After everything was ready, Xu Xian shouted: "Starting configuration confirmed! Second engine ground position!"

"Second engine ground position!" Ning Sheng confirmed as the captain.

After Xu Xian turned the starter switch, he also contacted maintenance: "You can open the starter valve! Turn it 90 degrees clockwise and stop."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Xian remembered that he had not explained the specific method of rotation to the maintenance staff, only the direction of rotation.

"You know you only need to turn it 90 degrees, right?" Xu Xian said not very assuredly. What if it turns too much and the starter valve is broken.

Maintenance: "I know, but I don't know if that brother knows."

"I'll go!" Xu Xian just felt that his head was as big as a bucket. After all the calculations, he still missed some things. This kind of step-by-step teaching work is really not done by humans. However, he couldn't care less about his emotions and immediately said to the engine attendant:

"Go and talk to that brother right now to make sure you don't make the wrong turn, and come back right away."

"Oh! Okay! Just wait a moment!" The mechanic quickly left the nose position and ran to where another mechanic was next to the engine cowl.

From the side window, he saw the maintenance staff running quickly towards the engine. Xu Xian picked up a wet towel and wiped his face. For a while, a feeling of fatigue in his heart gradually enveloped Xu Xian's body.

It's one thing to know how to do something, but it's another thing to actually do it.

Xu Xian said to Ning Sheng with some shame: "Teacher, you are so embarrassed! I just let it slip!"

"It's okay!" Ning Sheng waved his hand: "This is not your problem in the first place!"

At this moment, Wu Feng from behind shouted softly: "The starting valve is open!"

Xu Xian was shocked and immediately turned to the DU display. Sure enough, the START VALVE OPEN logo was indeed displayed.

"The valve is open, the pressure rises, and N2 is present!" Xu Xian instantly verified each parameter and confirmed that there were no abnormal data during the starting process.

When he saw that the starter valve was finally opened, Ning Sheng's right hand was also placed on the starter handle.

"25%!"

"Pick up the handle and time!" Ning Sheng lifted the starting handle of the second engine and pressed the clock with his left hand to time. The procedure was the same as the normal starting procedure. There was no difference.

The only difference is that the starting valve originally opened and closed automatically, but now it is replaced by manual operation.

"Fuel flow, EGT, and oil pressure have increased!" Xu Xian said: "It should be starting normally!"

As he spoke, Xu Xian breathed a sigh of relief. Even though he felt there was nothing wrong in his heart, who knew what would happen in actual operation?

Not long after Ning Sheng lifted the starter handle, the maintenance staff contacted him again: "The cockpit, I've already told that brother, it's no problem. I just opened the starter valve manually, is there any reaction inside?"

In fact, the maintenance staff has discovered that the turbofan blades have begun to gradually accelerate. Logically speaking, it should be starting normally, but? I still asked casually.

"No problem!" Xu Xian responded. At this time, N2 was about to reach 55%. Xu Xian hurriedly told the engine operator: "You can close the starting valve! When leaving, be sure to keep a safe distance."

When the engine is started normally, when N2 is at 55% or 56%, the starter switch will automatically jump back to the closed position. Is the starter disengaged? The starting valve is closed. When it is manually controlled this time, N2 is selected at 55%.

When it's left or right? Just close the starting valve manually.

"Okay!" the operator responded. He signaled to the operator who had been waiting on the left side of the engine. The operator understood immediately. He turned the starting valve counterclockwise back to the closed position, and then said OK to the operator under the nose.

The gesture? Keep a safe distance from the engine, bypass the area in front of the engine, and return to the bottom of the nose.

"Starter disengaged? Pressure drop, valve closed! The second engine is stable!" After the No. 2 engine is stable? Will the EGT index drop slightly? There will be a red line on it and it will disappear.

"The second engine starts normally, now the first engine starts!" Xu Xian said to the maintenance staff.

Maintenance: "Cockpit? Then should we directly use manual override? Or should we try to start it normally?"

Xu Xian did not reply immediately, but looked at Ning Sheng. Ning Sheng took over the conversation at this time and said to the maintenance staff: "We should start the second engine normally first. If there are any problems, we will talk about it later."

"Is there enough time?" Xu Xian was a little worried.

Ning Sheng didn't care too much: "It's okay, we know what the problem is, and it won't waste much time."

Icing on the engine starting valve is not a common phenomenon. The phenomenon of freezing on the starting valve of engine No. 2 does not mean that the starting valve of engine No. 1 will also freeze. Moreover, now that you know what the situation is, as long as you try it normally, you will find that the starting valve of engine No. 1 is not.

Once turned on, it will immediately switch to manual override without consuming too much time.

Fortunately, Ning Sheng's feeling was correct. The No. 1 engine did not have a problem that the starting valve could not open, and it started normally.

Xu Xian saw that there was no abnormality in the No. 1 engine during the starting process, so he transferred the responsibility for communicating with the maintenance staff back to Ning Sheng.

While waiting for the engine to start stably, Xu Xian told Ning Sheng that he wanted to speak to the maintenance staff. After getting Ning Sheng's consent, Xu Xian contacted the maintenance staff and said: "When you operate in winter, the connecting rods are required.

Do I need to send tools?"

The maintenance staff must carry some tools when performing drop-off service. Xu Xian wanted to know how much importance Star Travel Airlines’ maintenance staff attaches to connecting rods.

"Connecting rod? We don't have a rigid carrying rule, but we always carry it, just in case. Wouldn't it be used today?" The maintenance staff was quite happy. If we met other crews today,

If you know that as a maintenance person, you don’t even know how to manually override the starting valve, and you still need to be taught how to do it by the crew, you will most likely be scolded by the crew on the spot. In serious cases, you can directly complain to the company’s maintenance department, and that will be easy.

Big.

I didn't expect that I was so lucky. The crew I met not only patiently taught them how to manually override the starting valve, but also didn't let them vent the air. They were simply angelic crews.

"No?" Xu Xian said, "Thank you!"

"Dianyun Airport is so humid that it shouldn't be uncommon for the starter valve to freeze in winter. Why doesn't the maintenance department make it mandatory to use the connecting rod as a necessary delivery tool?" Xu Xian was puzzled: "And we

The company’s maintenance staff seems to lack training for special projects!”

It's not that he was specifically complaining to Ning Sheng, it was just something he suddenly felt.

The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Ning Sheng originally worked part-time in some administrative work. When he heard Xu Xian's words, he subconsciously asked: "Do you think there is anything that can be changed?"

"Huh? I mean? It's nothing! Just use the connecting rod as a necessary tool for sending the aircraft! Strengthen some special project training! Also, I think the maintenance department can compile a common aircraft fault encyclopedia, which will be used in actual operations.

Describe the various fault conditions encountered in the QRH, and attach corresponding solutions. The faults should focus on the fault conditions that are not found in the QRH." Xu Xian said. Of course, this was just what Xu Xian said casually, and he did not really think about it.

The idea to shine for the company.

For faults in QRH, just follow the checklist. There is basically no need to describe this. However, QRH cannot cover all fault situations. There must be some situations that occur slightly more frequently but are not recorded in QRH. For example, this startup

In the case of valve freezing, there is no record of manual override of the starting valve in the QRH and SOP.

Of course, this is not something that pilots must master. But as an extended reading for pilots, it is still quite good.

"Why would any company do this? It would require a lot of manpower and material resources!" Ning Sheng sighed: "And the level of maintenance is very strict."

There are many things that are not recorded in the manual but are the experience summaries of experienced maintenance personnel. The experience summaries of high-level people are likely to be of additional help, but the experience summaries of low-level people are likely to lead others into trouble.

If such a gadget could be programmed, it would indeed be a rare good thing for pilots. But this would require very high levels of maintenance. If the maintenance level is not good enough, it would be better not to compile it. Even, it would be better to not compile it.

Sheng thinks that no airline in the country has such a strong level of maintenance, right?

No! There seems to be such a family!

Sure enough, Xu Xian said smoothly: "Starfly Airlines has it!"

That’s right! Starfly Airlines! A subsidiary of Qingyuan Group, now the largest giant in the domestic civil aviation industry!

Star Air has had the country's leading aircraft maintenance department since its establishment. After so many years of planning, the aircraft maintenance department alone is probably unrivaled in the country. If any domestic airline dares to compile such a comprehensive list of faults, then

Only Star Travel Airlines has this capability.

...

Star Travel Airlines President Office.

There are two letters on Wen Jingshu's desk, one from Qingyuan Group and one from Kunlong Airlines. The contents are basically the same. They are that Xu Qing/Han Qi will participate in the airline exchange meeting soon. Could you please

The company adjusts the reception level in advance.

In the reception department of every company, there is a certain level of classification for the objects that need to be received. Naturally, the higher the level of the object, the higher the level of reception will be.

Both Xu Qing, who has been semi-retired, and Han Qi, who is now thinking about retiring, have basically stopped participating in activities. Therefore, those in the reception department never thought that Xu Qing and Han Qi would come. Even if Wen Jingshu had been there before

They were specially asked to prepare a plan to receive people of Xu Qing's level in advance, but they didn't take it to heart. However, now the ruthless reality slapped the faces of the reception department leaders hard.

When these two letters were delivered to the reception department in the morning, the department leader who had just come to work was so frightened that he immediately notified the backbone of the reception department to prepare for a meeting, and then went to Wen Jingshu's office without stopping.

.

Wen Jingshu looked at the two letters that weighed more than a thousand dollars. Although she seemed calm on the surface, there was a huge wave in her heart. Even though she knew that Xu Xian and Xu Qing had some relationship, Xu Qing had a slight possibility.

Sex will come. However, when it comes true, even with her determination, she is still a little shaken.

"Is it just these two letters? Neither Qingyuan nor Kunlong made any special requests?" Wen Jingshu asked.

The reception manager was already sweating profusely: "Mr. Wen, I only have these two letters and no special requirements. Do you think we need to contact the two companies to ask?"

"No need!" Wen Jingshu sighed: "If you ask, it means that our ability to travel to the stars is insufficient."

"A few days ago, how did you do with the reception plan I asked you to plan according to Xu Qing's level?" Wen Jingshu asked. If Xu Qing's reception plan has been completed, then the next time will be devoted to studying Han Qi's reception plan.

, it’s not that urgent.

But as soon as he said this, the reception manager started sweating even more.

When Wen Jingshu saw that the receptionist manager was silent, she suddenly had bad thoughts and shouted sternly: "How many have you done?"

"It's... half... done, Mr. Wen!" The manager of the reception department stumbled and gave an answer. In fact, this is already too much. In fact,

, the completion rate of the plan is estimated to be only about 30%, but the manager of the reception department really dare not tell the true progress.

But even if she said 20% more, Wen Jingshu still became furious: "Are you turning a deaf ear to what I said?"

The manager of the reception department was shaking like chaff. He didn't dare to talk back, so he just apologized. Apart from apologizing, he didn't dare to say anything else.
To be continued...