Twenty days later, Bei Haiyang's internship period ends and he will start his real international flight. At the same time, he will also welcome his first foreign partner, 65-year-old Takeo Hirata.
In the aviation industry, countries have different restrictions on the upper age limit of pilots. Generally speaking, it is a process of gradual extension.
The original upper limit for flying in China was 60 years old, but now it has been relaxed to 63 years old; the island country may have a longer upper limit of 67 years old because of its longer national life span, but it is still not the country with the longest age limit for pilots in the world.
In the world, there are still some countries that have no age limit for pilots, such as Australia, Austria, Brazil, Costa Rica, and New Zealand
, Russia, etc.
Of course, the prerequisite for being able to fly is that you are healthy and have no major health risks. In an era when medical conditions have developed to this point, it is not difficult to track the physical condition of pilots.
A very interesting old man, there are too many etiquette things in the island country, but these can be adapted to.
Sending such an elderly captain does not mean that the island-wide airlines do not attach importance to communication. On the contrary, this is a sign that they attach great importance to it, because in the island country, seniority is more serious than in China;
As soon as Chinese pilots turn 55, they begin to shift their career direction to other directions, such as management, teaching, training, etc. The pilots active on various routes are all capable people with good age and skills; the island countries are a little different, their
As long as a pilot chooses the path of flying, he will keep flying and rarely change his career direction until he can no longer fly.
The age of 65 is already an age for retirement in China, but in the island country, they still consider themselves to be in their prime years.
Bei Haiyang was accompanied by such an old guy in his prime. From him, Bei Haiyang also learned a lot. He was rigorous and meticulous to the point of being harsh. However, Bei Haiyang had no complaints. The entire island air force is the safest in the world.
As one of the airlines with the best records, there must be a reason why it can achieve such results. Learning from such veteran pilots is the best way to improve its flying skills.
Civil airliner pilots are different from military aircraft pilots. The most important thing is not their flying skills, how many somersaults they can do, or how many overloads they can withstand, but meticulousness, caution, and everything they do.
In this process, he began to understand the 959 aircraft itself and this route, and he transformed from a first-time brother into a deputy with some experience.
At the same time, I became familiar with Takeo Hirata. Although he was unsmiling at work, he was a kind old man in private.
When a flight had to stay overnight at Narita Airport due to a breakdown, the old man invited Bei Haiyang to go home for dinner, and he readily agreed.
This is a small single-family building located in the suburbs of Tokyo. It is three stories high. Although it is not luxurious, it is clean and tidy and blends harmoniously with the surrounding nature. It is an ideal retirement residence.
What surprised Bei Haiyang was that most of the Hirata family members lived here. His wife, his son and his family, a single daughter, and two granddaughters who were in their prime years. The whole family was enjoying themselves happily. This was also the reason for Bei Haiyang's surprise.
Ocean Comparison appreciates the family approach.
With the development of society, the distance between people is getting farther and farther. Due to various reasons such as work and study, families have also been divided into units of 2 or 3 people. This model like the Hirata family has become
Running out.
This was the first time for Bei Haiyang to be a guest in an island country. This was a bit novel for him, and he tried his best to be polite, because the customs were different, and there were many things that he might not adapt to.
The island language is not unfamiliar to him. He has a foundation in it when he was in school. Now his memory is extremely powerful. There is no reason to let such an ability idle? It just happened that the flight to Tokyo gave him the basic language environment to be familiar with the island language, so
In terms of language, it can be said that he has made rapid progress in these days, making rapid progress, which even Hirata Takuo praised.
The food was exquisite. Hirata's old wife Reiko and his daughter Tsukinobu prepared it together. His two granddaughters Chie and Misa also helped. The table was full, and it was clear that the head of the family valued the guests very much.
There is an essential difference between a table of dishes for islanders and a table of dishes for Chinese people. The biggest difference is that the dishes here can be finished. There is no extravagance and waste just to show respect, and there is no need for more leftovers.
A custom that shows sincerity.
People from the island country usually communicate at work in taverns after get off work, and they rarely have the habit of taking colleagues home for dinner, unless the relationship is good enough.
But the relationship between the two of them is different from normal company colleagues. In a sense, their cooperation will not only determine the lives of hundreds of aircraft, but also a close relationship that supports and complements each other.
For islanders, they value this kind of relationship and share weal and woe?
The genes of the Hirata family are very strange. The men are hard to describe, but the women are all as beautiful as flowers. But Bei Haiyang doesn't care too much about this. He has passed the age where appearance controls the desires in his heart.
Island people have many formal dining rules, but Bei Haiyang is not a beginner. Just grasp a few of the most important aspects. Eat your mouth in order, try to eat all the food on your plate, don't talk with food in your mouth, it's best to refill once.
Rice... He is not from the island country, and this is not a real banquet, so it is really just that, no one will particularly care about this.
Drinking tea after a meal is the time for men to chat. In fact, the topic cannot be separated from the issues that everyone is concerned about now.
Hidemoto Hirata, Takeo Hirata's only son is very talkative. He is very worried about the current situation of the island country.
"I work in the Space Headquarters. Recently, foreign spacecraft have frequently harassed fixed-orbit satellites over the island sea. There have even been cases of energy rays penetrating the atmosphere. I am very worried..."
Bei Haiyang understands the worries of the people of the island country very well. There are various reasons, including the fact that his own armed forces are incomplete and are still sheltered by the United States; there is also the reality that the crustal structure of the sea area around the island sea is unstable.
Troubles beyond the continental shelf.
I can understand, but I can't comfort myself. "Where did it fall?"
Hidemoto shook his head, "It's too sudden. It should be a few hundred miles southwest of the island sea, at a depth of nearly 2 kilometers. The current technology cannot conduct a detailed survey, and it is an energy beam, and there will be no aircraft left behind."
Wreckage, so let it go. Fortunately, such a long time has passed, and there is no abnormality in the seismic observations..."
In fact, these things are not a secret. Bei Haiyang has also seen them on the Internet, but not as detailed as now. It is a bit novel for ordinary people like him, but it is an extremely common situation for national power.
It wouldn't be a big deal if such an energy beam fell into the sea around China, because the continental shelf is stable, but for island countries, they are very sensitive after having survived earthquakes and tsunamis for thousands of years.