Legendary Captain

"1500 feet!" Fang Ying responded effortlessly to Zhu Jia's standard command: "Set up speed!"

As Fang Ying responded, his hands continued to move, adjusting the speed to 210 knots using the speed knob.

This means they're about to accelerate growth and tighten their grip!

"Approach instructions: maintain track 235 and climb to 2100 meters!" At this moment, Zhu Jia repeated the approach control instructions.

Fang Ying first pointed to the navigation page to verify that they were on the designated flight path, and while adjusting the altitude, she recited, "2100 meters, 6900 feet!"

After setting the altitude to 2100 meters in imperial units, Fang Ying did not immediately provide instructions. Instead, after receiving confirmation of the altitude from Zhu Jia, he pressed the button to change the altitude level.

The pitch display has switched from FMA mode to MCP SPD. Zhu Jia, addressing this change in FMA mode, reiterated the standard announcement: "N1, mode board speed!"

This is the correct FMA display under the change in altitude layer! Zhu Jia must verify that the autonomous driving is operating in the specified manner by confirming the change in FMA method.

"The first step in changing the height is to confirm the command, then adjust the height, then confirm the left and right seats crosswise, and finally give the method." Xu Xian took in Fang Ying and Zhu Jia's coordination in changing the height.

No wonder civil aviation safety rates are so high. It's not just because of the extremely low aircraft failure rate, but also because of the standardized operating procedures.

Even with just a simple change in altitude, the coordination between Fang Ying and Zhu Jia was extremely clear and seamless. As long as they followed this procedure, there would be no problem with adjusting the altitude incorrectly.

Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that both the captain and the first officer might have a moment of lapse in judgment. If that were the case, it wouldn't be a problem of method, but a problem of people.

"Star Trek 6533, turn right continuously and fly straight to KIBES." Approach control suddenly gave a very strange instruction.

"KIBES? I remember departing from Dadol. Is the instruction wrong?" Xu Xian's first reaction upon hearing this instruction was to suspect that the controller had made a mistake. During pre-flight preparations, he had reviewed the electronic flight plan, and the departure direction was clearly Dadol. If it were a direct flight, it should have been to Dadol, not KIBES. KIBES is another departure direction from Yunnan Yunlin Airport; wouldn't this cause a conflict?

Clearly, the two people in front also had questions. Fang Ying didn't take any action on the MCP board, but Zhu Jia directly asked, "Star Travel 6533, are you sure you want to turn right and fly directly to KIBES? Our flight plan is to depart from the Dadol direction."

Before any answers could be provided upon approach, Zhu Jia continued monitoring the aircraft's data. After the aircraft reached the initial flap retraction speed, he alerted Fang Ying: "V2+15, it's climbing!"

Fang Ying glanced at the airspeed indicator and nodded: "Retract the flaps by one!"

Following the captain's instructions, Zhu Jia placed his left hand on the flap handle, preparing to retract the flap to the first flap position.

At this point, approach control provided the answer: "There is an impact in the Dadol direction. Depart from the Kibes direction first, and we will then instruct you to join the planned route."

Since KIBES is not a point on the planned route, there will be a break in the route after KIBES, and the only way to get back to the planned route is through air traffic control.

"No wonder we didn't use the standard departure procedure; it turns out the direction of Dadol was affecting it." Xu Xian realized from behind, "The departure procedure given should have been to turn right after takeoff, maintain track 235, and then follow instructions!"

With this explanation, everything made sense, and Fang Ying and Zhu Jia had no more doubts. Zhu Jia gripped the flap handle with his left hand, retracting the flap to flap position one. At the same time, he pressed the communication transmission button with his right hand, replying to control: "Okay, continue right turns towards KIBES, follow instructions to join the planned flight path, Star Travel 6533!"

In a span of ten seconds, Zhu Jia used both hands simultaneously: one hand to retract the flaps, the other to press the communication button, while maintaining verbal communication with air traffic control. During this time, he also had to monitor flight data and remind the captain of any changes in the aircraft's configuration.

Is this the co-pilot? Xu Xian thought Zhu Jia looked incredibly handsome at that moment, and his calm and composed demeanor always gave people a sense of security.

This is not over yet!

"KIBES, this point isn't on the flight segment page, is it?" Fang Ying used the heading selection to first put the aircraft into a right turn state, and then, after confirming KIBES's position, began a precise straight flight.

"No! There's no such point on our planned route." Zhu Jia shook his head. "I'll manually drill in!"

"KIBES..." Zhu Jia obviously remembered the English spelling of this point, and without looking at the exit map, he directly typed "KIBES" into the CDU's draft column.

Zhu Jia was clearly focused on typing CDU, even drawing Xu Xian's attention, when, with only one S left, Zhu Jia suddenly spoke: "Flap speed!"

Xu Xian was startled and suddenly looked up at the airspeed indicator. Sure enough, the aircraft's speed had reached the speed required for flap maneuvering.

"Does he have an extra pair of eyes?" Xu Xian, as an observer, had been completely focused on the CDU. However, Zhu Jia, who was present, was able to maintain control of the aircraft's status throughout. This ability to multitask was something Xu Xian could only dream of.

Fang Ying, seated on the left, seemed completely unconcerned about whether Zhu Jia might make a mistake in the rush. He remained calm and composed, and after receiving a prompt from Zhu Jia, he casually said, "Put all your wings back!"

At this moment, Zhu Jia had just finished typing the KIBES point and moved it to the first page of the flight segment page, but hadn't executed it. His first action was to fully retract the flap handle from flap one.

Sitting in the back, Xu Xian keenly noticed that after Zhu Jia retracted the flap handle, he did not immediately turn his attention back to the CDU, but quickly glanced at the flap position chart to check if there was any problem during the flap retraction process.

With clear priorities and a well-defined order, everything is under control!

Zhu Jia: "KIBES! Verify?"

Fang Ying glanced at it sideways and agreed, "Verify, then proceed!"

"Direct flight to KIBES, confirm, execute!" After receiving confirmation from the captain, Zhu Jia pressed the execute button and said, "Horizontal navigation available!"

At this point, a direct flight route to KIBES appeared on the navigation page. Since Fang Ying had just used heading selection to turn the aircraft to the right, the plane was now practically flying directly towards KIBES.

Fang Ying checked the heading angle and found nothing wrong, so he pressed the horizontal navigation button and simultaneously confirmed the FMA's roll setting: "Horizontal navigation engaged!"

The moment the horizontal navigation was engaged, the flaps retracted simultaneously, instantly easing the tension in the cockpit!

From the moment the plane took off until now, Xu Xian couldn't help but marvel at what a beautiful teamwork they had!