Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

Chapter 114 Landslide!Crack! (Please subscribe!)
In the ward, Li Rongcheng's complexion was so bad for the first time, and Ye Xian, who didn't believe what Xu Cang said before, fell silent.Xu Cang accurately stated the manufacturer's serial number of the verification aircraft, which alone is too convincing.

Li Rongcheng forcibly suppressed his restless heart. He didn't know why he was being led by the nose when he "negotiated" with the pilot Xu Cang.He understands that Xu Cang is completely controlling the pace of the negotiation now, which is a very bad omen.

In the end, Li Rongcheng sighed helplessly: "Xu Cang, let me tell you clearly. The Boeing 737-600 six years ago is not counted. It has only been less than three years since the production of the NG series in the true sense. Although from It has been 50 years since the original appeared, and the 737 is definitely not a new model, but I can say that the NG series has a huge update compared with the original series. In a sense, it can be said that they are two different aircraft. How do we Can you hand over all the drawings of a new model that has been produced for only a few years?"

Xu Cang didn't answer, of course he understood where Li Rongcheng was helpless.

It can be said unceremoniously that if the 737 only stays in the NG series, it is not to forcefully launch any 320MAX upgrade plan in order to catch up with the A737NEO.Then, in the field of narrow-body aircraft in the world, 737NG will become an existence close to the peak of history.

I believe that many people know the elegant name of 737 "Sky Gym".It's true that it's mostly meant as a joke, but many pilots have criticized the annoying way the 737 operates because of it.It is precisely because of this that after the launch of the Airbus 320, the full fly-by-wire control method freed the pilots in the cockpit from exercising their muscles all the time. Therefore, on this narrow-body aircraft model, Airbus began to turn around.

Li Rongcheng is also right about one thing. Although the NG series is only the second-generation version of the 737 and relies on the 737 platform, compared to the 737Original, the NG series is definitely not as simple as a PRO version.

Bigger wings, taller tail, and more digital cockpit displays are often listed as advantages when it comes to the NG series.However, what really makes the NG series reborn should be the full digital management system of the engine - FADEC, that is, Full Authority Digital Engine Control.

It is this set of engine digital management system that allows the 737 to realize the real automatic throttle for the first time. In this way, the pilot's control burden is greatly reduced, and the integrated liquid crystal display in the cockpit brings information. However, in terms of human-computer interaction, NG has achieved leapfrog development.

It greatly complements the shortcomings, and with the already existing lighter fuselage structure, lower fuel consumption, and excellent reliability, the 737NG is worthy of being the pinnacle of single-aisle narrow-body aircraft.

It is precisely because of his deep understanding of all this that Xu Cang would sneer at the old-fashioned Boeing 757. If he had a choice, he would choose the 757 when his brain was flooded.

As long as the drawings of 737NG are obtained and thoroughly understood, the domestic civil aviation aircraft design industry will be able to develop by leaps and bounds for at least 20 years.

However, listening to Li Rongcheng's tone, it seems that he will not let go of his death, which is difficult.

"Xu Cang, 737NG should not work, and 757 is indeed negotiable." Li Rongcheng is a showdown, and this sentence is equivalent to the bottom line.

However, Xu Cang's thinking now is different from before.When he met Li Rongcheng alone before, he was still ignorant and didn't understand the difficulties that Boeing said he had encountered.But now it's different, Xu Cang has already understood the matter of Boeing, so it's ridiculous to want to rely on Boeing 757 to get rid of himself.

"It's okay, we'll talk about the 737 later. The problem in the verification flight report is another price." At this time, Xu Cang was like a shrewd businessman, constantly bargaining: "There is a very serious problem in the 777 verification flight. The problem, if that problem is not solved, it will be useless for anyone to fly.”

"Impossible, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the design of the 777." Ye Xian said coldly.

The implication of Xu Cang's words is that the problem with 777 is not the manipulator, or that people are not the root cause, but 777 itself has problems, which Ye Xian cannot accept.

"It's not up to you to tell if there are any problems." Xu Cang smiled and said, "Let's stop here today, I'm tired. When I think of any conditions, I will tell you. Don't worry, it won't be the blueprint of 737NG." , the high probability is acceptable to you. Moreover, I advise you that it is best not to carry out verification flights before solving the problem, otherwise it will be easy to waste the last chance. By then, it will be hard to save the gods.”

Hearing what Xu Cang said, Li Rongcheng breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that there is still room for turning things around. As long as it is not the blueprint of 737NG, everything is easy to talk about.

Li Rongcheng nodded: "Then I won't disturb your rest and wait for Mr. Xu to contact you."

Ye Xian wanted to say a few more words, but was dragged away by Li Rongcheng.

As soon as the two of them came out of the ward, Ye Xian began to complain about Li Rongcheng: "Did you really believe that kid, the problem that our headquarters' technical department can't find, he can see it by reading the verification flight report? Besides, I doubt this kid Did he ever read the flight report, maybe he just knew the manufacturer's serial number."

"I've also thought about this possibility, but the engine stalled continuously during the verification flight, and I couldn't find out what the problem was afterwards. It's not scary to have a problem, but the scary thing is that you don't even know what the problem is." Li Rongcheng gritted his teeth and looked at the problem. It can be seen that he is also under a lot of pressure: "I didn't say that I fully believed in Xu Cang, but it's okay to listen to what he said, what if it is really resolved? Ye Xian, you should also know that the pressure at the headquarters is very high now. Big, Xu Cang is right. If the 777 can’t stand up, the 767 will not be able to take on the big job at all. The Airbus 330 can grab all the market between the 747 and 737. The progress of the 7E7 is too slow, and it is far from being solved. Almost thirsty."

Ye Xian's face was livid, and it was completely unexpected for Boing to create such an embarrassing situation.It is unimaginable for any large aircraft research and development institution to have such a big problem with airworthiness flight, and it happens that the 777 is still the existence that Boeing believes can be the leader alone, and there is no suitable substitute.

For example, the 757 and 767 are random products launched by Boeing after the great success of the 737 and 747. They are just random products launched in the middle market between the two, and they are not as important as the 777.

Ye Xian clenched his teeth. He always felt extremely honored as a Boeing employee, but this so-called pride was shattered by Xu Cang.

"Then what should we do now?" Ye Xian said in a deep voice.

Li Rongcheng also looked a little frustrated: "Then just wait, what else can I do?"

While Li Rongcheng and Ye Xian were walking and talking, they didn't notice a middle-aged man in a gray coat leaning against the door when they came out.After they left, the man quickly turned into the ward.

As soon as the middle-aged man came in, Xu Cang, who was just about to rest, suddenly opened his eyes, turned to the door, and said with a little surprise: "Master, I thought you had already left."

"I was really going to leave just now, but I happened to bump into those two people coming to look for you, so I listened for a while at the door." This middle-aged man was Xu Cang's master Chen Xiangdong, and Chen Xiangdong said a little teasingly: "It seems that I The flight report for your Boeing 777 is still somewhat useful."

That's right, the Boeing 777 verification flight report that Li Rongcheng never understood was handed over to Xu Cang by Chen Xiangdong.

The Boeing 777 is no longer in the research and development stage, and many data reports at that time must be kept confidential.However, now that the Boeing 777 is approaching commercial use and is already in the final stage of obtaining commercial operation qualifications, the data of its verification flight must be limitedly disclosed, especially to the Civil Aviation Administration where possible future buyers are located.

Because the aircraft will be sold in the future, all these reports will be submitted to obtain a type approval certificate, so the significance of keeping it confidential is actually not very great.

After Chen Xiangdong learned about the Boeing 777, he directly asked Sheng Gaoliang, the director of the Aircraft Airworthiness Certification Department, for the report.Sheng Gaoliang felt that this thing was not secret anyway, so he gave it to Chen Xiangdong without any hindrance.

Chen Xiangdong, who learned that Xu Cang was injured in the chat with the director of the Aviation Security Department, rushed to Jianchuan non-stop, and also gave the report to Xu Cang.

Xu Cang really didn't expect that Chen Xiangdong could directly get the 777 verification flight report. He intended to let Chen Xiangdong inquire casually, and he didn't know that there would be unexpected surprises.

"It's very useful." Xu Cang said with a smile, "Master, can you catch the plane?"

Before Li Rongcheng came over, Chen Xiangdong just left to catch the plane, but Chen Xiangdong became curious, eavesdropped outside the door for a while, and then went back.

"Catch up, there are many planes going to Hanjing." Chen Xiangdong pulled up a chair and sat beside the bed: "What you said just now is true?"

Xu Cang smiled lightly: "Master, which part are you referring to?"

"There is a problem with the Boeing 777." Chen Xiangdong was also obviously curious: "I just heard you swear by it."

Xu Cang shook his head: "Boeing 777 itself is not a problem, the problem is something else."

"Oh, that's it." Chen Xiangdong nodded as if realizing something: "Then you can use this to blackmail Boeing?"

"No!" Xu Cang's face was not so happy: "That problem is actually caused by the blind spot of thinking. Even if I don't say it, Boeing should be able to notice it, but it just takes some time. Here In this matter, it is better not to push Boeing too hard, enough is enough. However, Master, don’t you wonder what the problem is?”

"Not interested." Chen Xiangdong got up and patted his clothes: "Okay, let's go!"

"Master!" Xu Cang suddenly remembered Qin Xin's phone call just now, and when Chen Xiangdong was about to leave, he asked, "Would it be convenient if I asked you to help with the application for the route?"

Chen Xiangdong's complexion changed slightly: "Xu Cang, it doesn't matter if I help you with things that don't involve principles. But, you asked me to help you with the route application, because you want me to use power for personal gain?"

Xu Cang's face was slightly embarrassed, but it was not surprising.Chen Xiangdong is such a person, with a very clear bottom line, no one will break through.It is precisely because of this character that Chen Xiangdong stayed with the dean of the flight academy for a long time. His friends have already made great achievements in the General Administration, and he has been waiting until now.

Maybe because he felt that what he said made the atmosphere a little awkward, Chen Xiangdong spread his hands: "Besides, I'm just a deputy, and I have nothing to do with the route application, so it's not easy to handle."

"I know, Master, I'm talking nonsense." Xu Cang thought for a while: "However, if it's just the boarding route, the Regional Administration will have full authority to handle it, right? The General Administration won't interfere?"

Chen Xiangdong nodded: "Yes, that's what the approval rules for domestic routes issued two years ago. Xu Cang, what are you thinking about?"

Xu Cang smiled and said, "It's nothing, without the intervention of the General Administration, it's easier to handle if it's just the Regional Administration."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Chen Xiangdong looked at his watch, the time was almost up, and there was no further delay: "By the way, the 9811 incident will come to your conclusion soon."

Xu Cang was taken aback: "So fast? The bureau has never asked me to have a serious meeting."

"What are you talking about?" Chen Xiangdong rolled his eyes: "They don't understand at all, so how can they talk about it? I guess it will be a formality later, and then they will come to a conclusion."

At this moment, the Muhua Aviation Headquarters Base Building in Yangcheng.It can only be said that Muhua Airlines is one of the three major airlines after all, with a big family and a big business.Comparing the base building of Blue Sky Airlines with that of Muhua Airlines, it reveals a petty air everywhere.

Muhua Aviation's headquarters base building is a twin tower structure, connected by a glass tower bridge with a steel frame in the middle, and on the bridge, Ma Cheng, who has already returned to Yangcheng, and Liu Minxue, director of Muhua Aviation's recruitment office, are standing side by side, with their hands in their hands. They are all holding a cup of coffee, overlooking the entire base park of Muhua Aviation, with the breeze blowing, so pleasant.

"So far, Blue Sky Airlines hasn't sent Xu Cang here?" Liu Minxue squinted his eyes against the wind.

Ma Cheng smiled lightly, leaning his back against the railing: "It's okay, I've already made an agreement with the senior executives of Blue Sky Airlines, and they can tell which is more important about a boutique route sooner or later."

"But it seems to be different now." Liu Minxue shrugged: "Have you heard about 9811? Before, I never thought that a person could calculate a program trajectory in his head. Moreover, how did he even out in the end? Is it a radio altimeter? He shouldn’t be able to hear it, that’s ground effect? ​​But, can ground effect really be distinguished by body sensation?”

Ma Cheng curled his lips: "The ground effect of the 747 is stronger than that of the 737, so it should be more obvious, right? But anyway, the 9811 incident made Xu Cang famous in the circle."

Liu Minxue also agreed: "This time you have a really vicious eye for people! If Xu Cang can be exchanged for a boutique route, I think this deal is still a good deal. As a pilot, for his sake, I feel that I am almost on the verge. At the end of the day, it’s really hard to imagine that he’s still a second officer at the technical level. As expected, he’s the only student in the history of the flight academy to graduate with full marks!”

"I said, Lao Liu, why do you still think like this? What is the use of a single pilot. I admit that Xu Cang is very good, but in this industry, pilots are just tools. What decisive role can they play? Even if he So what if you have reached the pinnacle of piloting?" Compared to Liu Minxue's sincere appreciation for Xu Cang, Ma Cheng insisted on a pragmatic view: "If it weren't for the special period, Boeing just needed a pilot like Xu Cang. I don’t think Xu Cang is worthy of taking a boutique route.”

Liu Minxue glanced at Ma Cheng: "I really don't like people like you."

Liu Minxue's words were very precise. Not liking it doesn't mean disapproving, it's just that there is helplessness in his tone.

"But only people like me can make the company develop better." Ma Cheng made no secret of his power thinking, and was even proud of it.

"However, after 9811, will Blue Sky Airlines have other intentions, such as waiting for a price?"

Ma Cheng sneered and said: "A regional airline company has never gone out of the Southwest. If it really plays tricks on us, we have plenty of ways to deal with it. However, the most urgent task is to solve the problem after the grounding of the 747. Now the routes in North America and Europe 747% of them are in charge of 330, and now they are all stopped, and the 737 fleet can’t make up for it, and many flights have been taken. Moreover, most of our cargo is in charge of 300-747 and 747, especially international The freight is basically borne by [-], and the freight department is also having a severe headache now."

Liu Minxue used to be a high-level executive of Muhua Airlines, but he couldn't understand the style of certain high-level executives. He was alone and unable to change, so he finally retreated to the Recruitment Office to train new people.

However, Liu Minxue still has some energy in the top management, and he is more concerned about the development of Muhua Airlines in his heart, so he asked: "Aren't you going to sue Boeing?"

"The lawsuit is definitely going to be sued. Isn't Blue Sky Airlines planning to sue Boeing? Our legal department also said that it is possible to sue, but the timing is not right now."

After all, Liu Minxue was retreating, and the news was a bit late, so he couldn't help wondering: "What's wrong?"

"Isn't it just the purchase plan of the planes! There are [-] planes in total, and our Muhua accounted for [-], all of which belong to Boeing." Speaking of this, Ma Cheng was a little annoyed: "This time the news from above was too slow, We are not informed until such a big event is approaching, how can we get [-] planes in such a short period of time?"

Once Ma Cheng said this, Liu Minxue knew what he was talking about.Ma Cheng was clearly complaining that the Civil Aviation Administration revealed the news too late, and there was no time to prepare.

Airplanes are not just a stall, you can produce as many as you want.There are production capacity indicators for large passenger aircraft, and only so many can be produced in a period of time, and there is no rush.

In the future, the Civil Aviation Administration intends to deregulate the market, which means that domestic civil aviation will develop by leaps and bounds. In line with this, more aircraft will be needed to fill up the extra market share. No chance of soup.

Because of this, the three major airlines took out their wealth to temporarily purchase a large number of scheming machines to cope with the future take-off of the civil aviation market.

But the problem is that the time revealed by the Civil Aviation Administration is too late.Such a big decision should be made more than three years in advance, so that the three major airlines have enough energy to prepare in an orderly manner.But as far as Ma Cheng knows, the decision to liberalize the civil aviation market will be released within one year at the fastest and two years at the slowest.

In such a short period of time, even the three major airlines cannot accumulate enough power to carve up the extra market.That also means that part of the market will be occupied by other airlines.

The three major airlines, which have always regarded themselves as the leaders of domestic civil aviation, have always adhered to the principle that they eat meat, and other airlines are only worthy of licking the bottom of the bowl.In their view, the domestic civil aviation market is their private land, and other airlines need to look at their faces if they want to get a share of the pie.

But once the civil aviation market is liberalized and the three major airlines do not have enough aircraft to absorb the rapidly growing market share, the airlines will naturally be able to take over.

Now other airlines not only don't have to lick the bottom of the bowl, they may even be able to eat a good portion of meat, which makes Ma Cheng extremely dissatisfied.

In the past, whenever there was some policy turmoil, the three major airlines received the news early, and when the policy came out, they first wiped out the policy bonus, while other airlines could only stare in hindsight.

If things go on like this, Ma Cheng instinctively feels that the dividends generated by the national policy should be divided among the three major airlines. When will it be the turn of other cat and dog airlines?

Ma Cheng continued to complain endlessly: "As far as I know, Boeing can only allocate [-] additional production capacity for us in the next two years. How to divide the [-] aircraft depends entirely on Boeing's decision. You say , do we still dare to sue Boeing now? It’s really bad luck, when will our Muhua smash our teeth and swallow it?”

Aircraft production capacity is inherently a scarce resource, and some can even be scheduled for ten years.Generally speaking, Boeing will not pay attention to temporary additional orders like the three major airlines.However, this time Boeing can allocate a production capacity of [-] aircraft, which is considered an opening.But how to distribute the [-] planes is a mystery!
Regarding the incident of the suspension of the airworthiness certificate of the 747, because Muhua Airlines' 747 fleet is the largest among the three major airlines, the loss is also the most serious.It stands to reason that this situation must be a lawsuit with Boeing.

However, Boeing holds the right to allocate production capacity of [-] aircraft, which undoubtedly chokes the future development of Muhua Aviation.Being so controlled by others, how could Muhua Airlines dare to mention the lawsuit, at least for a while now it can only hold back.

Ma Cheng was used to being domineering and domineering, and he felt that he was really useless this time.

"So, in the end, it was the people from the Civil Aviation Administration who were hiding it, so that now we have to look at Boeing's face." After going around, Ma Cheng finally felt that it was too late for the Civil Aviation Administration to ventilate.He even said irritably, "I feel like I have to urge the Blue Sky Airlines gang to send Xu Cang here quickly. It should be feasible to exchange production capacity between Xu Cang and Boeing?"

Liu Minxue doesn't know if Xu Cang is going to exchange production capacity with Boeing.However, he felt uncomfortable when he heard Ma Cheng's call.

I only heard Liu Minxue say pointedly: "I said Ma Cheng, until now, you still don't understand the meaning of the above?"

Ma Cheng snorted: "What do they mean?"

"Why did you disclose the news so late this time? Do you really think it's a mistake from above?" Liu Minxue sighed: "The civil aviation market was regulated in the past, and it's okay for us to enjoy some policy dividends. But in the future, the market will be liberalized." , is to compete freely, what the higher authorities want to see is a scene where a hundred flowers bloom, rather than the same old monopoly of the three major airlines. This time, the higher-ups are thinking about the previous love, and it is considered as the best of benevolence, you Do you really want to wipe out the policy dividends like before, and then other airlines have nothing to do? Let me tell you that this kind of good life may not be long."

Ma Cheng's face was still full of disbelief: "Is it so serious?"

Liu Minxue raised his eyebrows: "Let's wait and see!"

Over the five sides of Southwest Yulong Airport, a 737 of Blue Sky Airlines is making final preparations for landing.

"Pass the final approach fix at 11300 feet, the altitude is satisfactory, lower down to 8300 feet, first use V/S to follow the glideslope, and then arm the APP later." The captain put away the armrests on both sides and set the descent rate Finally, he leisurely wiped his palms with a wet towel, ready to land.

Unlike most plain airports, which will intercept the glideslope before the final approach fix point, mountainous airports may have an excessive descent rate after the final approach fix point due to unstable blind landing signals due to the complex terrain , so that a terrain warning is generated.

Therefore, some mountainous airports do not directly arm the APP to intercept the glideslope after passing the final approach position point, but first use V/S to manually follow the glideslope, and then intercept the glideslope after passing through complex terrain. It is safer.

The co-pilot hummed, and also tightened his seat belt. He glanced to the right and saw an endless inner lake.

"Brother, you said that there is Erhai Lake between Yulong Airport and Erhai Airport. Why is there such a difference in airflow? Yulong's side is very stable, and the five sides of Erhai Airport can't fly at all." The co-pilot asked.

While looking at the instrument, the captain said casually: "Erhai Airport is adjacent to Erhai Lake and Cangshan Mountain on the other side. It is surrounded by mountains and the sea, so the airflow is easy to mess up. There is no way. Several companies want to build bases in Erhai Lake. Yes, after a few test flights, they all went home. Erhai Airport is too difficult to fly!"

"Is it as difficult as 9811?" The co-pilot suddenly laughed and said, "What the hell, are the second officers in our company so good? Flying a 737 with a 747 license, or flying blind, it's all down. I heard that those people from the Southwest Bureau did not dare to ask the second officer when they arrived at the scene!"

The captain was taken aback: "There's nothing you dare not ask?"

"I'm afraid of embarrassment!" The co-pilot laughed when he thought about it: "Usually those people in the bureau talk to us with their nostrils. After all, they are all elites, so we have to bear it. But our company's second officer Flying, there is no one in the bureau group who can fly down. I can’t do it myself, how dare I investigate people? Brother, how about you?”

"What's so embarrassing?" The captain smiled: "The leaders of our company's flight department are flying like shit, don't they arrogantly scold us?"

The co-pilot was overjoyed when he heard it, and the example given by the leader of his own flight department was too real.Even though the co-pilot nodded approvingly, he still pointed to the front roof: "Brother, it's all recorded!"

The captain rolled his eyes, but he didn't complain any more.

Seeing that the plane was about to reach 8300 feet, the captain saw that it was almost done, and pressed the APP button.The plane is always on the glideslope. Once the APP is armed, the glideslope will be intercepted immediately.

The captain adjusted the altitude for the go-around, only to hear the voice from Yulong Airport tower in the headset: "Blue Sky 9733, report the DME distance for this field."

"Now five sides and seven nautical miles, the blue sky is 9733." The co-pilot replied.

"Blue sky 9733, ground wind 200/03, runway 21, landing is possible." The control tower quickly gave the landing permission.

"Runway 21, landing is possible, blue sky 9733." After replying to the control tower, the first officer said to the captain: "The wind is 200/3, basically there is no crosswind."

"Received, landing checklist." The captain responded, and finally adjusted the height of the lower seat, and ordered the co-pilot: "Do the landing checklist!"

"Okay, landing checklist!" The co-pilot pulled out the cardboard landing checklist and was about to read it, when he suddenly noticed a small abnormality from the corner of his eye when he landed on the runway, and frowned for a moment.

Seeing that the co-pilot just took the checklist and didn't read it, the captain asked curiously, "Why don't you read the landing checklist, what are you thinking?"

The co-pilot was no longer looking at the checklist at all, but stared straight at the runway not far away, suddenly let out a light snort, and pointed to the runway ahead, wondering: "Brother, do you think the runway is shaking? , I am dazzled?"

The captain was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, how could the runway be shaking? Don't get lost in thought, just do the checklist."

After speaking, the captain adjusted the seat and looked outside.However, at the moment when the captain looked outside, the runway touch-down area of ​​Yulong Airport, which was already clearly visible, cracked without warning, and then, the second and third cracks spread on the runway.

The captain was stunned for a second or two before he finally came to his senses: "What's going on here?"

The co-pilot was a little flustered: "Brother, let's go!"

"I can't land, let's go!" The captain pushed the accelerator up almost instantly. Although I don't know why, it is definitely impossible to land on such a runway.

With the roar of the plane's two nearly full-thrust engines, the 737 began to switch to a rapid climb.The captain first ordered the co-pilot to retract the flaps to [-], and then retracted the landing gear.

During this period, the captain parted his mind and looked down.Just looking at it, the captain's spine suddenly felt chills.Not only on the runway, but also on the entire apron, spider web-like cracks began to appear, and one thing the co-pilot just said was right.

The runway is indeed shaking, or to be precise, not only the runway is shaking, but the whole airport, the whole land is shaking.

At this moment, the captain realized what happened, and murmured: "An earthquake?"

(End of this chapter)