"Xiao Zhou, long time no see. I heard you were hospitalized for surgery. Is everything okay?"
When Zhou Qichen was waiting to pick up Lang Feng at the airport, he ran into many colleagues who recognized him even though he was not in uniform. He greeted two or three passers-by, and the last person who passed by was Qi Yadong, a captain of Hainan Airlines flying A330, who arrived in Daxing at about the same time as Zhou Qichen. At first, when he was the second officer, Qi Yadong had taken him with him a few times, but after he started flying solo, they had not flown together because of the aircraft type.
"It's okay, I just need to remove the steel plate. It went smoothly. How's Brother Yadong?" When it comes to making friends, Zhou Qichen seems to have a kind of magnetism. When he was still in training, all the instructors who were only a few years older than him treated him as a brother. After work, they would drag him to the nearby area for drinks and would not let him leave until he had finished drinking.
Qi Yadong was very happy to see him and said, "Everything is fine. My daughter is just two years old and she is very cute. I said that the company is looking for a new 330 crew recently. Do you want to modify it? It would be great for us to fly together." HNA had previously placed an order for 24 Airbus 330-300s, but Airbus had not delivered them due to the company's financial problems. Now that the financial problems have been solved, the flight department has not adjusted its personnel. In two months, the plane will be shipped from France, and the company is now urgently pulling 320 flight modification heavy aircraft.
"I do want to," he said politely, "but I'm waiting to be placed as a captain on a 320. Your resume is amazing. I'm a few years behind, but I'm trying hard to catch up."
Qi Yadong also understood: "What's so great about it? It's just the same. If you endure it for a long time, you will become an immortal. That's what I said. Didn't the leader ask you?"
Zhou Qichen nodded and said, "Boss Xu did ask me about this before, but he didn't force me to change it."
"If you don't want to change it, then he can just go and get someone else with hundreds of hours of flying time."
"Mr. Xu asked me to change to an international route because he appreciates me. I guess I don't know how to appreciate it, haha." Zhou Qichen made a joke.
Qi Yadong said straightforwardly, "You have your reasons, don't worry about it. He asked a lot of people about the 320 flight, and many people were unwilling to change. There are many people of my age who have elderly and children at home and are unwilling to fly international routes. Mr. Xu likes you very much. He always says that if all the new batch of pilots are like you, he will have less worries. I will also help you find out about the year-end matters, I think there will be no problem."
Zhou Qichen thanked him quickly and told him that he would buy him a drink after get off work. As soon as he finished speaking, he looked up and saw Lang Feng.
Zhou Qichen did have his reasons. He had considered it before. The 330 was of course better. International flights were less work, more money and easier. But if he changed the model, he would have to start from scratch. And then there was the matter with Lang Feng. If he also flew international flights, he would not be in Beijing half of the time in a month, and then there would be no point in their relationship. His reason was clearly heading in his direction.
When Lang Feng landed in Beijing, he saw Zhou Qichen wearing all black, a black leather jacket, a black T-shirt, black pants, and a black cap, standing at the entrance of the terminal and talking to Qi Yadong, who had four stripes on his uniform. He probably saw him too, so he waved goodbye to the captain on the other side.