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Chapter 34 Time is running out
Ordinary people who want to become a pilot or a captain of a civil aviation aircraft need to go through many steps.

The first is to go through strict recruitment and selection.

Recruitment and selection is not just as simple as referring to grades, but also requires excellent physical fitness.

Only after passing the pilot recruitment selection and assessment can you be admitted to the aviation school and become a student pilot at the school.

Student pilots need to learn a lot of knowledge when they are in aviation school.

You need to complete a series of theoretical and practical assessments, and complete the private license (private pilot's license) and commercial license (commercial pilot's license) assessments.

It is also necessary to complete the training courses required by the instrument, multi-engine, high-performance and other course syllabus.

After completing the above assessment, you can successfully graduate from the aviation school and be eligible to take the flight recruitment examinations of major airlines.

Passing the flight recruitment exams of major airlines and entering an airline does not mean that you can become a real passenger aircraft pilot.

Instead, they need to complete modification, home field, transfer and other training, and obtain the flight qualification of large aircraft, and obtain the qualification to participate in official flights.

Once you are qualified to fly, you can get on the plane.

After getting on the plane, civil aviation pilots can be simply divided into three stages: co-pilot, captain, and instructor.

Each stage is divided into specific levels. The regulations of each airline are different, but they are pretty much the same.

However, whether you want to be promoted from co-pilot to captain, or from captain to instructor, the main evaluation factors are related to flight time, physical fitness, and technical ability.

At the same time, you must also undergo training and promotion assessment organized by the Civil Aviation Administration of China before you can be promoted successfully.

Generally speaking, the co-pilots are divided into observers, full-time right-seat co-pilots, Nth to first co-pilots, and left-seat co-pilots.

Captains are further divided into pilot captains, single pilots, third pilots, and second pilots.

In most cases, it takes 3 to 7 years for a student pilot to join an airline and become a captain.

There are exceptions, however.

For example, pilots who have retired from the Air Force basically omit the steps of being an observer and sitting in the right seat for the whole journey, and directly become the left-seat co-pilot. Then as long as they pass the promotion assessment of the Civil Aviation Administration, they can become the captain of a passenger aircraft.

This is also the reason why Jiang Yifan became a passenger aircraft captain only seven months after joining Shandong Airlines.

Because air force pilots are much more capable than ordinary airliner pilots.

For example, Air Force pilots generally fly fighter jets, bombers, and transport aircraft, which are much more complex than civilian airliners.

As for instructors, it is the last stage of promotion for civil aviation pilots.

Mainly divided into three levels.

Category A instructors are mainly responsible for flying routes and leading students to perform daily flight tasks;
Category B instructors have added simulator teaching tasks and provide ground guidance to students;
Category C instructors are currently the highest level. They have added teaching tasks and lead students to take off and land training.

Jiang Yifan's current 'professional title' is single aircraft commander.

It is a captain who can perform flight missions alone.

The next stage of being a single aircraft commander is to lead an aircraft commander.

The function of the flight commander is somewhat similar to that of a Category A instructor. They both act as a 'leader' and lead the team to perform flight missions.

Some people may find it strange.

Aren't single pilots also 'leaders'? !
Actually it's not the same.

The single captain flew domestic short-haul routes.

For example, fly from Spring City to Mountain City, and fly from Mountain City to Quan City.

The crew members generally only include the captain and the left-seat co-pilot (the highest-ranking co-pilot).

However, as an aircraft commander, he usually carries out long-distance and complex domestic and foreign routes, such as plateau routes, etc.

In addition to the captain and co-pilot, the crew members also include the second captain or third captain.

As for Category A instructors, the route is similar to that of the aircraft commander, but the crew members are different.

Because in addition to performing flying tasks, instructors also have 'teaching' tasks.

So there are observers on the plane, or other students, etc.After all, flying an airplane is very practical.

Most knowledge cannot be learned in the classroom.

8:20 am.
The canteen on the first floor of the Shandong Airlines headquarters building is now overcrowded.

Because pilots and flight attendants are engaged in day and night work, the headquarters cafeteria serves delicious food 24 hours a day.

However, in addition to pilots and flight attendants, airlines also have many other staff.

So every day when it’s meal time, it’s also the busiest time in the cafeteria.

Because today's flight to Feixing City takes off at 10:30, there is not much time left for Jiang Yifan.

So after he came to the cafeteria, he hurriedly drank a few mouthfuls of porridge and ate a few steamed dumplings, and then hurriedly walked towards a small conference room not far from the cafeteria.

Wait until he enters the small conference room.

The co-pilot and several stewardesses of this flight were already waiting there.

"I'm sorry everyone, I was just called to the office by 'Gui Jian Chou', so I'm a little late." Jiang Yifan quickly apologized.

The first officer smiled and said, "It's okay, we just arrived."

Jiang Yifan looked at the co-pilot and nodded.

The co-pilot was about thirty years old, an ordinary-looking but elegant urban woman.

No wonder Chen Bin, the leader of Shandong Airlines' Jinyiwei, is so obsessed with him.

sometimes.

Beauty is really not worth mentioning in front of temperament.

"Then I won't say any more nonsense and let's get started!" Jiang Yifan sat in the main seat and picked up the tablet in front of him.

Pilots have a lot of preparation work to do before a passenger plane takes off.

One and a half to two hours before departure, you need to collect flight information, and then go to the preparation room or conference room to prepare for the flight, such as looking at weather maps, routes and other information.

One hour before takeoff, the pilot needs to arrive at the aircraft and make a second preparation.

This includes arranging the staffing of pilots for the flight, handling special situations, etc.

In addition, the aircraft must be "fed" and inspected before flight.

Pilots check the appearance of the aircraft before taking off, and also check whether the aircraft is "healthy" - whether the equipment is faulty.

If you find that the aircraft is not "healthy" in any way, you must immediately call a "doctor" - an aircraft maintenance personnel to treat it.

Before the aircraft takes off, aircraft maintenance personnel also conduct pre-flight inspections with the pilots to see if there are any faults in the aircraft's landing gear, wings and other equipment.Generally, a plane is equipped with two or three "doctors".

If you are an attentive traveler, you may notice that every time the plane takes off, the aircraft maintenance personnel will wave goodbye to the pilots from underneath the plane.

It can be seen that pilots and aircraft maintenance personnel need close cooperation and tacit understanding in their work.

But unlike pilots, after the plane lands, aircraft maintenance personnel also need to help the plane conduct post-flight inspections to prepare for the safe takeoff of the next flight.

At the same time, before the plane takes off, it is necessary to "feed" the plane.

The staff at the airport oil depot drove the oil truck under the plane and filled the plane with the required fuel data given by the pilot.

The way an airplane "drinks" jet fuel is similar to the way a car is refueled.

It’s just that the car driver has to pay after refueling, while the pilot only needs to sign after refueling the plane, and the airline will settle the bill.

These tedious tasks take one to two hours to complete.

So Jiang Yifan and the others are really pressed for time.

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ps: An old man passed away at home. I originally planned to update in the past few days, but I can only postpone the update plan. I'm sorry everyone.

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