Chapter 92 Dreamliner!
Lu Jinghua, who was a little dazed, went upstairs as if he had lost his soul and went to the office of Luo Yong, the vice president of operations.
Luo Yong was working inside. When he saw Lu Jinghua coming in, he put down his work and looked at Lu Jinghua with a little expectation: "How is it, is there a chance?"
No one knew what Lu Jinghua was thinking. When asked by Luo Yong, he did not respond at all.
"Huh?" Luo Yong saw that Lu Jinghua looked like he had lost his soul, and he immediately felt something was wrong. He knocked on the table and shouted at Lu Jinghua, "What are you doing? Speak! What did Mu Hua say?"
Lu Jinghua slowly raised his head and asked a very strange question: "Mr. Luo, do you think it is possible to recruit a pilot using three routes?"
"What are you talking about?" Luo Yong looked at Lu Jinghua in confusion, not understanding what he was trying to do.
Lu Jinghua smiled and said, "I'm just asking casually."
"I'm here to talk business, but you're talking nonsense. Using three airlines to poach pilots, is this something a human could come up with? No, even carbon-based creatures can't think of such an outrageous thing." Luo Yong was a little annoyed: "Hurry up and tell me, the people from the Regulatory Bureau will be here soon, and I have to deal with them."
"Yeah, how is this possible?" Lu Jinghua thought silently in his heart, but said: "Muhua has not given a clear answer, this matter may be delayed."
"Without a clear answer, what is this?"
"Maybe... maybe it's just a more tactful rejection?" Lu Jinghua said carefully .
"Is it really not possible?" Luo Yong's performance was relatively calm, because he was probably mentally prepared. Even though he gave Lu Jinghua a death order before departure, some things really cannot be controlled by human power. It is better to let Muhua Airlines do something great and good at the expense of itself and benefit others.
Lu Jinghua whispered, "Boss Ma said there is no reason for Muhua Airlines to let us have a share."
Luo Yong rubbed his temple and sighed: "Yeah, I wouldn't do that if it were me, but..."
It was such a pity, so pity that Luo Yong felt heartbroken. With the development of the domestic economy, more and more people went abroad, and the profits of international routes soared like a rocket. After learning a little about the revenue of international routes, Luo Yong felt that the three major airlines were simply robbing money.
Of course, Luo Yong didn’t think there was anything wrong with robbing money, but he felt that the most unacceptable thing was that he didn’t participate in it.
"I thought this matter was simple. We still need to think about it carefully later." Luo Yong scratched his head: "Jinghua, it's nothing. You can go back and have a rest. You've worked hard."
However, Lu Jinghua didn't want to go back just yet, but asked about the matter of Blue Sky 9211: "Boss Luo, what did Blue Sky 9211 say?"
"What can I say? The crew has just returned, and the people from the regulatory bureau will come over for a talk soon. What else can I say?"
Lu Jinghua slightly changed the way he asked the question: "Is this a good thing, or... a bad thing?"
"I don't know if it's a good thing or not, but it shouldn't be a bad thing, right? The Northwest Bureau's preliminary investigation showed that it was due to the weather, and the crew's general direction of handling the situation was also fine."
Lu Jinghua secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "So is this considered a conclusion?"
Luo Yong rolled his eyes. "Whatever the Northwest Bureau decides, it should be the Southwest Bureau that decides, and then report it to the General Administration for review. However, there should be some communication between the regional administrations, and the Southwest Bureau will not slap the Northwest Bureau in the face, so the result is probably about the same. Why, you seem very interested, this is not like your style, weren't you very annoyed to participate in this kind of accident investigation before?"
"It's all for the company's sake." Lu Jinghua said casually, "By the way, where's Tan Heling?"
"Where is Wang Xuan..."
Just as Luo Yong's voice fell, a loud bang suddenly came from outside the door, as if something hit the door panel. The volume was so loud that Lu Jinghua was really scared.
"What's that sound? What's that sound?" Lu Jinghua looked outside reflexively, trying to find out where the loud noise came from.
"Don't be so nervous." Luo Yong quickly put down his hand: "Someone is being scolded next door. You may be a little excited. Don't make a fuss. Weren't you looking for Tan Heling just now? He's next door, being scolded?"
"Next door? Isn't next door Wang Xuan's office?" Lu Jinghua scratched his head. He knew how strict Wang Xuan was. If he was scolded, it would definitely not feel good: "But, didn't they say there was no big problem with 9211 ? How could he be scolded like this?"
Luo Yong seemed to know some inside information and sneered: "Overall, there is no big problem, but it does not mean that Tan Heling has truly fulfilled the duties of a captain. If you knew what he did on the plane, you would probably be no better than Wang Xuan."
Just when Lu Jinghua was about to ask what had happened, he heard a loud noise again. He was really frightened. Just by listening to the sound of the door being smashed, he could feel what Wang Xuan's mood was like.
"In the complex situation where the nose is too low, you are asked to hold the stick as hard as you can and adjust the trim, right?" In the office, Wang Xuan grabbed the documents on the table and threw them at the face of Tan Heling who was across the table. He hadn't been so angry for a long time.
Tan Heling had just returned from Urumqi, and was taken to the base for a lecture after getting off the plane. He knew that he had made some mistakes in handling certain issues this time, but there was no need to lecture him like this, right?
So, Tan Heling quietly defended himself: "Boss Wang, I was a little inconsiderate at that time, but it was also because there was an artillery firing area below, and I didn't care too much in my anxiety."
"Bombardment area, still mentioning bombardment area! Why didn't I just blow you up with one shot at that time, so that you wouldn't be standing here and getting in the way?" Wang Xuan was so angry that veins popped up on his forehead. He pointed at Tan Heling and said gloomily, "Listen to me, your performance in this matter is not worthy of being a captain. However, I will not deal with you because of the 9211 incident, but you'd better be prepared to be fired at any time."
When Tan Heling heard that he was going to be fired, he immediately became anxious: "Boss Wang, didn't the Northwest Bureau say that we handled this matter well?"
"Did you handle the matter?" Wang Xuan, who had calmed down a little, suddenly became angry again: "That's because the Northwest Bureau didn't have time to investigate in detail. When the Southwest Bureau starts to investigate in detail, wo n't the ugly things you did in there be exposed? It doesn't matter if you die alone, but if all the captains of our company are investigated, I wonder how you will stay in the company in the future?"
After Wang Xuan's explanation, Tan Heling finally understood the situation.
Due to time constraints, the Northwest Bureau was unable to investigate all the details and only made a rough summary. Generally speaking, the handling of 9211 was good. But the problem is that this matter cannot be savored in detail, especially the performance of Captain Tan Heling in it!
The Southwest Bureau is not the Northwest Bureau. They have plenty of time to investigate the 9211 incident thoroughly and they can find out exactly how much trouble Tan Heling has made.
Wang Xuan didn’t care whether Tan Heling would be punished for this. What he cared about was that Tan Heling’s poor performance in the incident would easily make the authorities doubt the overall ability of the captain of Blue Sky Airlines.
Once the authorities have such suspicions, large-scale investigations of pilots will be inevitable.
Although it is said that true gold is not afraid of fire, the investigation is not completely affected by the level of the person being investigated. There are many determining factors. As long as the authorities had preconceived suspicions about the captain of Blue Sky Airlines because of Tan Heling, they would "kill" the captain without hesitation.
Blue Sky Airlines is not facing a shortage of staff, but it is definitely not well-off either. However, it cannot resist the authorities laying off a large number of its employees, and those laid off are all the main pilots in the operation.
Therefore, no matter how much Wang Xuan disliked Tan Heling, at least in this case, he had to help beautify the situation, which was in the interests of the company.
Tan Heling knew clearly that if the company was investigated for captains because of him, he would probably become the target of public criticism. You know, the investigation of captains is not limited to the captain level, but includes instructors above the captain level, and even many flight department leaders.
This kind of inspection organized by the bureau is not an internal inspection of the company, so it is difficult to tamper with it. If a leader of the flight department is not checked by accident, it will be a funny thing.
Tan Heling also knew that he had gotten into trouble, so he hurriedly said, "Boss Wang, what should we do about this?"
Although it is very painful to fire a captain, there is still a chance to rehire him after the storm has passed. But if you offend the company because of this, you will probably be stuck as a senior co-pilot for the rest of your life.
"Are you anxious now?" Wang Xuan was furious when he saw Tan Heling, but he couldn't continue to be angry. The people from the bureau would be here soon, and it would be inconvenient to waste time. So he had to suppress his anger: "The people from the bureau want to talk to you, so just say less about the stupid things you did. This matter is generally considered a successful case, and the bureau should not make things too difficult for you."
In the classic cases of civil aviation fault handling, even some cases that are used as teaching materials have some points that cannot be appreciated in detail. It is difficult for people to make perfect decisions and executions at every step under high pressure. As long as the general direction and results are acceptable, the authorities generally do not pay too much attention to the details.
Of course, this is based on the premise that the basic handling is correct and the final result is acceptable. If an extremely serious mistake occurs, or even casualties occur, then I'm sorry, the bureau will have to pick out every detail.
It is precisely because of this premise that Wang Xuan has room to operate.
"But it's no use for me to say it myself. There are other people in the cockpit."
"The stupid things you did were mostly in the 40 to 50 minutes before landing, so they probably weren't recorded in the cockpit voice recorder. I will talk to the two co-pilots, especially Xu Cang, later."
The current cockpit voice recorder is still the most primitive, only recording the last 30 minutes of cockpit voice content, unlike the later development to monitor the entire process from takeoff to landing. If it were a later cockpit voice recorder, every word Tan Heling said would be recorded without missing a word, and there would be no room for manipulation.
Coupled with the premise that the authorities would not be too difficult, Wang Xuan felt that he could still help Tan Heling cover up the matter.
Of course, one thing is one thing. If Tan Heling can continue to serve as the captain after his performance this time, it will be an insult to him as the chief pilot. After the 9211 incident was settled, he still had to find a reason to fire Tan Heling.
"But will Xu Cang agree to this?" Tan Heling was a little worried about whether Xu Cang would cooperate. To put it bluntly, it was precisely because of Tan Heling's stupidity that Xu Cang himself was highlighted as wise and powerful. If Tan Heling's scandal was covered up, it would not be a good choice for Xu Cang, at least it would reduce his own performance.
"He has no choice but to agree to this. It is his responsibility to protect the interests of the company." Wang Xuan really felt that Tan Heling was an eyesore, and waved his hands irritably: "Go away, don't let me see you for the time being, call Xu Cang in."
Tan Heling also knew that he was now despised in Wang Xuan's eyes, so he hurried out of the office. As soon as he went out, he ran into Xu Cang who had just returned after talking to Chen Xiangdong.
"Boss Wang wants you to come in."
Xu Cang looked calm, nodded, and prepared to go in. But just as he put his hand on the door to push it open, he was stopped by Tan Heling behind him.
"Xu Cang!"
"Hmm?" Xu Cang turned his head and glanced at Tan Heling in confusion: "Anything else?"
Tan Heling's face turned red, and he stammered for a long time but couldn't say anything, which left Xu Cang with a lot of questions.
"Forget it, forget it, it's nothing, you can go in." Tan Heling finally couldn't lose face, he could only run away in shame without looking back.
"what's the situation?"
Xu Cang muttered, pushed open the office door, and saw Wang Xuan with an expressionless face inside.
To be honest, Xu Cang didn't like the chief pilot very much. He always felt that he had a kind of condescending arrogance in dealing with people. However, Xu Cang didn't know where the arrogance came from.
Xu Cang came into the office and just as he stood still, Wang Xuan said calmly: "Xu Cang, you did a good job on 9211 this time. Tan Heling also explained the situation to me just now. As the second co-pilot, you did a great job, which exceeded my expectations."
I don’t know why, but the way Wang Xuan speaks really makes people feel extremely uncomfortable.
However, Xu Cang did not have any special reaction, and said with a slightly grateful tone: "Boss Wang, this is what I should do."
"Well, I'm glad you know it." Wang Xuan nodded.
"Oh my god!" Xu Cang thought to himself. He already had a relatively low EQ. He didn't expect Wang Xuan's EQ was even lower than his. Could it be that being able to disgust people was his innate skill?
Even though he was secretly complaining, Xu Cang still smiled, which was his best display of professional fake smile.
Seeing that Xu Cang's reaction was quite obedient, Wang Xuan's expression eased slightly, and he paused before continuing, "It's like this. For some reasons, you don't need to go into too much detail about what Captain Tan Heling did and said during the interview with the bureau later. I believe you are a smart person and should understand what I mean."
People like Wang Xuan must have been leaders for too long, so they always hold back when speaking. However, Wang Xuan was right about one thing, which was that Xu Cang did understand what he meant.
Xu Cang asked with some certainty: "Boss Wang, do you want me to...beautify Captain Tan a little?"
"That's right. This matter concerns the interests of the entire company. You should be able to understand it clearly. Moreover, the authorities will not delve into this matter further, so you don't have to feel any psychological burden." When Wang Xuan said this, his tone was full of matter-of-course, as if Xu Cang should agree just because he, Wang Xuan, had spoken.
Xu Cangzhi frowned slightly, but did not show too much resistance. He just pretended to be worried and said, "Boss Wang, do you want me to tell a lie? This is deceiving the bureau, isn't it bad?"
"I know what you're worried about." Wang Xuan still had the same expression as before. "I didn't ask you to deceive the authorities. I was just using the Spring and Autumn style of writing to avoid the main point. The authorities won't ask you to recall every word you said or every action you took. It shouldn't be difficult to slightly adjust the emphasis, right?"
"But..." Xu Cang still looked embarrassed, just like a timid Xiao Fei: "But, what if the authorities find out?"
Wang Xuan was a little impatient: "Even if something goes wrong, the company will protect you. Besides, you are just a second officer, how can the bureau be so picky with you? What are you worried about, or do you think you need to make any requests? As long as it is within a reasonable range, the company can consider it."
"Boss Wang, I definitely want to share the company's worries. But this matter has put a lot of pressure on me." Xu Cang lowered his head and said slowly: "So, in this case, you have to... pay more."
Wang Xuan was shocked by these words. After waiting for a long time, Wang Xuan finally reacted and laughed out loud: "Okay, okay! This is the best. This is the best."
Xu Cang looked at Wang Xuan who was laughing non-stop, and didn't understand what was so funny about this. It should be normal to ask for some compensation since he took the risk. What's so funny about it?
Wang Xuan laughed for a long time, almost crying, and finally calmed down after a long time: "This matter is likely to be evaluated positively, and the company will reward you for it. The distribution ratio will still be the usual two to one to one. As long as you can do as I say, you will also get the captain's share. Of course, it will not be mentioned in the reward announcement."
Xu Cang thought about it and felt that this was indeed a good proposal. At least he could get some financial support, and Xu Cang was now thinking about making money.
Actually, although Wang Xuan was giving Xu Cang a choice, Xu Cang actually had no choice. If he didn't agree, the captain instructors who were checked might transfer some of their hatred to him, which would make his future work difficult, and it was not an option .
Under the doomed outcome, it is not bad to strive for some benefits for yourself. Of course, this does not mean that Xu Cang encourages such behavior, it is just a compromise with reality.
After figuring this out, Xu Cang nodded without hesitation: "Okay."
…
In the top-floor restaurant of Ping An Building, the tallest building in Jianchuan City, Li Rongcheng, head of Boeing's Asia Pacific region, was answering a phone call with a serious face from his immediate superior.
"Lee, the verification review of 777 won't be delayed much longer, so you should speed up your recruitment activities." Mandarin with a distinct accent came from the other end of the line.
"I have a good candidate now, but it has not been confirmed yet. I will speed up."
The boss did not push Li Rongcheng too much: "Lee, you should understand the weight on your shoulders. I look forward to your good news."
After saying that, the boss hung up the phone neatly.
Putting down the phone, Li Rongcheng looked forward and fell on a young man with a high nose bridge and extremely fair skin opposite him. He said coldly: "It seems that the people at Airbus headquarters have poor vision. Can someone like you be the head of a region?"
Opposite Li Rongcheng is Li Rongxian, the newly appointed head of Airbus Asia Pacific. Looking at his appearance, he is somewhat similar to Li Rongcheng in details. However, Li Rongcheng has a standard oriental face, while Li Rongxian seems to be a mix of Chinese and Western, with more three-dimensional facial features, which is completely different from Li Rongcheng's gentle temperament.
"We are brothers after all. Why are you so ruthless when you talk?" Li Rongxian tasted the tender and juicy steak in his mouth, half-closed his eyes, and savored it carefully: "The beef is good, cooked to perfection, but the sauce is a bit strong, covering up the original aroma of the steak, what a pity."
Li Rongcheng frowned slightly, showing a hint of displeasure: "If you don't like it, don't stay here."
"Why are you so angry?" Li Rongxian wiped his mouth and leaned back in his chair leisurely: "It's to make money, there's nothing I can do!"
As he spoke, Li Rongxian leisurely took out a stack of information from the bag beside him and threw it in front of Li Rongcheng.
Li Rongcheng glanced at the information and patiently turned a few pages. However, just after turning a few pages, Li Rongcheng's face darkened, as if water was about to drip out.
This stack of documents was nothing else but an order for twenty Airbus 330s, a huge order.
Li Rongcheng was upset and threw it back without finishing it. He could only express his dissatisfaction by turning a blind eye to such things.
"Actually, I should thank you guys. If there hadn't been a problem with the 777 verification, would I have gotten such a big order?" Li Rongxian chuckled, his words full of sarcasm: "The 777 project has been in place for more than five years, and it ran into such a big mess. It seems Boeing can't do it. Brother, since it's like this, why don't you come to Airbus? I can still help you out."
Previously, the Boeing 767 was completely at a disadvantage in the competition with the Airbus 330, and the Boeing 777 was supposed to be a direct competitor to the Airbus 330. It was originally thought that the Boeing 777 would be a means to demonstrate Boeing's strong market dominance, but in reality it has become a clumsy upgraded version of the Boeing 767. It is really a trick of the world.
The Boeing 777 project has been in the works for more than five years. Due to their trust in Boeing, many airlines placed orders before the Boeing 777 was fully put into commercial operation. However, when it was almost ready for commercial operation, something went wrong in the ETOPS certification, which surprised many airlines that had already placed orders or were waiting to see what was going on.
As the middle market between the giant passenger aircraft of Boeing 747 and Airbus 340 and the narrow-body aircraft of Boeing 737 and Airbus 320, Boeing 777 and Airbus 330 are in absolute competition. Once the Boeing 777 has problems, the Airbus 330 will naturally increase in importance, otherwise Li Rongxian would not have gotten such a big order.
Li Rongcheng was really overwhelmed. Boeing headquarters had tried very hard to hide the news of the verification failure. But there is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. Moreover, for those airlines that have already placed orders, they must regularly report the status of the 777, which makes it even more difficult to hide.
"Besides, Boeing has a good relationship with the FAA, so you can get more tolerance. But you can still get such preferential treatment from EASA? Isn't it easy to get the European Joint Airworthiness Certificate?"
In Li Rongxian's sarcastic words, Li Rongcheng's face became more and more ugly. However, when Li Rongxian's next words fell into his ears, his face finally couldn't be controlled.
"However, compared to the 777, I heard about a new plan within Boeing." Li Rongxian said casually: "7E7, right?"
This time Li Rongcheng shuddered: "I don't know what you are talking about!"
"Don't you know? Then let me put it another way!" Li Rongxian sneered: "Is it... Dreamliner?"
