Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

Chapter 74 Then I'll Fly! (ask for the first order!)
Xu Cang, who was originally quite relaxed, just sat down when he heard Jin Fuli's words, and his face froze involuntarily.If it was an ordinary simulator cooperation, Xu Cang really didn't feel anything, but if it involved other people's skilled inspection, the meaning would be different.And I heard from Jin Fuli that this person in the right seat is the second proficient inspection, if this fails, no one can bear the pressure except Xu Cang who was completely rotten before.

Now Xu Cang felt some extra pressure on his shoulders, even though according to what Jin Fuli said, he was responsible for doing some chores of reading the checklist.

Seeing Xu Cang's gradually stern profile, Jin Fuli couldn't help feeling proud.With his sharp eyesight, he could tell right away that Xu Cang was a soft-hearted guy, and if he took advantage of it a little, he would be able to find out the bottom line.

"There is not much time left, let's start with the cruise. I will adjust the plane to the air, and you prepare the panel, the destination is still Jianchuan Airport." Jin Fuli said: "Hurry up, don't think about dawdling, If it has not landed at that point, it is also considered unqualified.”

The student on the right seat was shocked, and the action of setting the panel was a little faster.It's just that I don't know if it's due to the pressure of time. Xu Cang clearly saw that there were problems with the position of several switches on the left seat.

Fortunately, the student on the right seat discovered the wrong switch during the second quick inspection after preparing everything, which made Xu Cang heave a sigh of relief.

At this point, Xu Cang was really speechless.At such a sensitive time, why did you ask him to cooperate with a Boeing pilot? Isn't it just putting pressure on him out of thin air?

After waiting for less than 5 minutes, the co-pilot on the right seat prepared everything and reported to Jin Fuli.

Jin Fuli hummed, glanced at Xu Cang's side face, and said, "Then I'm thawing, let's start!"

As Jin Fuli pressed the unfreeze button, the simulator resumed operation, and the simulated sound of the engine running instantly filled the eardrums.

Xu Cang, who had been restricted by Jin Fuli before taking the seat, was looking at his nose and his heart, as if everything had nothing to do with him.He also expected the same, he read the checklist and the co-pilot in the right seat landed safely, passed the inspection, and everyone was happy.

But when Xu Cang was still drawing the happy ending in his mind, he suddenly felt that the surrounding area was dark, and before he could figure out the situation, a single homophonic warning sounded in succession in his ears.

"CRC warning?" Xu Cang was taken aback, his eyes quickly scanned the panel, and he saw that many display devices had been turned off, and even some bright switches indicating the status of the aircraft seemed dim.

Soon, the main warning light came on, and Xu Cang instinctively wanted to call up the system display page immediately, which could show that the system had a problem.

However, this movement stopped immediately the moment the right hand was just raised.He seems to be only responsible for reading the checklist, and shouldn't interfere with the right seat's troubleshooting.

It's not that Xu Cang is cold-blooded and ruthless, but that this kind of behavior may arouse Jin Fuli's dissatisfaction, and actually hurt the student on the right.Just wait and see what happens, maybe the student on the right seat can handle it by himself!
Fortunately, the student on the right seat wanted to call up the system display page as Xu Cang thought.Just at the moment when it reached out, the GEN FAULT light and PACK FAULT lights up at the same time.Then, the continuous sound of the cavalry came to my ears, the main warning light that had just been reset began to flash again, and the ECAM popped up a red warning of AUTO FLT AP OFF.

"Autopilot disengaged!"

Xu Cang didn't even need to look at the ECAM, just by hearing the movement, he knew it was the ECAM.However, self-driving disengagement itself is not terrible, the question is what it means.

Perhaps the student in the right seat was not of a high level, and two consecutive warnings made him a little flustered.Temporarily giving up calling out the system display page, he first prepared to turn off the main warning light and the CLR button on the ECAM control panel again to clear the ECAM status.

It's just that when he was in action, the plane began to bow its head spontaneously.The student had been completely distracted by the first two warnings, so he didn't care about the change of the plane's status, or to be precise, he didn't care about it, but he didn't notice it at all.

This is a huge difference between experienced pilots and rookie pilots, and there is a huge difference in the distribution of attention.

The moment he noticed the plane's head bowed, Xu Cang's eyes were drawn to the engine data display.At this moment, the N1 speed of the aircraft is rapidly decreasing, and at the same time, the N2 speed is not immune.

That's not a good sign, because not one engine, but both engines behaved like this.

"Both engines are dead?" Xu Cang's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at the co-pilot on the right seat suspiciously.The project of two engine flameouts should be prepared for pilots above the senior co-pilot.But judging from the performance just now, it seems that the technical level of the right-seat co-pilot should not be very high.

Is Airbus' proficiency inspection so fierce?The proficiency check of a low-level co-pilot has to fly with both engines stalled, which seems to have exceeded Boeing's proficiency check too much.

As if to prove Xu Cang's idea, after the flight management and guidance system detects engine failure, the system automatically calls up the performance page of the current flight phase, and this process does not require the pilot to operate.However, in some special cases, this automatic change will not occur, such as before the diversion point is reached during takeoff or there is no EOSID procedure in the flight plan.

At the same time, the option to clear the engine failure appears on the place corresponding to the first button on the right, and the second on the left shows the prompt of single-engine long-distance cruise. It is just the single-engine drifting speed calculated by the flight computer based on the aircraft performance for the pilot's reference.

However, this single-engine long-range cruise is not unchangeable, and on the climb, cruise and descent performance pages, the pilot can manually enter a cost index to override the computer-generated "EO LRC".

Of course, if the pilot does not like to use the relevant information, he can press the right button. In this way, all relevant information about engine failure can be cleared, and the EO information will be suppressed afterwards to restore the previous flight plan.

However, in a special stage, such as an engine failure before taking off to the diversion point, the computer will generate a temporary flight plan for the pilot's reference.Some qualified companies will load the single-engine program of the relevant airport in the computer, so that once a single-engine occurs during the take-off phase, the single-engine program will automatically pop up.However, at this time, most companies are not so kind, and most of them rely on pilots to input manually during preparation.

To be fair, with the plane's prompts reaching such a point, the right-seat co-pilot should be able to understand the current situation, right?But what surprised Xu Cang was that the student on the right seat stared at the engine failure information page that popped up and didn't know what to do.

In the minds of many pilots, the degree of automation of Airbus aircraft is indeed higher than that of Boeing aircraft, and even a considerable number of Boeing pilots agree with this point.

Among all the qualities possessed by more Airbus pilots who act as monitors, analyzing the abnormal information prompts generated by the aircraft is an important technical literacy.However, the student on the right seat doesn't seem to have such ability yet.At first, Xu Cang felt that he was a low-level co-pilot, perhaps the lowest level among the low-level co-pilots, such as a trainee.

For a civil aviation pilot, the first two times are the easiest to fail in the proficiency check, because there is really no experience at all, and various low-level mistakes may occur.After that, as the number of times increases, the accumulated experience can start to work.

Fortunately, although the student on the right seat reacted a little slower, he was not blind after all. If he couldn't figure out the situation after so many prompts, he would have already fallen into the initial modification stage.

The dimming of the cockpit lights and the disengagement of the autopilot are just appearances. The root cause is the failure of two engines.

"The twin engines are off!" As if they had discovered some big secret, the student on the right seat pointed to the engine data and showed it off to Xu Cang excitedly.

The corner of Xu Cang's mouth twitched, this is really a huge discovery.However, Xu Cang didn't show any disgust. All pilots have to go through this stage. Instead, he pointed at the ECAM patiently: "Then follow along."

To be fair, the ECAM on Airbus, the Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitor (aircraft electronic centralized monitoring system), is really easy to use, at least it is much more convenient than letting Boeing pilots judge by themselves and find the manual by themselves.

ECAM will continuously monitor the various systems of the aircraft, such as engine, hydraulic pressure, air conditioning, electricity, APU, etc. There are thirteen pages in total, and each page corresponds to a system.As long as there is a problem with that system, the warning and memorandum function of ECAM will pop up the faulty system, and the pilot can complete the corresponding disposal content according to the prompt.

However, just when the student on the right seat wanted to take action, the plane began to bow its head continuously due to lack of power support.Xu Cang is convinced too, is he really just caring about his head and ignoring his back, just caring about the ECAM and not caring about the state of the plane?

Xu Cang waited for a while. No matter what, the stability of the Airbus plane is still good. Even if the two engines are turned off and nothing else is ignored, the plane will not crash immediately, but we can't just let it go forever.

After waiting for a while, Xu Cang found that the kid on the right was really a muscle, there was no attention distribution at all, and his eyeballs could only be set on the lower SD (system display).

Out of good intentions, Xu Cang, who was inconvenient to do it directly, coughed twice, trying to attract the attention of the right seat.As a result, Xu Cang's coughing sound did not alert the seat on the right, but was caught by Jin Fuli behind him.

Jin Fuli didn't speak either, but stretched out his foot and kicked the back of Xu Cang's chair.The meaning of this move was self-evident, so Xu Cang didn't dare to remind him anymore.

However, Xu Cangyuan thought that the movement of Jin Fuli's step down was not small, and it must have some effect.However, the student seated on the right just looked up at Xu Cang suspiciously and then looked away.

To be honest, a simulator is a simulator after all, and it is impossible to completely restore the real fault situation.At least when both engines are turned off, the nose-down speed of the aircraft is slower than the real one. Such a small range is really easy to be ignored by the somatosensory when the attention cannot be allocated.

However, no matter how slow you are, you can't let it go.

If this person turns his brain around, his field of vision will be narrowed. He can see the attitude indicator of the aircraft with a slight glance to the right, but the guy on the right seat only has ECAM warnings and memos in his eyes like a demon. Display, directly ignoring the outside world.

The two Airbus trainees standing behind were going crazy in their hearts, and they were so anxious that they wanted to slap the trainee on the right seat.But no matter how anxious they were, they didn't dare to act. If they did, maybe Jin Fuli would slap each of them first.

Judging from Jin Fuli kicking Xu Cang just now, his attitude is already obvious, and he is determined not to let Xu Cang provide help.But the plane flew like this, regardless of its status, just stared at the ECAM, and in the end it only failed to pass through, so Xu Cang can't sit idly by, can he?

"do my best!"

This student is already in a daze, and it is impossible to expect him to find out the problem by himself. Anyway, it will be a "dead end" if he continues, so he might as well take action himself. He asked for it.

Xu Cang turned his head, cleared his throat, patted the student on the right seat who bowed his head, and calmly said under the student's puzzled eyes: "You handle ECAM, then I will take over."

As soon as this remark came out, Jin Fuli immediately raised his foot, but after thinking about it, he finally let it go.

Just like the reminder for no reason just now, this time Xu Cang is well-known as a teacher.In the division of labor in the cockpit during the special situation stage, there would have been one pilot to deal with the malfunction and one pilot to control the plane. Xu Cang found a legitimate reason to intervene.

Jin Fuli was still reasonable, and he didn't force Xu Cang not to accept the manipulation.

Originally, Xu Cang thought that his act of taking over the manipulation would be a warning to the student on the right, but the student on the right just hummed without even raising his head, which really made Xu Cang laugh angrily .

That is to say, his temper has changed a lot since he was reborn. According to his previous temperament, it is too outrageous for him to encounter such an unreasonable student.

However, Xu Cang still suppressed his anger, smoothly grasped the side stick with his left hand, and began to adjust the attitude of the aircraft.

Xu Cang leveled the plane thoughtlessly. For the two engines to be turned off, leveling is a very low-level action, but Xu Cang reduced the attitude to a downward attitude after glancing at the full weight of the plane on the performance page. 1.5 degrees.

The Airbus trainees standing behind were amazed that Xu Cang, a Boeing pilot, could control the Airbus plane seemingly freely, because the control methods of Airbus and Boeing are completely different.For example, when making a turn, in the control of Boeing pilots, they need to continue to maintain the pressure plate after the slope is formed, otherwise the aircraft will easily deviate from the slope.However, once the Airbus pilot forms the desired bank through the sidestick, the aircraft will automatically maintain this bank until a new command is generated.

It’s not that the Airbus control method is complicated, but that Boeing pilots are always very uncomfortable when flying an Airbus for the first time, but Xu Cang seems to have no such obstacles, as smooth as if he had flown an Airbus before Same as airplanes.

For Xu Cang, whether it is an Airbus or a Boeing, the control is an extension of his body.Here, he will not have any delay in manipulation, but it is this unparalleled silky feeling that makes the Airbus trainees behind feel a little bit surprised.

If Xu Cang can attract the attention of others with a simple control lever, he may consider pretending to be more rough.

However, unlike the surprised students next to him, as an Airbus veteran, what Jin Fuli saw was not just Xu Cang's manipulation. Jin Fuli was even more shocked by the attitude choice of the aircraft with the twin engines turned off.

The pitch attitude is minus 1.5 degrees. Many laymen, or to be precise, some Airbus pilots with relatively inexperienced experience, cannot immediately reflect the meaning of this attitude.

Why is it down 1.5 degrees?It's not one degree, not two degrees, but the middle value is taken?
Moreover, what is even more terrible is that Xu Cang glanced at the full weight of the plane before forming this pitching attitude, which happened to be seen by Jin Fuli. This action means that Xu Cang's choice of the plane's attitude is not blind, but has a basis of.

Why did Jin Fuli feel surprised by the 1.5-degree downward pitch, because this pitch attitude represents the best pitch attitude for re-ignition after getting off the plane with a full weight of [-] pounds.

When both engines are turned off, the first thing to do is to keep the aircraft in state. However, it is not about reconnecting the power, not about querying ECAM, but trying to restart even one engine.

But not in any state, the aircraft can complete the start. The pilot needs to create a relatively suitable starting environment for the engine, such as a suitable speed and a suitable altitude. According to the difference in the total weight of the aircraft, there will be corresponding optimal re-ignition conditions. Pitch.

Many Airbus pilots don’t know the best pitch for how many planes correspond to each other, but Xu Cang knows it, and he does it instinctively without looking through the manual.

The so-called experts watch the way, and laymen watch the excitement, just this move is enough to make Xu Cang show his "false feet"!

"Boy, you still say you don't know how to fly an Airbus?" Jin Fuli sneered.

However, on Xu Cang's side, he didn't even realize that his instinctive manipulation was exposed.There is no way, he habitually plans for the future, every manipulation of his has a reason, and this idea has been deeply rooted in his bones, and it is difficult to suppress.

Xu Cang didn't know that he had revealed himself, and he was secretly happy that Jin Fuli didn't stop him from accepting the manipulation, so he also did the announcement of MAYDAY by the way.

"MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY! Both engines of the blue sky training plane have failed, and I request to go off the route and descend to an altitude to restart the engine." Xu Cang announced: "If possible, apply for a direct flight to Jianchuan."

If you want to restart the engine, you generally have to maintain a relatively high speed. For now, you can only change the speed at altitude. In this case, it is best not to fly along the route to avoid aircraft conflicts.

Jin Fuli did not make things difficult for this project, and quickly responded: "The blue sky training machine can fly directly over Jianchuan, control the altitude by yourself, and report the approach!"

"Fly directly over Jianchuan, control the altitude by yourself, and report the approach." After finishing speaking, Xu Cang followed the instructions of the VOR in Jianchuan and began to turn. Cang can fly the idea of ​​an Airbus plane.

After turning to Jianchuan, the plane deviated from the planned route, and it was time to figure out how to restart the engine.However, the student on the right seat who had been paying attention to the ECAM suddenly let out a light snort, and blurted out: "What about the ECAM display?"

"Huh?" Xu Cang, who was still turning the corner, looked down, and immediately saw the lower SD that went out for some reason: "What's the matter, what did you press?"

After getting a full understanding of the level of the student on the right seat, Xu Cang had to wonder if this kid had messed up the ECAM system.But the student seated on the right shook his head like a rattle, and immediately denied it: "No, I didn't move anything."

At this time, Jin Fuli's joking voice sounded: "Why, you can't fly without ECAM?"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone knew that it was Jin Fuli who turned off the ECAM display.Now the suspicion of the student seated on the right has been cleared, but the question is what should I do without the ECAM?
"Team Jin, if there is no ECAM, I will..." Obviously, this situation has exceeded the ability of the students, and he turned his head to look at Jin Fuli in a daze, his face full of innocence.

Xu Cang said immediately: "Check the quick checklist."

After this reminder, the eyes of the student in the right seat lit up, and he was about to get the manual, but Jin Fuli stopped him abruptly: "No! I want to see if I can't fly without the manual. I don't care if you use it." What method, the only requirement is to fly the plane down for me. If you can’t fly down, just go to the fleet and wait for the grounding!”

The tone of Jin Fuli's speech was extremely severe. He had been arguing against Airbus pilots for a long time, but now he yelled loudly. The simulated cabin was silent, and the student on the right seat was about to cry.

There is no ECAM reference, no quick checklist to consult, how to deal with this fault, how can the plane fly down?
To be honest, Jin Fuli's actions were a little unreasonable.How can there be such a fly, isn't this making things difficult for people?But people are knives, I am fish, there are some things that can't be helped.

At this time, the student in the right seat was almost desperate. He stayed in his seat and muttered: "Team Jin, I really can't fly down."

However, the moment the student seated on the right finished speaking, Xu Cang suddenly shouted: "Okay! Then do this!"

Xu Cang finally understood, this is not a test for the student seated on the right, it is clearly a test for him!Although from Xu Cang's own point of view, the Airbus trainee who was affected by Chiyu was not so innocent, and his performance in troubleshooting could be described as terrible.

However, if Jin Fuli really wants to touch his hole so much, then let him see what his hole card is, so as not to try to cover it up in the future!Xu Cang figured it out, Jin Fuli was determined to get to know his bottom line, after all, he couldn't hide it for the rest of his life, so he showed what he had in the most dignified manner.

He still doesn't believe that the company will do something to him just because he is a Boeing pilot who can fly Airbus.

All the Airbus students around looked at Xu Cang in surprise, and the student on the right seat was even more anxious and surprised: "I can't get off this plane."

"Shut up!" Xu Cang's anger exploded in an instant, but if he behaved a little better, he wouldn't give Jin Fuli so many opportunities to dig holes, but now he is acting like a complete defeatist, Xu Cang Cang hates this kind of people who can't get caught

No one expected that Xu Cang would be so angry, including Jin Fuli, who had to make Jin Fuli exclaim: "What a big temper."

However, Xu Cang's next sentence directly detonated the entire simulation cabin.

"You don't need to fly this plane!" Xu Cang narrowed his eyes: "You can't land, right? If you don't need you, then I will land!"

(End of this chapter)