Legendary Captain

"Try putting it down. Sit for a while, then put it back and see." Zhu Jia was quite encouraging for Xu Xian to try new things, but Xu Xian was still a little worried.

"Is this... alright?" Xu Xian asked Zhu Jia in a low voice, but he was actually asking Fang Ying.

Fang Ying continued working, then suddenly blurted out, "It's just putting in a chair, let's do it!"

With Fang Ying's permission, Xu Xian tried it a few times and it seemed quite simple. As long as the location of the checkpoint was found, there was no difficulty in using it.

Xu Xian tried twice, and the cockpit door opened.

The flight attendant leaned in: "Captain, passengers 121 are all on board. The cabin is ready. Shall we close the doors?"

"Close the door, get out of here!" The captain, having just finished reviewing the control panel, instructed the chief flight attendant, "By the way, who was that VIP today?"

"VIP?" Xu Xian became somewhat curious.

The flight attendant leaned further inside, deliberately lowering her voice to prevent the first-class passengers from hearing: "It sounds like some kind of celebrity."

"A celebrity?" Fang Ying was a little skeptical. "That can't be right! If it were really a celebrity, would your reaction be so calm?"

The flight attendants are all young women, probably still at the age where they're fans of celebrities. But during pre-flight preparations, not a single one of them mentioned this. Logically speaking, if there really were VIPs, the company would have informed the flight attendants in advance; there's no way the flight attendants wouldn't have known.

It's really unreasonable that the flight attendants didn't react much when there were celebrities present.

"Oh dear, I don't know if we've become out of touch with society lately. We don't know a single one of them in our group. They can be considered VIPs? Our company really doesn't discriminate!" The flight attendant also took the opportunity to mock her own company.

"So what if you know them? First-tier and third-tier cities make no difference to us." Fang Ying sighed. "I just casually flipped through the passenger information and found a VIP, but there was no note next to it. I thought it was some big shot!"

Star Travel has developed a dedicated flight assistant software that allows users to log in with their company intranet account and view all information about the flights they operate, including passenger information.

Of course, this so-called passenger information is very simple, just a name and a phone number hidden in the middle.

Pilots rarely check passenger information except when adding extra crew members, to check the seating arrangement and see where there are empty seats. Fang Ying was just curious about the load factor, so she checked the passenger information and found a VIP passenger.

VIP passenger information usually includes a note indicating their position or rank. This time, however, the note was blank. Fang Ying assumed it was some high-ranking official whose identity needed to be kept strictly confidential.

Fang Ying wasn't really interested in any officials; his main concern was that if there were high-ranking officials on the plane, the rest of the flight would be much smoother.

Delays? Not a chance! Maneuvering? Not a chance! Slowing down? Not a chance!

The ability to fly at any desired altitude and speed will be greatly facilitated. As for air routes, with a bit of luck, a direct route from Yunnan to Tianning could be established, which would become a new air route.

However, when it comes to celebrities, whether they are A-list superstars or obscure unknowns, there is no difference in terms of regulation.

If the idea of ​​control cannot be shaken, then it naturally has no effect on the crew.

In Fang Ying's eyes, VIPs serve only one purpose: to ensure flights are not delayed and, during the flight, to fly as directly as possible. VIPs who do not achieve these benefits are not considered VIPs by Fang Ying's standards.

"Forget it, it's all for nothing. Let's close the door!" Fang Ying waved to the flight attendant, somewhat disheartened.

After the flight attendant left, Zhu Jia said to Xu Xian, "Sit down, you can put your seat down now."

Fang Ying's "closing the door" refers to closing the cockpit door. However, the purser usually closes the cockpit door as well. This way, unless there are special circumstances, no one needs to enter or exit the cockpit. Therefore, lowering the seat has little impact. After all, lowering the observer's seat would block the cockpit's entrance and exit passage.

Flight operations have their own set of rules, and Xu Xian now needs to familiarize himself with these procedures that cannot be learned from books.

Where to put the fuel manifest, manifest, and task book; how to wear headphones; when to flexibly adjust passenger boarding times; how to turn the speaker volume up—these are not accurately described in the book and need to be figured out through actual operation.

In short, there are too many details to pay attention to.

"Star Travel 6533, parking position 152, fully prepared!" Zhu Jia reported, releasing control.

Clearance control: "Star Travel 6533, please wait a moment, push the plane next to you in the blue sky first."

"Received!" Zhu Jia replied.

"Damn, the Blue Sky crew didn't even report that they were ready, and they're already making us wait to reserve seats for them. They're practically siding with their grandmother!" Fang Ying complained. "Anyone who didn't know better would think Blue Sky owns the airport! Just because they have a powerful boss doesn't mean they're so great!"

"That's amazing! If our company had a boss like that, Yunnan Airport would probably be our backyard," Zhu Jia said with a smile.

Fang Ying was extremely displeased! Xingfei Airlines and Lantian Airlines had been reaping benefits from Xu Qing for almost twenty years. Now, Dianyun Airport and Tianning Airport were practically the private domain of Qingyuan Group's airlines. The regulations at these airports habitually favored Qingyuan Group's airlines, making Fang Ying incredibly envious.

Besides Dianyun Airport in the southwest and Tianning Airport in the east, there is also Binjiang Airport in the northeast, which is very similar to the two airports mentioned above. However, Binjiang Airport has little to do with Qingyuan Group; it is practically the dedicated airport for Northeast Kunlong Airlines.

Relying on the glory of our ancestors, that's how tough we are!

Fang Ying suddenly remembered something and contacted Fang Xing: "Fang Xing, I need to ask you something. Do you have any VIP information records for this flight?"

Fang Ying was still somewhat unwilling to give up, so she directly asked about the control measures.

"We have no VIP records for flight 6533," the clearance control replied.

Fang Ying took off the earphones and tossed them aside: "They really don't work! This useless VIP service is just lowering the standard of our company!"