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[Episode 39]

There are no passengers on the plane today.

I'll make a heavy landing later

to check the condition of the landing gear and tires.

Instructor Shang Fei said

as long as it doesn’t exceed the limit, it’ll be fine.

There's something wrong with the monitor.

What?

What's the problem?

The attitude indicator is not clear.

It's fine on my end.

I'll operate it.

It's okay. I can see the runway.

I'll switch to visual flight rules.

Luckily, we found the problem during the test flight.

It would be troublesome if this were the first flight.

What's wrong with the monitor?

If there is really something wrong,

ask the Maintenance department to inform Shang Fei.

Check all the monitors

from the same batch.

Captain Gu.

What’s wrong with the monitor?

There's no problem.

The monitor is fine.

The plane is great.

What's wrong?

Get off the plane first.

I'll write the flight record.

I'll be right there.

Mr. Gu. Mr. Gu.

The macular degeneration

in your left eye has worsened.

That's why

your vision is blurry

in the center of your field of vision.

Then...

Do I need surgery?

Yes.

Injection surgery.

This disease

will affect

your work and life to a certain extent.

What do you do?

I’m a pilot.

What are you doing?

I've decided to do something very meaningful.

This has something to do with you.

You ignored me.

Gu Nanting.

You haven't replied my message all afternoon.

But let me tell you.

I wrote a unique

captain's announcement for the maiden flight for you.

Take a look when you're done.

By the way, President Xu wants to see me.

I'm at the company.

What?

What do you think?

Why did President Xu tell me

I am now the captain of the D191?

President Xu has talked to me.

As a leader of the Flight department,

my duties in management are more important.

So from now on,

I'll focus on management.

No.

Even so,

can't we wait until after the maiden flight?

On the day of the maiden flight,

I have to attend an important meeting

as a representative of the company.

What meeting could be more important than the maiden flight?

Is it because President Xu found out about our relationship

and wants you to remove yourself from your position?

Fine, I can quit.

Cheng Xiao, calm down.

This has nothing to do with our relationship.

This is work,

and more importantly, my responsibility.

You know it's your responsibility?

President Xu said

you can be the captain in charge.

It’ll be more helpful for the publicity of domestic planes.

Of course,

I’ll assign

an experienced secondary captain to you.

Don’t worry.

I'm not worried about that.

It's you.

What happened?

We agreed

we will take the maiden flight together.

I have something more important to do.

Why didn't you discuss such an important decision

with me?

Do you consider me the person who is closest to you?

I'm sorry.

I didn't think it through.

But since the maiden flight's details have been decided,

I hope you can go on without distraction.

I don't know what

made you change so suddenly.

Mr. Gu,

have you decided to focus on career progression?

But you once said

you were first and foremost a pilot.

No matter how I think about it, I don’t think it’s possible.

Mr. Gu gave up flying

to focus on career progression.

This is so weird.

Do you have any better explanations?

If I did,

I wouldn't have

spent an hour here with you.

Come on.

You're just waiting for Song to land

so you can go to the wedding company together.

Don’t be angry with Mr. Gu.

Both of you

to fly the maiden flight.

Look at me.

I postponed the wedding

for this maiden flight.

I dragged Song with me

to sign up.

In the end,

the bride wasn't lucky enough to be picked,

but the bridesmaid was.

Yuheng is also flying on the maiden flight.

I'm so jealous.

The fates are so cruel to me.

You've already passed the transition training.

Sooner or later,

you will make it onto a domestic plane.

Luckily, Song Xiaoni didn't make it either.

Otherwise,

my status at home in the future

will be doomed.

Here.

Coming.

Xiao is here too?

She have something to ask you.

What's wrong?

These past two days, you've been working with Gu Nanting

the whole time you haven't been flying, right?

Yes.

We're amending the safety manual for domestic planes.

Has there been anything strange

about him recently?

Strange?

Did you two fight?

No.

You didn't know Mr. Gu

suddenly quit the maiden flight of D191?

Now I know.

Who is flying then?

Xiao?

Congratulations!

Why did Brother Nanting quit?

Song,

please keep an eye on Gu Nanting for me

in the coming days.

Don't miss

any details.

If you notice anything strange about him,

let me know immediately.

Okay.

I know this job best.

I'll get a glass of water.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

I'll wait for you.

Bye, Yang.

I've sent your medical record

to Director Yang of the Central Hospital.

He said the probability of a complete recovery is very high.

Mr Yang is my childhood friend.

He's the best ophthalmologist surgeon in Luzhou.

He said the surgery is not difficult.

He only has to

inject some medicine into your eyes.

When he comes back from Shanghai next week,

he'll operate on you as soon as he can.

Thank you.

Have you told Cheng Xiao?

No.

I can't make the flight with her,

I've already made her sad.

I don't want this to

affect her performance with the maiden flight.

I thought

I could keep flying until I retire.

A while ago,

my master withdrew early because of his health.

I didn't expect

it would be my turn so soon.

To be honest,

I'm scared.

Nanting.

Cheng Xiao,

Song, Xiazhi, Yuheng, and I

are all here.

We'll help you.

And the doctor said

there's a good chance of recovery.

Let's not think about such things.

Look at you now.

The Gu Nanting

who was full of faith

about improving the systems for aviation safety in China,

the Gu Nanting who was resolute

and ready to take on the challenges of the future.

Where did he go?

Help me find him.

You're different now that you're the Vice President.

You're getting more eloquent.

Are you jealous of my position?

Nothing.

Cheng Xiao,

you're leaving tomorrow.

Let's have dinner together tonight.

Nanting.

Director Yang is back.

You can make an appointment for 8 a.m. tomorrow.

Tomorrow?

Yes, Director Yang is very busy.

He made time specially for you.

You don't know how many people are on the waiting list.

Tomorrow,

I want to watch Cheng Xiao take off

at the airport.

I know.

But I'm afraid your condition will get worse if you drag this out.

The doctor said

the sooner the disease is treated, the higher chances of recovery.

Think about it.

I'll come find you after work.

Brother Nanting.

I have completed

the revision of the safety manual for domestic planes.

Look it over.

Xiao,

I really found

Brother Nanting.

Recently,

his eyes are not well recently.

I showed him

on that official account.

but he listened to it using screen reader.

He sent me messages these days

in recent days.

But he used to send messages.

By the way,

Just now,

he couldn't see the words on the document.

There's something wrong with the monitor.

What?

What's the problem?

The attitude indicator is not clear.

The maiden flight tomorrow

is very important to Luzhou Airlines,

and also a source of honor for us.

Actually,

I've been to the workshop.

I'm very confident.

Thank you for your hard work these days.

You're welcome.

You must do a thorough check

for the maiden flight tomorrow.

Make sure nothing goes wrong.

Got it.

Zhan, don't worry.

Shang Fei's friends are helping us.

Thank you, Mr. Sun.

Thank you for your work.

You're welcome.

Thank you for your work.

Xiao?

I have listed the points of consideration for the maiden flight

on the list.

Tomorrow,

there will be 170 seats on the plane.

Apart from invited media personnel and guests of honor,

two thirds of them are regular passengers.

I hope everyone

will put their best foot forward

to show them the strength of domestic planes,

and the ability of our pilots.

We will complete the mission.

We will complete the mission.

We will complete the mission.

In addition,

due to work arrangements,

I will not be able to attend the maiden flight ceremony

after the landing tomorrow.

I wish you all

a successful maiden flight.

Thank you, Mr. Gu.

Thank you, Mr. Gu.

Dismissed.

Mr. Gu,

look at me now.

Did my face turn black

or misshapen?

I finally understand

what having clouded vision is like.

I think I can see,

but I also think I cannot.

I'll accompany you to the operation tomorrow.

You have to take the maiden flight tomorrow.

You can arrange for other pilots to do it.

Cheng Xiao.

We've been waiting for the maiden flight for so long.

I know better than anyone

how much it matters to you.

Even if I don't take the maiden flight,

I can take subsequent ones.

I just don't want you to go into the operation alone.

The nature of the job of a pilot

necessitates that we will make many sacrifices.

Often, we cannot keep our families or our lovers

company.

You should be used to it.

But this time is different.

When I first found out I was sick,

I was very sad

and scared.

I was afraid that I would have to stop flying.

I was even more afraid that it might affect you.

Ni Zhan talked to me a lot.

I thought about it a lot too.

So, for tomorrow's surgery,

even though the doctor told me

there is not a 100% chance of recovery,

I'm able to face it bravely.

Do you know why?

Because I thought of

how you're doing the thing I most want to do

on my behalf.

Domestic planes are what generations of Chinese aviation professionals have hoped for.

They have devoted their whole lives

to this one thing.

All their efforts

on

those 80 tons of metal.

At first,

I thought I could

turn this blueprint into reality as soon as possible.

But I don't have the chance anymore.

So,

I'm passing it on to you.

You are doing this not only for me, for Luzhou Airlines,

but also to fulfill the wishes

of several generations of Chinese aviation professionals.

Cheng Xiao,

you have always been my pride.

Promise me.

Fly well tomorrow.

I'll complete the mission.

Welcome aboard.

Hello, welcome aboard.

Good morning. Welcome aboard.

That's so cool. You must come.

Hello, welcome.

It's a national plane. It's its first flight today.

Take a look.

Chinese aviation is so awesome.

Do you think

Xiao can come out later?

I don't think so.

We'll have to wait for landing.

It'll be nice to give her a surprise

when landing, right?

Hello, babes. Hello.

Hello.

We have already

boarded this plane.

And

this is a small gift for our maiden flight.

It's a souvenir.

It's very beautiful.

Hello, everyone.

Well,

is this a domestic plane?

What was our company thinking,

making us take this flight?

Listen.

Fasten your seat belt properly.

I'll see if we have enough time

to get insurance.

Don't jinx it.

I heard

the engines of domestic planes are imported.

Only the assembly was done in China.

You don't understand.

The assembly is different from the original. You...

I can't explain it to you.

Although the engines

and auxiliary power units were imported,

China has full independent intellectual rights

over our domestic planes.

From the outer appearance to the internal structure,

from research to manufacturing,

everything was completed domestically.

This plane

definitely has China's DNA.

Auntie, you know a lot.

Whether it's safe or not,

whether it's comfortable or not,

I'll decide after I've experienced it.

Have a good trip.

Thank you.

You too.

The doctor said it's fine.

He'll give me another shot in a month,

three months in a row.

Then, I'll essentially be recovered.

That's good.

Are you going back

or...

Request to slide out.

Ground, Luzhou 8155 is ready,

and requesting to slide out.

Luzhou 8155, you may slide out.

Slide out along F.

Wait outside M.

Slide out along F and wait outside M,

Luzhou 8155.

Luzhou 8155, ready for take off.

Runway 34.

The ground wind is 010/4 meters.

34 Left available for take off, Luzhou 8155.

We're taking off in the direction of the wind.

We're lucky today.

Prepare for take off.

Fly towards the wind.

Later, when you're free,

take Polly to the veterinarian.

What's wrong with Polly?

It hasn't eaten in three days.

It ignores me when I feed it.

Did you change the feed?

How did you know?

Yes, I changed to an upgraded version.

What's wrong?

Feed needs to be changed gradually,

increasing the amount of new feed

by 10 to 20 percent every day.

A gradual change

gives it time to get used to it.

How do you know so much?

My girlfriend is so excellent.

Of course I need to do better

to be worthy of you.

Okay, my excellent boyfriend.

I'll leave Polly to you.

I'm going to fly.

Did you forget something?

I forgot to tell you

to take a good rest.

Your eyes have just recovered.

What else?

I'm running out of time.

By the way,

you haven't answered

my question from yesterday.

When

will we move in together?

That depends on your performance.

Slow down.

I'm going to be late.

Hello.

Are you Mr. Gu?

Yes.

You have a package. Are you home now?

What package?

There are eight boxes.

What are they? Who sent them?

Hold on. Let me see.

They're marked as clothes and daily necessities.

The sender is...

Miss Cheng.

I see.

Thank you.

Hello, Polly.

Hello.

Hello.

The handover is done.

Let's prepare for the next shift.

Okay, I'm going now.

We're returning from Sanya.

I'll wait for you for dinner.

Hello, welcome aboard.

Hello, welcome aboard.

Hello, welcome aboard. This way, please.

Hello, welcome aboard.

Hello, welcome aboard. This way, please.

You're a chief attendant now.

Good luck.

Thank you.

Hello, welcome aboard. This way, please.

Xia.

Long time no see.

Mr. Jiang.

Jiang.

This way, please.

Your seat is here.

Look in the direction of your finger.

Let's review

how we greet passengers when they board the plane.

Two purlicues overlapping,

fingers together, with a natural downward slant.

Head and chest up, bow down 15 degrees.

Hello, welcome aboard.

That's it, a standard pose.

While showing the way, your five fingers should be together,

with your thumb up

and fingers pointing forward.

We predict that in the next 20 years,

Chinese airline companies

will be taking in about 6000 to 7000 new planes.

That means

pilots will be in short supply.

Among the list of professionals in short supply

according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China,

pilots are ranked first.

Up to 2021,

the shortage in pilots has reached

210,000.

Okay, fly in the air

like a bird.

Crossing the ocean.

We will be landing soon.

We need to descend stably

and land safely.

Good afternoon, Luzhou control tower.

Luzhou 8308,

36 Right, runway established.

Got it, Luzhou 8308.

You may approach Runway 36 Right.

Approaching Runway 36,

Luzhou 8308.