Legendary Captain

"No need to announce the second officer, just announce my name! I'm Zhu Jia, the first officer of flight 6533!"

After saying that, Zhu Jia hung up the phone immediately. He didn't want to talk to the data clerk for another second.

After letting out a long sigh, Zhu Jia didn't blame Xu Xian. Minor problems on the first flight are normal, especially with a captain like Fang Ying; the psychological pressure must have been immense. Mistakes made in the heat of the moment are understandable.

Most importantly, Zhu Jia believes that the most direct cause of this matter is not Xu Xian, but Fang Ying.

While Xu Xian was out buying breakfast, Fang Ying wandered around with a tablet, eventually leaving it lying on the next table. If Zhu Jia hadn't just remembered Fang Ying running around with the tablet, the situation would have become much more complicated.

Zhu Jia had only glanced at Fang Ying, who was wandering around, and hadn't paid much attention to her, so he forgot about it later. Ultimately, he also bore some responsibility. Knowing that Xu Xian was flying his first flight, he failed to fulfill his supervisory duties as the first officer.

Zhu Jia was somewhat agitated. Through the glass of the jet bridge, she could see some of the situation in the cockpit. Fang Ying was leisurely enjoying the breakfast that the flight attendant had prepared, appearing completely at peace.

"Sigh..." Zhu Jia composed herself and entered the cockpit.

Fang Ying, who was having breakfast, saw Zhu Jia come in. While engrossed in her food, she blurted out, "What's up? I saw you making a phone call on the covered bridge."

Zhu Jia adjusted his seat and, upon hearing Fang Ying's question, smiled and said, "It's nothing!"

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While supervising refueling, Xu Xian was still thinking about the tablet. When he got off the plane, he could see the situation on the jet bridge. Xu Xian kept an eye on Zhu Jia on the jet bridge while supervising refueling.

He noticed that after he came down, Zhu Jia made a phone call, and she didn't seem very happy.

The flight's maiden voyage ended in disaster; what bad luck!

After Xu Xian and Zhu Jia disappeared onto the covered bridge, Xu Xian could finally focus all his attention on supervising the refueling, which drew a smile from the gas station attendant: "Brother, are you new here?"

"Huh! Huh?" Xu Xian was extremely surprised: "Master, how did you know?"

"Isn't it obvious?" The gas station attendant, with his keen eye, joked, "Only newbies keep staring at the fuel gauge. Those high-ranking co-pilots or captains just wander around nearby, checking the fuel level at the very end. Nobody watches it like you do."

Aside from initially focusing some attention on Zhu Jia on the covered bridge, Xu Xian spent the rest of the time intently watching the fuel gauge. Except for a slight stretch when his neck started to ache from looking up for too long, he was completely absorbed in the fuel gauge.

Newcomers do sometimes push themselves too hard, which isn't necessarily wrong, especially since their attitude is good. However, supervising refueling doesn't require constantly watching the fuel gauge; that's quite exhausting.

The main purpose of supervising refueling is to ensure that the amount of fuel dispensed is correct; you can check it at the last minute.

This is the effortless method of a seasoned veteran!

You can tell at a glance whether someone is a newcomer or not.

"To be honest, Boeing's refueling system is really troublesome. I see that Airbus aircraft can simply set the fuel level in the cockpit, and refueling automatically stops when it's full. How could there be any over-fueling? Can't Boeing add this function? It shouldn't be that difficult, right?" Perhaps because Xu Xian was a newcomer, the refueling attendant started complaining to him.

Xu Xian was speechless; what was the point of telling him this? However, putting aside the question of whether Boeing or Airbus aircraft are superior, Airbus is certainly more considerate in terms of human-centered design. In other words, the cockpit environment of Airbus is, frankly, much more comfortable.

"Yeah! Why didn't I choose Airbus?" Xu Xianyue felt more and more regretful. He had heard that Star Travel's Airbus fleet was much younger than its Boeing fleet, and the work atmosphere was more relaxed and open-minded.

Xu Xian isn't a masochist; he'd definitely prefer to relax if he could.

Xu Xian chose Boeing entirely because Xu Qing only knew how to fly Boeings. He didn't even consider anything like human-centered design, because at that time he never thought he would make a living from this skill.

The gas station attendant asked, "Can't you choose to fly with two different aircraft types? A Boeing and an Airbus together?"

"Do you fly both types of aircraft?" Xu Xian was indeed somewhat envious of pilots who could operate both types of aircraft.

However, Boeing and Airbus aircraft differ greatly in design philosophy, operating habits, and other aspects. If an ordinary pilot were to fly both Boeing and Airbus aircraft, it would be easy to confuse the operation and procedures of the two types of aircraft, which would likely lead to unnecessary errors.

Therefore, only a few very experienced pilots are qualified to fly both types of aircraft.

I had heard that Xu Qing was fully qualified to apply for dual-type certification, but Xu Qing was too lazy and really didn't have the energy to become an Airbus flight trainee again.

As far as Xu Xian knew, only a few government-appointed representatives, as well as the chief engineers of Boeing and Airbus, possessed dual-aircraft operating qualifications for Xingfei Airlines.

Xingfei Airlines developed very rapidly in its later stages. In terms of Boeing aircraft, in addition to the largest core fleet of 737s, there are also a small number of Boeing 777s and a certain size of Boeing 787 fleet.

Regarding Airbus aircraft, all but the A320 series (A319, A320, A321, and NEO) are in service, except for the A318. There are also some A330s, but in small numbers. The mainstay wide-body aircraft in the Airbus fleet is the A350, specifically the slightly larger A350-900 model.

Due to the large number of aircraft models and the size of the fleet, Starfly Airlines has set up two chief pilot positions, one for Boeing fleet and the other for Airbus fleet.

In any case, at least for Xu Xian, the qualification to operate two models is still too far away!