan, aren't you responsible for liaison with the bureau? How come the bureau representative is here, but we don't have any news at all?"
"How should I know?" Wang Xuan was also very annoyed: "According to the information previously revealed, he should come in five days. Who knows why he came so early?"
Lu Jinghua also felt that Wang Xuan would not make a mistake in remembering the time for receiving the representatives from the bureau, so Chen Xiangdong's sudden advance of time made him wonder, "Could something have happened?"
In fact, Wang Xuan had been thinking about this matter. It was five days earlier than originally planned. If someone said it was just a spur of the moment decision, Wang Xuan would never believe it.
"Damn it, could it be because of the last incident of promoting the Civil Aviation Safety Inspection Rules?" Wang Xuan pondered.
Previously, Xu Cang mistakenly brought prohibited items at Lushui Airport. Although it did not cause any major problems, the authorities ordered Blue Sky Airlines to publicize the "Civil Aviation Safety Inspection Rules" to flight crew members.
Blue Sky Airlines naturally complied. But the only difference was that according to past practice, even if the authority did not require it, the company would still punish Xu Cang to show its attitude.
But the problem was that due to the intervention of his master Mo Shangyun, Xu Cang was exempted from punishment. Wang Xuan was now worried that this would make the authorities unhappy and cause the trip to be advanced. Did he want to come and show off his power to Blue Sky Airlines?
Although Wang Xuan and Lu Jinghua were worried, Jin Fuli didn't care much. He waved his hand nonchalantly, "Come early if you want to. Come early and leave early, how good is that? Otherwise, those people from the bureau would hang around the company all day, and we would have to control the volume even when we fart. It would be really frustrating."
When Wang Xuan heard Jin Fuli's reckless words, he quickly reminded him, "Captain Jin, you can't say that. It would be bad if someone heard it."
"Tsk, you don't want to talk about it?" Jin Fuli rolled his eyes, but he didn't dwell on it too much. Compared to the bureau representative's early schedule, he was obviously more concerned about Xu Cang's matter, so he looked at Lu Jinghua again: "Lu Jinghua, are you going to sign the list or not? I'm busy."
This time, Jin Fuli was a little impatient and called Lu Jinghua by his name.
How could Lu Jinghua agree to this? "Teacher, forced aircraft conversion is only a special case. We can't treat it as a normal operation."
"You just don't want to sign?" Jin Fuli stood up and patted his clothes.
Lu Jinghua showed an apologetic expression: "Teacher, I really can't sign it. I'm sorry."
"It's okay." Jin Fuli was very easy to talk to. He waved his hand and said, "I came here to get your signature in accordance with the normal procedures. However, since you can't sign here, I will have to bypass you and go directly to Luo Yong to sign."
"Ah!" Lu Jinghua screamed. He never expected that Jin Fuli was going to bypass him, the general manager of the flight department, and go directly to Luo Yong, the vice president of operations.
Given the relationship between Jin Fuli and Luo Yong, even if Xu Cang was related to a route, Luo Yong would probably give Jin Fuli a face. Moreover, Jin Fuli also had connections in other airlines, so it was not impossible for him to find Li Chenxing, the chief designer of Feiyu Airlines, to cancel the bet. In this way, Xu Cang would be even more insignificant, and Luo Yong would have no reason to reject Jin Fuli at all.
Wang Xuan, who was standing at the door, was actually a little confused about the situation. Although he heard some words about transformation, he could only get a glimpse of the whole picture and was very confused.
Seeing that Jin Fuli was about to leave, Lu Jinghua ran up and pulled him back to stop him.
This time Jin Fuli was really annoyed and cursed: "You were pulling me just now, and you are still pulling me now. I just don't understand. Is Xu Cang made of gold? I can't even find someone for you?"
Wang Xuan, who was watching the show on the side, felt his heart tighten when he heard Xu Cang's name, and looked at the two people who were pushing each other suspiciously.
"Everyone else can do it, but Xu Cang can't." Lu Jinghua was also anxious: "Instructor, there are so many people in our fleet, why did you target Xu Cang? Can't you change someone else?"
Jin Fuli's eyes were as big as copper bells, and he was obviously irritated by Lu Jinghua's repeated obstructions: "Then you should tell me why you didn't let him go! If you can't tell me, then don't hold me back and don't let me do it."
Lu Jinghua hesitated and said, "Teacher, shall we talk somewhere else?"
At this moment of hesitation, Jin Fuli fiercely pulled off Lu Jinghua's hands that were holding him, and snorted, "Don't play tricks on me. What's wrong with me? If you want to say it, just say it. If you don't want to say it, forget it."
Lu Jinghua glanced at Wang Xuan beside him imperceptibly, but he couldn't speak.
Seeing Lu Jinghua hesitating, Jin Fuli lost the last bit of his patience: "Stop dithering, let's go!"
If Jin Fuli left like this, there would be no way to make up for the loss. Lu Jinghua was determined and shouted, "Teacher, I want him to be the chief engineer."
Jin Fuli froze in mid-air as he took a step forward. He looked back at Lu Jinghua in disbelief: "What did you say?"
Under Wang Xuan's shocked gaze, Lu Jinghua gritted his teeth and repeated, "I want Xu Cang to be the chief architect."
"You..." After saying this, Jin Fuli felt a little confused and couldn't speak for a long time. Instead, he slowly looked at Wang Xuan, the current chief pilot.
Lu Jinghua was hesitant just now because Wang Xuan was present. How could he discuss the succession issue when the incumbent was present? But Jin Fuli was so aggressive that Lu Jinghua really had no choice.
"Instructor, the general managers of the flight department are from Airbus and Boeing, and the vice presidents of operations are from Airbus and Boeing. But the chief pilot is always selected from Boeing models, you should know that." Now that the topic has come to this, Lu Jinghua no longer hides the truth and simply speaks out: "Instructor, if it was before the double engine flameout of Feiyu 6321, this matter might still be left to you. But now, Xu Cang must stay in the Boeing fleet, and the position of the company's chief pilot is reserved for him. As long as Xu Cang can meet the minimum standards for the selection of chief pilots, I will immediately recommend him with all my strength."
As the direct superior of the chief pilot, Lu Jinghua has great power of suggestion on the selection of the chief pilot. Now Xu Cang is definitely not as good as the chief pilot in terms of experience and technical level, but it will be enough as long as time accumulates, and it won't take too long.
These words directly penetrated Wang Xuan's defenses. He didn't say anything, but just had a gloomy face, like a lurking poisonous snake.
Jin Fuli was stunned for a long time before he gradually digested Lu Jinghua's composition. Finally, he smiled coldly: "But you don't seem to have a long-term vision. Xu Cang..."
Halfway through his conversation, Jin Fuli suddenly heard some noises, turned around, and saw Xu Cang standing at the door, panting. He was horrified, because he had forced Xu Cang to change the model, and his original plan was to do it secretly before talking about it. Now, wasn't he caught by Xu Cang?
Jin Fuli was so flustered that he didn't care about Lu Jinghua anymore. He stammered and tried to explain to Xu Cang: "Xu Cang, this is not what you think. It's..."
However, after catching his breath for a while, Xu Cang ignored Jin Fuli and directly ignored him. He took out his finger and saw his flight schedule for next Wednesday on the screen.
Lu Jinghua was obviously surprised by Xu Cang's arrival, but he was still calm. He looked at the phone screen that Xu Cang showed him for a while and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xu Cang's expression turned extremely grim: "Why did 1566 take off again?"
