Chapter 96 S2 Switch! I want to eat up the entire Blue Sky Airlines!
Outside the office of Luo Yong, the vice president of Blue Sky Airlines, Lu Jinghua walked out in a daze, his face so gloomy that it seemed as if water was about to drip out. From the conversation with Luo Yong just now, he was basically certain that trading Xu Cang out was not only Luo Yong's idea, but also the idea of the higher-ups.
In fact, from a rational point of view, if he and Xu Cang did not have a good personal relationship, perhaps he would not object to selling Xu Cang to Muhua Airlines. There is no way, a boutique route is too tempting.
Since its establishment, Blue Sky Airlines has devoted all its efforts to provide a high-quality route. This shows how valuable a high-quality route is.
Boutique routes not only bring amazing profits, but also enhance the airline's brand effect. Their existence can also raise the airline's ratings with regulatory authorities.
Pilots have points, and airlines also have points. The assessment criteria are based on the frequency and severity of man-made unsafe incidents over a period of time, as well as the punctuality rate, praise rate, occupancy rate, etc. of the route.
Of course, safety is definitely the most important assessment criterion, but other aspects are also taken into consideration. However, a boutique route will greatly increase the airline's score with the authorities in addition to safety, which is also something that must be considered.
No matter from which angle, exchanging a single pilot for a high-quality route is a bloody deal, and Muhua Airlines will also pay a penalty of 2 million. Even if this penalty is put at the peak of prosperity ten years later, it is almost the price of a captain. In terms of paying money, Muhua Airlines is simply throwing money out unreasonably.
But so far, Lu Jinghua really couldn't figure it out. Even if Xu Cang was made of gold, he couldn't be worth so much money, right? He felt that Muhua Airlines must have some other plans, or Xu Cang had some extra value that they didn't expect?
However, if he could think of it, why couldn't the company's decision-makers think of it? But in the face of a boutique route and a high penalty, any reason seemed insignificant.
Sighing, Lu Jinghua took out his phone out of habit and saw Xu Cang's missed call. He let out a sigh and was about to call Xu Cang back, but when he looked up, he noticed a familiar figure wandering in the opposite corridor.
"Xu Cang?"
Lu Jinghua put away his phone and shouted to the other side.
Originally, after talking to Xia Shuyue and Chen Xiangdong, Xu Cang planned to hang around outside Lu Jinghua's office for a while to wait for someone. However, before he could wait for a few minutes, Lu Jinghua came back.
Following Lu Jinghua's voice, Xu Cang looked towards the opposite side, and realized that Lu Jinghua was there, so he immediately trotted over.
"Where have you been? I've been looking for you for a long time."
Lu Jinghua pointed to Luo Yong's office behind him and said, "We were just having a conversation inside."
"Oh." Xu Cang glanced in the direction of Luo Yong's office, then lowered his voice and said, "Let's talk downstairs."
Seeing Xu Cang acting mysterious, Lu Jinghua became suspicious: "What's wrong? Is there something important?"
"There are some things. Don't talk about them here. Let's talk about them downstairs."
These are all offices of the flight department leaders, and Xu Cang doesn't like to discuss important matters with Lu Jinghua here.
Lu Jinghua didn't ask any more questions and followed Xu Cang downstairs silently.
At this moment, it was just working hours, the first floor was empty, and there were basically no people, so Xu Cang didn't have any scruples. However, he still asked Lu Jinghua in a relatively low voice: "What does the 747 sent to me this morning mean? If the company really wants to introduce a 747, isn't this crazy? It's bleeding itself?"
"Who said it wasn't?" Lu Jinghua nodded towards the upstairs and said, "I was just discussing this with Mr. Luo."
Xu Cang's eyelids jumped: "And then?"
Lu Jinghua shrugged, "Then we were kicked out. There was nothing we could do. The people above us were obsessed with going global and we couldn't persuade them. We wet-leased a Boeing 747 and a full flight crew. If we made money, we would give the profits to Mu Hua. If we lost money, we would pay for it ourselves. It was really a desperate move."
Xu Cang had no interest in Blue Sky Airlines' strategic deployment. This was not what he cared about. What he cared about was the 747 that was wet-leased!
"Is the 747 you sent me this morning a wet lease?"
Lu Jinghua looked at Xu Cang suspiciously. He felt that Xu Cang seemed to be unusually interested in this matter, which was really not normal. However, he nodded and confirmed: "Yes, it is that 747. It will be here as soon as tomorrow."
"What about the phone number?" Xu Cang immediately became excited: "The phone number is 4724?"
Although we can roughly tell from the photo that the plane's license plate number is 4724, there is still a possibility that we are mistaken. The pixels of old mobile phones cannot be too absolute.
"Yes! No...are you so concerned? Do you have such a strong sense of ownership?" Lu Jinghua sent a text message to Xu Cang purely as a complaint between friends . Little did he know that Xu Cang's interest seemed to be greater than his. This was totally abnormal.
"4724, damn, why is it this plane?" If Blue Sky Airlines had used a 747 with a different number, Xu Cang might not have reacted so strongly. He might even be happy to see Blue Sky Airlines being drained of blood. But if it was the 4724 plane, it would not be as simple as draining blood, it could be the death of the person.
Lu Jinghua raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong with 4724? Is there any problem?"
"Well, I'm not going to talk about the problem, it's just..." Xu Cang didn't know how to explain to Lu Jinghua: "What this means is that the higher-ups are determined to introduce the 747, and there is absolutely no possibility of change?"
Lu Jinghua stopped walking all of a sudden: "No! What do you want to say? I feel like you should say two sentences and leave one sentence for later."
"I mean... if we can't stop the 747, is it possible to change the plane?"
"Ah?" Lu Jinghua thought Xu Cang would say something profound, but the result was a random talk about changing planes: "Change planes, why change planes?"
Xu Cang's face froze: "It's just... I just feel that this plane is a bit unlucky."
Lu Jinghua's pupils trembled violently. After a moment, he looked at Xu Cang with a slightly livid face: "I'm talking to you seriously, are you kidding me? Instead of paying attention to that 747, you should worry about yourself."
"What's wrong with me?" Xu Cang was stunned.
"When I was talking to Mr. Luo just now, he said that when we were discussing things with Muhua Airlines, the people from Muhua Airlines gave us an incredible price to send you to Muhua." Lu Jinghua sighed, "And the higher-ups also agreed. In two months at most, your work relationship will be transferred to Muhua. Two domestic routes, one of which is a premium route, plus a two million penalty. Xu Cang, why didn't I know you were so valuable?"
Xu Cang understood what he heard, but he was still confused: "Muhua Airlines? What do they want me to do?"
Whether before or after his rebirth, Xu Cang felt that he had no contact with Muhua Aviation. Not to mention that he was still unknown now, even when he was the chief engineer before his rebirth, he had no communication with Muhua Aviation except for some very simple work interactions.
"How should I know?" To be precise, Lu Jinghua himself also wanted to know why Muhua Airlines offered such a huge sum of money to Xu Cang.
Xu Cangli became a little nervous now. He pursed his lips and paced back and forth: "If I don't agree, can I stop it?"
"Although it may sound unpleasant, pilots are assets of an airline. It is legal and reasonable for a company to dispose of its own assets. How can we stop it?" Lu Jinghua sighed, "Even if you want to object, you should wait until you become a pilot of Muhua Airlines."
"Damn it!" Xu Cang cursed, "Muhua Airlines people must be mentally ill. I'm staying here well, why do you want me to go to Muhua?"
Even though Xu Cang cursed, he had to find a solution. He couldn't go to Muhua Airlines now.
"I can't stop it, but the transfer of work relationships between pilots needs to be reported to the bureau for approval. What if the bureau interrupts this work transfer?"
With the reform and opening up more than 20 years ago, many industries have begun to be market-oriented, and civil aviation, which originally relied on the air force system, has also become independent. It seems that it has undergone market-oriented reforms, but in fact it has not.
One of the signs of marketization is the free flow of personnel, but the flow of pilots is greatly restricted. The transfer of their working relationships between airlines needs to be reported to the authorities for approval. Even under normal circumstances, the authorities will not interfere in this matter, but as long as such a link exists, the authorities have the ability to interfere.
Wanting to or not and being able to or not are two completely different concepts!
In the civil aviation industry, which has not yet achieved full marketization, airlines with private capital backgrounds will have certain restrictions. The decision-makers of Blue Sky Airlines are well aware of the existence of this restriction, which is why they have been frantically betting on the international market in recent days when policies have been relaxed. Because if you miss this opportunity, you may never have it again.
As for the means of intervention by the bureau, Xu Cang first thought of his master Chen Xiangdong. However, this method was actually quite reluctant. Because without a clear reason, the bureau would not intervene. If Chen Xiangdong took action, it would easily become a small black spot, and it would be easy to be caught when it was life-threatening. Xu Cang did not want Chen Xiangdong to buy a minefield for his career because of this matter.
But as Lu Jinghua said, he is the asset of Blue Sky Airlines, and his ownership is just a transaction between Blue Sky Airlines and Muhua Airlines, which is not subject to his own will.
Lu Jinghua didn't answer Xu Cang at all, but his expression said it all.
Xu Cang suddenly felt agitated: "What do you mean, I was sold out myself, and there is nothing I can do about it?"
Lu Jinghua wanted to comfort Xu Cang a few more words, but then a gentle voice suddenly sounded behind them: "Who was sold?"
Xu Cang's heart skipped a beat. The sound was like an electric shock to his ears, causing him to turn around suddenly. He saw the tall and slender Qin Xin standing there, with a little doubt on her face: "Who did you say was going to be sold?"
…
About five minutes later, Xu Cang and Qin Xin both appeared in the pavilion in the small garden in front of the base building.
Xu Cang told Qin Xin all about his transaction between Blue Sky Airlines and Muhua Airlines. The two of them were like good friends who had known each other for many years, and the atmosphere was unexpectedly harmonious.
Xu Cang kept complaining while talking for nearly twenty minutes, and Qin Xin was listening patiently the whole time.
After listening for a while, Qin Xin roughly understood the situation, but said with a little regret: "If that's the case, it looks like our cooperation will end."
Xu Cang hurriedly asked: "Ms. Qin, can you help change the minds of the people above?"
"Me?" Qin Xin said with a half-smile, "It's true that we are a big customer of Blue Sky Airlines, but that doesn't mean we can interfere in Blue Sky Airlines' internal affairs. Unfortunately, their treatment of you is an internal matter. There's just one thing I don't quite understand, why are you so reluctant to go to Muhua Airlines? Muhua Airlines is much bigger than Blue Sky Airlines, but in terms of the upper limit, it should be much higher. Although I don't know why they spent so much, since you paid so much, I think you will be reused if you go to Muhua Airlines, right?"
"It's different!" Xu Cang said irritably, "Muhua Airlines is too big and hard to control."
"What?" Qin Xin raised her eyebrows: "You seem to have other plans?"
Xu Cang looked at Qin Xin's face and said coldly: "Do you think the plan I told you before was just for those tens of millions? Do you think building a branch base at Erhai Airport is the end? Do you think my goal is just to be a pilot? If I don't stay here, how can I swallow up the entire Blue Sky Airlines?"
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Three days later, in the approaching crew car of Blue Sky Flight 9123.
Xu Cang had been determined to have made no mistakes in handling the 9211 incident, and thus his flying qualifications had been restored. This was something to be happy about, but Xu Cang could not be happy no matter what.
First of all, there was the Boeing 747 with the number 4724, then there was the fact that he would be traded to Muhua Airlines, and finally, he actually revealed his inner thoughts in front of Qin Xin.
However, there was nothing he could do about it. In this world, besides his parents, the people he trusted most were his master Chen Xiangdong and his wife Qin Xin.
Although Qin Xin was not even familiar with him now, just by seeing Qin Xin's face, Xu Cang felt inexplicably relieved, and he said everything he was thinking in his heart when he got excited.
“Damn it!”
Even after two days, Xu Cang could still clearly remember the extremely surprised expression on Qin Xin's face after hearing what he said. Although Xu Cang regarded Qin Xin as his own family member in his heart, Qin Xin was not! It can be said that in Qin Xin's eyes, Xu Cang was already equated with the late stage of Chuunibyou.
Xu Cang covered his forehead, and his face became hot unconsciously when he thought of this. But even so, what Xu Cang said was not nonsense, but his sincere thoughts.
He wanted to take over the entire Blue Sky Airlines! Moreover, this was not just a fantasy. He had this plan since he proposed to build a branch base at Erhai Airport with Qin Xin.
Xu Cang knew where his ceiling was, and that what he did should be in line with his talents.
From the perspective of the introduction of the 747, Xu Cang was even happy to see it happen, because the continuous bleeding of Blue Sky Airlines by the 747 was completely in line with Xu Cang's interests, and a weak Blue Sky Airlines was what he expected.
However, Xu Cang only hopes that Blue Sky Airlines will become weak rather than die. From the perspective of his own long-term plan, Xu Cang cannot allow Blue Sky Airlines to encounter any major problems.
But now everything is starting to deviate from Xu Cang's plan!
Looking at the scene passing by outside, Xu Cang suddenly frowned, and a huge red-painted aircraft came into view on the apron on the left.
Xu Cang could tell at a glance that the plane was a Boeing 747, and the striking red kapok on the vertical tail made Xu Cang very unhappy. Almost instinctively, Xu Cang casually glanced at the aircraft number on the front landing gear cover. Just this one glance made Xu Cang's muscles suddenly tense up. It was 4724, which was the Boeing 747-100 that Blue Sky Airlines wet-leased from Muhua Airlines.
"Master, stop!" Xu Cang suddenly shouted.
The driver of the crew car thought something serious had happened and slammed on the brakes, causing the crew members in the car to crash hard into the backs of the seats in front due to inertia.
The driver just stopped the car and turned around: "What's wrong, what's wrong?"
The captain was playing with his phone just now, and was startled by the sudden stop. Fortunately, he reacted quickly, otherwise his head would have hit the back of the seat in front of him. The captain was inevitably a little annoyed. Recalling the voice just now, he immediately half stood up and looked back at Xu Cang's seat: "What are you doing!?"
"Excuse me, Captain. I have to get off for something!" Xu Cang stood up and said to the driver, "Open the door for me. I want to get off."
The driver was a little confused: "We haven't arrived yet, the plane heard 342!"
"I know!" Xu Cang had already walked to the front to get his flight case: "This side is not far from 342, I can walk over there by myself."
"No!" the captain shouted, "Xu Cang, what are you crazy about? You will be late if you go this way!"
According to company regulations, the crew must arrive under the aircraft no later than one hour before take-off, otherwise it will be considered a violation of discipline.
"I know! So, I can get off the car by myself. Captain, you guys go to the plane first. I have something important to do here. Even if I'm late, it won't be for long." Xu Cang found his flight box, knocked on the car door, and signaled the driver to open the door.
The driver did not open the door immediately, but turned his head to look at the captain.
The captain was speechless and said, "Open, open, open! Open the door for him. He doesn't even care, so why should we care about him? He's gone down, and we can go on our own."
Since the captain said so, the driver had no more concerns and simply opened the car door.
Before Xu Cang left, he apologized to the captain again: "Captain, I really have something urgent to do. It will be quick. I will run to 342 as soon as I see it, so as not to delay refueling."
The captain waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it. Go, go, and do your own thing."
Xu Cang nodded and got out of the car.
The reason why Xu Cang got off the plane midway despite being late was that he wanted to confirm something on plane 4724.
Although he is a pilot, he can only enter the airport when he is on a flight. This time he happened to encounter 4724 near his plane, so he must seize this opportunity.
After getting off the car, Xu Cang first took out his reflective vest and put it on, then observed that there were no cars nearby before walking towards the 747.
As he got closer, Xu Cang discovered that the cargo door of this plane opened outwards, unlike the doors of ordinary Boeings that opened inwards.
This unique design made Xu Cang very uneasy, because in his memory, the door of the 747 that crashed also opened outwards.
Maybe the plane will be flying soon, and some ground loaders have already started loading the cargo. The cargo supervisor in charge saw a pilot wearing a reflective vest coming over and was a little surprised: "You're here so early?"
Xu Cang would never say that he was not the crew member of the flight that would be operating later. Instead, he pretended to reply: "I am on Lianfei, so I will not leave the scene. I will wait on the plane later."
"Is that so? It's quite hard!" The supervisor believed Xu Cang's words without any doubt.
Xu Cang, with his hands behind his back, approached the fuselage leisurely, pretending to do a walk-around inspection. This behavior was perfectly normal in the eyes of the ground loaders and supervisors, and they did not directly ignore Xu Cang's presence and just went about their own business.
Xu Cang started to look seriously from the nose of the plane, and then turned to the front cargo door on the right. Normally, pilots would not pay too much attention to the cargo hold when doing a walk-around inspection, just a quick look would be enough, but Xu Cang came here for this.
He pretended to check very carefully and deliberately leaned to the front cabin door. The people who were moving goods nearby noticed Xu Cang's arrival, but they didn't think much about it. They just thought that the pilot did his inspection work seriously.
Without the interference of ground personnel, Xu Cang looked at the locking system of the cargo door unscrupulously.
He came here specifically to check the cargo door locking system of this aircraft.
The original design of the Boeing 747 cargo door was to open inwards and be fixed by bolts. However, in order to increase the cargo hold capacity, Boeing changed the design to open outwards and also changed the door locking system, that is, using electric shock to drive the C-shaped door latch to fix it on the pillar of the door frame, and then using an L-shaped fastener to fix the door latch to ensure that it will not open.
This locking system is the S2 switch! A locking system that Boeing believes is absolutely safe.
Xu Cang came not only to check the S2 switch, he also came to check the L-shaped fastener.
Soon, Xu Cang found the L-shaped fastener, but just by looking at its light white exterior color, Xu Cang had a bad feeling in his heart.
His fingernails scratched the L-shaped fastener, and then his fingers bent and his knuckles tapped lightly on the L-shaped fastener, sending a slightly dull sound into Xu Cang's ears.
In an instant, Xu Cang's face darkened: "It is indeed made of aluminum!"
