Descent from an altitude of 10,000 meters [MTL] (Completed)

Chapter 15 Farewell

Chen Jiayu had a relaxed schedule this week, flying for only three hours on two days. Not long after he returned to Lijing, he received a call from Chang Bin, asking him to come out for a drink and dinner.

After the forced landing in Hong Kong, Chen Jiayu was the protagonist of the incident, and the company gave him a lot of benefits, keeping him in his current position. Chang Bin, the 49-year-old veteran captain, was not exposed as much as him, and the company did not express much, so two months later, he was lured to HNA with a high salary. He knew that Chang Bin had a precious girl in high school, and Chang Bin and his wife intended to send her to study abroad. It is good for him to go to other companies to earn more money and take on some less tiring tasks, and he is also happy for his old partner.

Perhaps it was because Chang Bin was stationed at the Capital Airport when he arrived at Hainan Airlines, and we had less and less contact with him, and the two became a little estranged, and it took more than a year for them not to see each other again. So, now that he received Chang Bin's text message, he was overjoyed.

Chang Bin asked him to go to a home-cooked restaurant. He arrived first and ordered some cold dishes.

When Chen Jiayu arrived, he hugged him tightly: "Old Chang. Long time no see. How is Doudou?" Chang Bin's daughter Chang Airong's nickname is Doudou.

Chang Bin smiled and said, "Very good, I'm preparing to apply for studying abroad. She said that she can see you by swiping Weibo, let me ask you to post more Weibo, you have a lot of fans."

Chen Jiayu was a little embarrassed: "I can't post interesting content. I also want to teach you how to fly a plane live. Can I post this?"

The two chatted for a while, ordered the dishes, and when the first main course came, Chang Bin served Chen Jiayuman with wine and said, "Jiayu, I called you out suddenly to tell you something."

Hearing his tone, Chen Jiayu thought he was asking for some help, so he hurriedly said, "Is there anything I can help with, you are welcome, Chang Chang."

Chang Bin smiled wryly and denied, "It's not this. I'm going to retire."

Chen Jiayu really didn't expect it, and his first reaction was: "What's wrong with the company? If you want to come back, you can always..."

Chang Bin shook his head: "I'm not coming back. I'm not going to another company, I just don't want to do it anymore."

"Brother Bin..." Chen Jiayu couldn't guess that this was why Chang Bin invited him to dinner, and now he couldn't think of anything to say anymore. regret? The other party has already made this decision, so naturally they have carefully considered all the possibilities. congratulate? Chang Bin used to be the old flying brother who brought Chen Jiayu out. He is very rigorous in his work. He is one of the people Chen Jiayu knows who loves flying the most and is the best at flying. Embraer-175 and Bombardier, as well as licenses for several classes of smaller aircraft such as Cessna. There are many civil aviation captains who have not retired until the age of 60. He knows that Chang Bin's flying career is far from being perfect in the worldly sense. So he couldn't say congratulations.

After a long time, Chen Jiayu said, "Is it... still a matter of Hong Kong."

He guessed intuitively. Sure enough, Chang Bin didn't say a word, which was a tacit consent.

There was a sudden silence during the meeting. Chang Bin took a sip of his wine and said, "Jiayu, I haven't told anyone what happened next. I didn't want to tell anyone, but I'm going to retire soon, so I plan to tell you straight. After Hong Kong, I I haven't flown again for half a year, and you should know that. On the surface, it's because I changed companies to go through the formalities, but in fact it's because I need to adapt. Later, I resumed flying. In the past two years, I found that I resisted this more and more. Everything I have no problem with the normal safe flight time, but if there is a slight fault, a small problem-no matter how small the problem is, I can't help thinking about the worst outcome, I can't make a decision, and I'm afraid that this decision will not work. can't bring us back to Hong Kong's land line."

"Two months ago, when I was flying a route from Hong Kong to Singapore, the landing gear light had a malfunction. I thought it was because the front landing gear couldn't be put down. At that moment, I thought I would die. Tian fulfilled all my wishes, and there will never be any more. I even started to think, it's a good thing I left a suicide note for Doudou."

Chen Jiayu suppressed his voice and asked, "What happened next?"

Chang Bin said: "Fortunately, I wasn't the main flight that day. The captain of the main flight lowered the altitude and asked the ground to help check, only to confirm that the light bulb was broken and the landing gear was fine. But after that, I will never be able to fly to Hong Kong again." ...I tried talking to a therapist and he told me to take some time off. I just took two extra weeks of annual leave. But I couldn't work it out. It used to be-you know, flying was like my breath. Now , I'm starting to get tired of it."

Chen Jiayu continued his words: "When you like flying, he can be controlled. You have worked hard for half your life, learned all the things that pilots should learn, and mastered all the skills that pilots should master. Then you find that this This matter is out of his control." At the end of his speech, his voice was too low to be heard clearly. He understands Chang Bin's mood very well. Because they experienced the extreme panic together, and jointly carried the suffocating weight of 238 lives on their shoulders. Together, they tried to separate rationality from fear, check the list one by one, troubleshoot faults, make decisions one by one, and watched the gauge drop like a year.

Chang Bin looked at him with some painful eyes: "Actually, Jiayu, I had the opportunity to see you more in the past two years, but at that time, I was trying to overcome the impact of this incident - when I saw you, I remembered back then. I feel so sorry for you."

Chen Jiayu's hands trembled instantly, he opened his mouth, but found that he couldn't make any sound. After the two miraculously survived, so many interviews were given together, but they didn't talk about their experiences back then. But after that, Chen Jiayu never mentioned the caution of every flight and the fear of every failure, but he knew that Chang Bin understood. He knew he understood, but he didn't take the initiative to ask Chang Bin, how do you feel? Will you still remember what happened back then? Maybe it's out of face, maybe it's just a fluke, Chang Bin has more experience than him, so he must accept it better than himself. But he didn't know that Chang Bin was suffering as much, even worse than him. Thinking about it now, of course he didn't blame Chang Bin for being estranged in the past two years, but he felt ashamed in his heart for not reaching out earlier.

In the end, he could only say: "Don't say that, Brother Bin. I was able to fly with you on the 416 three years ago. It may be my blessing in my previous life. If you feel uncomfortable in your heart, you can never see me again, as long as You feel good, whatever you do."

Chang Bin hurriedly said: "That was the very beginning. It's fine now, I'm retired, and I've almost adjusted. From now on, I'll be in front of your eyes every day."

Chen Jiayu forced a smile.

This meal is full of mixed flavors. Although the last two people spoke, Chen Jiayu knew that Chang Bin's confession had unearthed the deep uneasiness hidden in his heart. The emergency landing of Flight 416 in Hong Kong was destined to be a hurdle in his life. Many times, he thought he had stepped over it, but it found it again.