Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

Chapter 128 737MAX! (Please subscribe!)

"Do you think I'm joking?" Deng Wenjia looked at Xu Cang with a smile: "Director Di is here, Blue Sky Airlines can't get stuck in your work file. As for the lawsuit and the compensation during the grounding period, we at Shandong Airlines can do it together." It's included. At the same time, how about a settling fee of 100 million and a flat in the Longcheng community in the urban area?"

The co-pilot sitting behind heard Deng Wenjia's words, and his heart was turned upside down.When Deng Wenjia said earlier that he wanted Xu Cang to come to Shandong Airlines, he instinctively felt that Deng Wenjia was just joking. After all, although Deng Wenjia was an appointed representative, he had a relatively cheerful personality, and he could chat and laugh with the co-pilot. Don't put on airs.

However, the co-pilot wouldn't feel that Deng Wenjia was joking.Because the conditions Deng Wenjia mentioned just now are exactly the same as the general standard for Shandong Airlines to recruit captains from other companies.

Except in terms of working relationship, Shanhang has not been able to catch up.The rest include hiring a lawyer for the lawsuit, grounding compensation during the lawsuit and waiting for the transfer of work relationship, as well as resettlement allowances and housing standards are exactly the same as those of the excavator captain.

The Longcheng community that Deng Wenjia mentioned is the place where Shandong Airlines placed its crews. Nearly [-]% of the property rights in the entire community belong to Shandong Airlines.When pilots at or above the level of captain come to Shandong Airlines, Shandong Airlines will transfer a house to the pilots who have jumped ship.Of course, if Shandong Airlines' own co-pilot is promoted to captain, he can also get a house.

But Xu Cang looked very young to him. If he was the captain, the promotion speed would be too fast.Moreover, from the point of view of feeling, Xu Cang's behavior is also different from that of the captain.

People in the circle can basically tell whether the pilot is the co-pilot or the captain at a glance, because in this circle, after being promoted to the captain, it is regarded as entering the family, and he has some confidence in facing most of his colleagues, so he is more confident in dealing with others.

The co-pilot, especially the co-pilot in the lower position is still at the bottom of the food chain and is still in the stage of building self-confidence, so he often behaves more cautiously.

The growth trajectory of the pilots is the same, but the speed is different.Everyone has been there, so they can naturally understand the mentality at that time.The co-pilot could see that Xu Cang still maintained a relatively obvious respect when facing Deng Wenjia, so there is a high probability that Xu Cang is not the captain.

However, why did Deng Wenjia use the standard of an excavator captain to win over a co-pilot?
Xu Cang scratched his head embarrassingly: "Teacher, your offer is very attractive. Why do I feel that it is higher than the salaries for poaching co-pilots in the market?"

Deng Wenjia shook his head: "I never look at people's technical level, that stuff is only a reference. I have seen Ferra's captain who can't bear to rely on his relationship, and I also know the co-pilot who turned the tide at a critical moment."

When it came to the second half of the sentence, Deng Wenjia saw Xu Cang's eyes obviously changed, and became extremely urgent: "Xu Cang, you can ask Chief Master Di, my words are still useful to Shanhang."

Di Qingquan's face was a little embarrassed, he patted Deng Wenjia: "Okay, okay, let's talk about it at the party tonight, how can we talk about things on such an occasion."

Deng Wenjia restrained his emotions a little, he hummed, and turned to his co-pilot and said, "You can settle the dinner yourself, I want to have a good chat with Chief Di tonight."

Generally speaking, when the crew spends the night, the flight attendant eats with the flight attendant, while the flight attendant stays with the flight attendant. The two parties usually don't get together unless the captain specifies otherwise.

If he hadn't met Di Qingquan, Deng Wenjia would have to have dinner with the co-pilot according to the principle.

In fact, if Xu Cang was not around, Deng Wenjia probably would have taken the co-pilot with him.However, he may say something that he doesn't want the co-pilot to hear this evening, so it's better to let the co-pilot avoid suspicion.

"Understood, Mr. Deng!" The co-pilot nodded obediently: "What about lunch tomorrow?"

"Let's eat at the hotel!" Deng Wenjia said casually, "Get the meal ticket for me. You can order the food yourself, as long as it's not too sweet. Come down to the restaurant for dinner on time at twelve o'clock at noon!"

The co-pilot was quite satisfied with this arrangement, which meant that he had free time to move around tonight, and immediately replied: "Okay!"

After explaining everything, Deng Wenjia stopped talking, but leaned quietly on her seat, not knowing what she was thinking.And Di Qingquan smiled helplessly at Xu Cang when he saw that Deng Wenjia didn't win over Xu Cang anymore.Xu Cang didn't pay much attention to it, he just wondered if Shandong Airlines is developing so well now, and they are so proactive in attracting people, starting to dig when they catch people?

Afterwards, there was nothing on the way, about half an hour later, the car arrived at the gate of the Civil Aviation Administration, Xu Cang and Di Qingquan got out of the car first, and Deng Wenjia also asked Di Qingquan to keep in touch when he was about to find a good place. Call up.

After making an appointment, Xu Cang and Di Qingquan went to the General Administration Building.In fact, Xu Cang’s visit to the General Administration this time has nothing to do with Xu Cang. The main reason is that Di Qingquan gave a brief report on the situation of the Yulong transportation mission. Routine inspections, but special specialized inspections.

The full name of the Civil Aviation General Hospital is the Aeromedical Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation, but it is not such a professional institution at this time, and this integrated institution will not appear until five years later.Now it is still in the joint operation state of the Civil Aviation Medicine Research Office and the Air Crew Physical Examination and Appraisal Office of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, which has five division-level institutions under its jurisdiction, the Aviation Medical Personnel Appraisal Office, the Aviation Medicine Research Office, the Aviation Sanitation Office and the Training Department.

The one directly related to Xu Cang this time is the aircrew physical examination and appraisal room of CAAC, which is responsible for judging the airworthiness of aircrew.

Ever since Xu Cang entered the General Administration, he felt a sense of familiarity.This place didn't change much until more than ten years later after he became the head of the General Administration.

However, this agency, born out of the Civil Aviation Administration, was renamed the General Administration of Civil Aviation within seven years, and its administrative level was raised by one level.However, eight years later, it was downgraded from the General Administration of Civil Aviation to the Civil Aviation Administration, becoming a ministry-level institution, and returning to its previous position, which is also embarrassing.

After waiting in the reception room for a long time, Xu Cang felt a little bored, so he wanted to go out to get some air.But as soon as he came out, his eyes were filled with shattered sycamore petals, and his nose was filled with the elegant fragrance of sycamore flowers. In his eyes, there was a towering sycamore tree standing in the middle of the courtyard.

"It really hasn't changed at all!"

Xu Cang remembered that when he came here, the sycamore tree was there, and it seemed to be the same as now.Perhaps for this sycamore tree, more than ten years is just a fleeting moment!

Such a strong fragrance of sycamore flowers made Xu Cang feel a little uncomfortable, because when Xu Cang was studying in Tianning City, the roads there were full of sycamores, and the smell was extremely strong, which made Xu Cang more and more bored.

However, the plane tree is not strictly a plane tree, but a plane tree.However, I don't know if it's a psychological effect. After graduation, Xu Cang couldn't help but think of the pungent smell of the French sycamore when he saw the real domestic sycamore variety.

Of course, the plant in the compound of the General Administration is not a French sycamore, but an authentic Chinese sycamore.In China, because the tree is too tall, some can grow to 30 meters, so there are not many trees used as garden ornamental trees.The tree is taller and lower, but the Paulownia with more lush branches and leaves is the mainstream.

However, the towering Qingtong represents the image of civil aviation rising to the sky, which is quite a good match. In addition, the headquarters compound is extremely empty, and the two complement each other.

Back in the reception room, Xu Cang was thinking whether to lie down on the bench for a while.From childhood to adulthood, Xu Cang has never been a diligent person. If one day he became diligent, it would not be out of his original intention, but forced by some reasons.

No, under the boredom, Xu Cang's lazy cancer gene started to attack again.

However, just as he was about to lie down here, a person ran in from the reception room at the back. It was Xu Cang's master Chen Xiangdong.

Although the master is from his own family, he still has to take care of face, so Xu Cang gave up the idea of ​​lying down and talking, so he had to sit up straight.

When Chen Xiangdong came in and saw Xu Cang, he looked up and down for a moment, and he was relieved: "I heard from Di Qingquan that you were injured, but it looks okay, and you don't have any missing arms or legs."

Xu Cang was really speechless: "I just suffered from frostbite, and I haven't reached the point of amputation yet. Master, is the headquarters free? Do you still have time to sneak out?"

"Aren't deputy jobs all idle?" Chen Xiangdong sat down next to Xu Cang, looked at Xu Cang carefully again, and confirmed that there was no obvious trauma and that he was in good spirits, so he really felt relieved: " Xu Cang, I've heard about your work at Yulong, and I still have to praise you. However, there are some things I have to explain to you. Di Qingquan has family and country feelings. Of course, this is not a bad thing, but You don’t need to ask to know that guy must have engaged in moral kidnapping more or less! Maybe he didn’t mean it, but the actual effect is moral kidnapping.”

Xu Cang was at a loss for words for a moment, it seemed that his master had really seen through Di Qingquan.Xu Cang and Di Qingquan have not been together for a long time, but it is basically certain that this person is almost out of low-level interests, and his ideological awareness is a bit too high.When Xu Cang was with him, especially when it came to issues involving selfless dedication, he felt how selfish he was from the bottom of his heart, so he was extremely ashamed.

As Chen Xiangdong said, when Di Qingquan asked Xu Cang to take over the task of Yulong transportation, although he mentioned more than once that Xu Cang should not follow his will.But those words were indeed permeated with the meaning of moral kidnapping, especially the matter of Yulong's millions of people, Xu Cang really had no way out.

Of course, this is also based on the premise that Xu Cang himself has a certain sense of social responsibility, otherwise all moral kidnapping will be invalid.

As the saying goes, as long as I have no morals, then no morals can restrain me!
Chen Xiangdong continued earnestly: "Yulong is over this time, but next time you encounter such a thing, you have to think it through for me. If you can't save yourself, call me and I will be the villain for you as a teacher." Xu Cang, your skills are very good, but flying is not completely controlled by manpower. We are all pilots, and we know that in some cases, the limit of human intervention must be exceeded. There is only one life. Yulong is enough this time, My opinion is that it is best not to have a next time."

Xu Cang's heart warmed up: "Master, I understand! I told Chief Master Di before carrying out the Jade Dragon mission, only this time, and there will be no more. Besides, your apprentice's skills are obvious to all, isn't this so?" Did the next Jade Dragon mission fly off smoothly?"

"It went well?" Chen Xiangdong's face turned cold: "I heard that you flew over by yourself for the second time to Yulong. Do you think I don't know what this means?"

Xu Cang's eyelids twitched. At that time, he went there with the belief that if he didn't succeed, he would become benevolent.It's just that looking back now, I still feel that I really supported it with blood and courage at that time.

Xu Cang didn't speak anymore. Seeing that his only apprentice was silent, Chen Xiangdong sighed heavily: "You child. However, Yulong finally brought you something this time. Just now, you The company sent an application here, which is your application for the title of meritorious pilot."

Upon hearing this, Xu Cang quickly waved his hands: "Master, I can't accept the title of a meritorious pilot. If I accept it, I will break the rules."

"What rules will be broken?" Chen Xiangdong glared at Xu Cang fiercely: "I know what you are afraid of, are you afraid that those old guys will hate you? When the Civil Aviation Administration became independent from the military aviation, I was one of the first batch in China Civil aviation pilots. In terms of qualifications, those pilots in China must be my juniors. You are my apprentice, they rely on the old to sell the old, just tell me, and I will tell them what qualifications are!"

Xu Cang was sweating profusely, his master was really violent from beginning to end: "Master, you are just letting me bully others."

Indeed, in terms of qualifications, few in the domestic civil aviation industry can match Chen Xiangdong.It is precisely because of this that many people in the circle feel that if Chen Xiangdong was not too straightforward, he would not be the deputy, but the head of the Civil Aviation Administration.

"If you don't rely on power, what is it if you're not a fool?" Chen Xiangdong snorted: "Accepting the title of meritorious pilot will indeed bring you some troubles, but it will also bring you a lot of benefits. Although I don't want to admit it, But now there are still many unspoken rules in domestic civil aviation, many of which involve things other than personal skills. You have the title of meritorious pilot, and you can save a lot of unnecessary troubles in your future career."

Xu Cang quite agrees with this point. The pilot industry is no different from other professional environments, and it is also full of favors and intrigues.If Xu Cang accepts the title of meritorious pilot, then at least many young people will be cautious when playing tricks, which can save Xu Cang a lot of disgusting things.

However, Xu Cang was still not willing to accept it.The main thing is that my flying method is too extreme. If I accept it, the pilots behind me will have problems after imitating the example, then I will be guilty of great crimes.

"Are you afraid that you will become a bad example?" Chen Xiangdong seemed to see through Xu Cang's thoughts: "This is easy! Every time a meritorious pilot is awarded, there will be a big book. If you have concerns about this, How about I say hello to the Publicity and Education Center and tell them not to issue any promotional documents about you?"

The Civil Aviation Publicity and Education Center, also known as the Civil Aviation News Publishing House, is responsible for publishing civil aviation-related reading materials and content. At the same time, once there are some advanced deeds or figures in domestic civil aviation, the Publicity and Education Center will issue relevant promotional documents to various airline companies. All airlines are required to learn.

Once Xu Cang accepts the title of meritorious pilot, it will definitely be a key report on the Publicity and Education Center.Generally speaking, a meritorious pilot deserves to be issued a promotional document, after all, it is an honor of 30 years of hard work.

But Xu Cang was worried about this!Of all the things he did before, when was the plane destroyed if he was not careless?Although the results are all good, in Xu Cang's mind, these are not universal for publicity, and it is better for civil aviation to be safe and stable.

However, if my master can really make an agreement with the publicity and education center and handle the matter of accepting the meritorious pilot in a low-key manner, it seems that it is not impossible for me to accept the title.

Just when Xu Cang was hesitating, Chen Xiangdong made a decisive decision: "You are really indecisive! As a teacher, I will make the decision for you, and this matter is settled! You just wait to receive the medal!"

Each meritorious pilot has a separately made medal. Even if the bureau approves the application of the airline company for the meritorious pilot of the relevant personnel, it will take a while to make the medal.

Xu Cang became speechless, but he didn't raise any objection, which was regarded as tacit agreement.

In a hotel room in Jianchuan City, Ye Xian, who learned that Li Rongcheng agreed to hire Xu Cang to participate in the 737 flight test on the condition of the 777NG blueprint, had a big fight with Li Rongcheng.

"Li Rongcheng, do you know what the blueprint of 737NG means?" Ye Xian was extremely emotional: "He, Xu Cang, is not a god. He only needs to participate in one of the three flight tests, and he is only there as a guarantee. The blueprint of 737NG?"

Theoretically speaking, it is very possible that Xu Cang only needs to sit on the test machine once, and then he can get the blueprint of 737NG that the whole world dreams of.This is completely unacceptable to Ye Xian!

Li Rongcheng was always sitting, with an extremely calm expression: "This is the meaning of the headquarters. Among the three tests, the test at the high-altitude airport has the least confidence. This time, EASA and CAAC will have representatives to observe it. It is the last chance for 777." , there can be no mistakes."

"Then put everything on that Xu Cang, why should he? I can do the same operations he did before!" Ye Xian roared.

"Can you do it?" Li Rongcheng took out his phone, pressed it for a while, and then threw it to Ye Xian: "Look! This is from Xu Cangfei a few days ago, take a good look and see if you can do it." arrive."

Ye first took over the phone, and it showed the screen display of the video playback.He glanced at Li Rongcheng, and then clicked on the video, which showed a picture of a 737 about to land, and from the angle of view, the shooting angle seemed to be from a high place.

If Chen Huaxin was here, he would definitely recognize this video when he saw it. This video is exactly the scene of Xu Cang landing on his airborne rescue recorder.After that, he handed over the video to Di Qingquan, but he didn't expect Li Rongcheng to get it.

During the video playback, Li Rongcheng was still talking about all the information he knew: "Let me tell you something that may not be seen in the video. At this time, the No. Passing through a strong storm air mass, the aircraft's electronic systems were severely damaged, both engines suffered from surge, and the crew themselves suffered frostbite."

When Li Rongcheng was speaking, Ye Xian's breathing gradually slowed down, as if he was afraid that he would miss the details in the video because he was breathing too hard.

"This video starts with the plane falling into a spiral. After one revolution, the plane's engines are turned off. After two and a half circles, it is directly connected to the landing. The last state that is close to the stall completes the touchdown, and finally only uses less than half of the runway. Complete the brakes!" Li Rongcheng's eyes were shining brightly: "Ye Xian, I will ask you now, do you still dare to say that you can do it?"

As soon as this question was asked, Ye Xian's controllable breathing could no longer be stopped, and his chest heaved rapidly.At this moment, he only felt that the mobile phone in his hand weighed a thousand pounds, that is the weight of peak technology.

Ye Xian turned off the video dejectedly, and he covered his forehead with one hand, as if he hadn't recovered from the shock.A semi-expert like Li Rongcheng still can't understand this operation. People with higher levels of experience will be able to appreciate the horror of this video, and it is precisely because of this that Ye Xian feels more hopeless.

This is no longer a realm that humans say can reach, and he feels that he will never be able to touch it in his life.The suffocation that almost overwhelmed Ye Xian made him feel depressed like never before.

There is no way, even for Xu Cang himself, this landing at Yulong Airport can be regarded as the pinnacle of his life, and it is normal for Ye Xian to feel this way.

"So, is this from Xu Cangluo?" Ye Xian's deep voice came out.

Li Rongcheng sneered: "Otherwise, do you think the headquarters will suddenly agree to use the 737NG blueprint as a bargaining chip? The technical department judged that Xu Cang can guarantee to deal with all failures within the reach of manpower alone. Ye Xian, leave it to the 777 This is the price that must be paid. Moreover, as long as the 777 test is successfully completed, the headquarters has decided to recruit Xu Cang!"

Ye Xian suddenly raised his head: "You mean that the headquarters prefer Xu Cang as the next chief technology officer?"

"It's not certain, but there is a possibility, and it's not small. Of course, the premise is that the 777 test can be successfully completed. If the test fails, then everything will be over."

Ye Xian gradually clenched his fists: "It turns out that the blueprint of 737NG is a gift for the new Chief Technology Officer!"

Li Rongcheng frowned gradually: "Ye Xian, why are you so obsessed with the blueprint of 737NG? If you have the blueprint, you can definitely make it? The materials and craftsmanship cannot be overcome in a short time. Moreover, the agreement we made with Xu Cang is that the [-]NG will be produced within eight years. There will be no counterfeit aircraft commercially operating, what are you worried about?"

"What about after eight years?" Ye Xian asked anxiously.

Li Rongcheng really didn't like Ye Xian's mentality of thinking about Boeing in every possible way. Although both of them worked for Boeing, they couldn't be so determined, right?

"The headquarters has received news from GM. CFM has absorbed enough technology accumulation from GE90, GEnx and the existing CFM56 engine. The latest LEAP-X engine can be developed in the foreseeable future. I heard Airbus intends to use this engine for their next-generation narrow-body aircraft."

Ye Xian wondered: "How did I hear that the new generation of narrow-body machines will use Pratt & Whitney's PW1000G-JM engine?"

"That's just a replacement in the early stage." Li Rongcheng waved his hand: "The headquarters has decided that the next-generation 737 will be equipped with LEAP-X engines, and at the same time intends to adopt a new type of winglet. According to the normal update cycle, after eight to ten years, the next generation of 737 will be equipped with LEAP-X engines. The first-generation 737 should also be launched, and the value of the [-]NG will be greatly reduced by then. So, what are you in a hurry for?"

In recent days, due to the pursuit of Airbus, Boeing has also accelerated the update and upgrade of its models.It took more than 737 years from the 737Original to the second-generation 20NG.Now under the urgency of Airbus, the upgrade of the next-generation 737 will definitely not wait for such a long time. The upgrade of the 737NG has been completed for seven years, and it is normal to complete the upgrade of the third-generation 737 in eight to ten years. foreseeable.

Once the third-generation 737 is put into the market, the value of the 737NG aircraft will drop like a cliff, just like when the 737NG series was launched, the 737Original series of aircraft showed no interest.

Therefore, on the whole, Boeing headquarters is willing to take out the drawings of 737NG as a reward.It can only be said that capitalists have never been generous. If you feel that he is generous, then you have to consider that his giving is worthless after all.

"The third generation 737?" Ye Xian was a little suspicious: "Why didn't I hear the wind at all?"

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　Li Rongcheng took a sip of tea: "You are basically active in front-line positions, and you don't care much about the subsequent technical research and future development direction. It's normal not to know. Of course, the third-generation 737 is now limited to concepts. Because the research and development progress of the LEAP engine also needs to be considered, which is more lagging behind than the 7E7 project."

　　Ye Xian half understood what he heard, and he really didn't care much about such news.However, what Li Rongcheng said seemed to be true.If this is the case, then the value of 737NG is indeed not as great as he imagined.Moreover, what Li Rongcheng said just now is also reasonable. Even if there are blueprints, the manufacturing process and materials are still a big problem. Just know how to make it, but there is no manufacturing machine and no suitable materials.

　　"Then does this project have a name now?" Ye Xian asked suddenly.

　　Li Rongcheng's pupils shrank: "MAX efficiency! MAX reliability! MAX passenger appeal! Highest efficiency! Highest reliability and best passenger experience! Therefore, the third-generation 737 will be the 737MAX!"

　　
　
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