女機長王崢的“藍天傳奇”

2011年3月，隨著一組名為“中國最美女機長”的照片在網上瘋傳，人們在驚嘆主人公的美麗容貌和颯爽英姿之余，也對這位不到29歲的女孩充滿了好奇：她如何從一名普通大學生蝶變成了“云朵上的金領”？作為中國國際航空公司歷史上80后女機長，她的生活又是怎樣的？

把握機遇，女大學生激活“飛天”夢

杭州蕭山國際機場待飛區，一位年輕漂亮的女孩坐在飛機駕駛艙內，靜候塔臺的指令。幾分鐘后，塔臺發令：“A321，可以進入跑道。”女孩回答：“可以起飛，A321。”她用纖細的手輕推推桿，發動機加油，機輪緩緩駛向跑道。隨著女孩一系列動作嫻熟的操作，這個機身長度達44.51米、自重60多噸的“龐然大物”，轉眼間拔地而起，呼嘯著飛向藍天。

這就是“中國最美女機長”的一個工作側影。她叫王崢，1982年出生在北京一個普通家庭。王崢現在是“國航”浙江分公司第九飛行大隊空客A321機型的一名機長，也是國航歷史上第一位女機長，并且最年輕。

從小聰慧的王崢，始終對一些特別的東西充滿好奇，在別的女孩都琢磨著如何給小布娃娃穿衣服時，她卻告訴父母，自己喜歡飛機，理想是開著飛機翱翔藍天！直到上高中時王崢才了解到，只有男飛行員才能飛上藍天。

直到2003年7月，一些擁有“飛天”夢想的女孩終于看到了曙光：國航在飛行員的選拔中，首次打破只招收男生的金科玉律，女孩也可以駕駛飛機了！報紙上的這條消息，迅速“激活”了王崢沉寂多年的夢想。盡管當時已經是一名大二學生，學的專業是與航天毫不沾邊的電子信息技術，但她還是懷著“試著去做才能成功”的心態，瞞著父母悄悄報了名。

“每個項目測試之后都有女孩哭著被淘汰掉，相當殘酷。”說起當初的嚴格篩選，王崢感慨不已。要被選拔為女飛行員，除了身高要在1.65米到1.75米之間，其他要求與男飛行員沒有任何不同。招飛對象都要經過苛刻的篩選程序，標尺近乎完美。首先是上百項檢查，身體合格后還要通過注意力、分配能力、手腳協調能力等飛行素質方面的選拔，之后是心理能力的測試，最后還要例行政審，其中任何一項有微小的不符都將被刷掉。

直到與國航簽訂合同之前，王崢才打電話告訴家人，說自己即將被送進中國航空學院學習飛行專業。最初，王崢的父母并不支持她的選擇，覺得飛行員是一個高危職業，女孩子還是在辦公室里穩穩當當的比較好。但王崢已經下定了圓夢的決心，見勸說無效，父母也只好尊重她的選擇。

王崢原本一直是個安靜、纖柔的女孩。但成了飛行學員后，她刻意讓自己經常跟男學員一起跑步、打球、爬山，和他們打成一片。漸漸地，這位嬌柔美女變得性格沉穩、意志堅定，身上還多了一股男孩子般的韌勁。她明白，飛行員一直是男人的領域，女孩子想在這個行業有所成就，就得付出更多的努力。除了加強鍛煉身體，磨礪性格，王崢每天還要背航空理論、航行法規、外語、氣象等相關知識，一天常常只睡4個小時。“這個專業非同尋常，民航飛行員，責任大過天，必須刻苦學習才行。”王崢認真地說。

浪漫刺激，云朵上收獲別樣經歷

2004年12月，王崢和另兩名女孩在國內學完理論課后，又被派到美國SPARTAN公司接受試飛訓練。該公司成立于1928年，堪稱民航界的“西點軍校”，曾培養出包括美國前總統老布什在內的許多飛行員。

登機演練是一對一進行的。一次，美國教練瑞恩帶王崢操練盲降。他們的盲降并非是在夜間進行，而是鉆進能見度為零的云層。平時沒有鉆云的機會，教學規則也不允許，這時練著練著，年輕女孩愛玩的心就露出來了，王崢請示瑞恩說：“我想摸摸窗外的云彩，很小時我就有過撫摸白云的愿望。”教練覺得好笑，說：“那不就是水嗎？有什么好摸的？”王崢笑著說：“我就是想摸摸它。”

教學規則是不允許飛行中打開舷窗的，但或許是王崢的浪漫情懷感染了教練，一向嚴厲的他竟然破天荒地“開明”了一次，說：“那你就摸一下吧。”

這種機型駕駛艙左前方有個拳頭大小的副窗，王崢小心翼翼打開它，把手伸了出去。濃重的云霧在她五指間掠過，冰冷，但很爽，想想世間有多少人能摸到天上的云彩？她不由幸福地喊叫：“我撫摸過云朵了！”一串歡快的笑聲飄蕩在云層中。

第一次試駕飛機，面對復雜的儀表盤，過度興奮的王崢有點手忙腳亂，雙手根本不夠用。她幾乎忘記了此前爛熟于心的一切理論。在美國教練瑞恩的口令下，油門推桿被王崢推到了頭，發動機的轟鳴聲頓時大了起來，飛機迅速向前躥去。隨著教練的“起飛”口令，王崢用力地把操縱桿一拉，機頭一下子高高地翹了起來，向天際沖去。開始幾次，王崢每一次飛下來都是一身汗。熬過了適應期，王崢駕駛飛機的技術日臻嫻熟。

2006年5月，SPARTAN公司第一次讓王崢獨自操控教練機。飛行員首次飛行最難的是過起落關，因為飛行最容易出事故的就是起飛和降落時的3分鐘。而對于起落這一關，王崢卻做得近乎完美。異國教練欣慰地說：“就算是一名老飛行員，也只能做到如此了。”單飛過關后，王崢又一鼓作氣通過了私人駕照、商用駕照和儀表理論三大考試，成為這一屆最早完成所有課程的學員。

回國后，王崢進入國航浙江分公司開始上飛機跟飛。

2007年初，王崢迎來了她人生中的“處女航”，以副駕駛身份從杭州飛上海。當經歷過許多的付出，終于能駕駛著大型客機展翅高飛，王崢激動的心情不言而喻。當天，王崢標準的動作、對起落的精確控制，讓她身邊的老機長都感到驚訝，感嘆道：“你這丫頭，有天分！”

敬業最美麗，“80后”女機長走紅網絡

因飛行技術精湛，對工作認真負責、一絲不茍，2010年7月，已累積飛行了2700多小時 (對機長的“硬件”要求) 的王崢，被公司提拔為責任機長。這不僅意味著她的年薪翻了近三倍，而且以后還可以獨立帶領副手駕駛飛機，并全權指揮一架客機上的所有事務。

但升“官”后不久，王崢卻經歷了一場生死考驗。2010年初冬的一天，她執飛一趟從杭州到北京的大型客機，當天北京有霧，但不影響降落。誰知，當飛機在首都機場附近下降至1000英尺時，王崢突然發現，兩側儀表的飛行指引不一致，航向相差約15度，左側儀表此時也無法截獲地面發來的盲降信息。飛機駕駛艙內有兩套相同的操作系統，相互之間是聯動的，由機長(左座)和副駕駛同步操作。兩套駕駛系統必須保持完全一致，才能保證飛行安全，一旦出現失誤，后果不堪設想。

身為主駕駛的王崢一下緊張起來，這到底該信哪一套儀表？此時飛機正在下降，按規定，飛機下降到離地面295英尺時，如果還看不到機場跑道，就必須“復飛”上天，改落其他機場。眼看就要到達這個高度了，王崢心跳如擂鼓。她一遍遍命令自己：一定要冷靜，冷靜。

關鍵時刻，這位女機長果斷決定“復飛”，同時聯系地面雷達，等待引導，一邊做“檢查單”（按照每一個飛行程序的詳細步驟，檢查一遍操作上是否有遺漏）。飛機上升到3000英尺的高度盤旋著，她判斷可能是左側的慣性導航系統故障，把導航電門轉至右側，終于收到了盲降信息！

整個降落過程，駕駛艙里驚心動魄。但客艙里有人在打盹兒，有人在聊天，大多數客人只知飛機因霧延時了。一場生死攸關的大考驗，由于機長冷靜處理，最終化險為夷。當飛機穩穩地在首都機場停下來，乘客們輕松地走出客艙時，王崢長長地舒了一口氣，緊繃著的神經這才松弛了下來。再看外面霧中的北京，她覺得格外美麗。

有時飛機平穩地落地以后，旅客下飛機時會由衷地跟乘務長說“機長今天飛得真棒”。當他們發現，從駕駛艙走出的居然是一個20多歲的姑娘時，不由驚呼：“天！還是位年輕女機長啊，真了不起！”

穿上制服的王崢英姿勃發、漂亮干練，經常會有乘客索要她的電話，與她合影，甚至請她簽名。有一次下機加油時，一位搬運工人專門過來要求用手機給她拍個照片，要激勵家中的小女兒積極上進，長大了像她一樣！這激發了王崢作為一名國航女機長的榮譽感和責任感。

盡管父母很希望女兒多陪陪他們，一起過個節日，但他們說得最多的一句話就是“你放心去飛吧，家里一切都安好”。漸漸地，家里的節假日就完全跟王崢的工作聯系在了一起，她什么時候回來，一家人就什么時候“過節”。

王崢說平時她的空閑并不多，飛行的航前準備和航后總結也要一定的時間，很多時候還要在異地過夜，加上不斷的業務學習。一旦有點屬于自己的時間，她也會像一般女孩那樣，喜歡看電視和逛街購物，以及尋找各地的美食美景。這位“金領”機長的生活，過得簡單而快樂。

2011年3月，不知哪位“粉絲”把王崢的一組工作照傳到了網絡上，很快就被瘋狂轉載。“英姿颯爽”、“給力”、“養眼”等贊譽之詞隨之涌來。王崢怎么也想不到，常年飛在藍天上的她很少拋頭露面，竟也能走紅網絡，并被網友們冠以“中國最美女機長”的稱號。□

Young Female Captain Takes off

By Bi Yuntian

Wang Zheng， a 29-year-old female captain with Zhejiang Branch of Air China stationed at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport， flies Airbus 321 now. She is Air China’s first female captain and the youngest captain of both genders.

Born into an ordinary family in Beijing in 1982， Wang as a little girl cherished a hope of flying airplanes. While other girls loved dolls she loved airplanes and the sky. She grew up with the dream of piloting an airplane， but the dream crashed in her second senior high school year when she finally learned that only males would have an opportunity to be pilots. It was not until July 2003 when she was 21 and a sophomore majoring in electronics technology that she heard of the great news that Air China was recruiting women candidates for pilots. She signed up with Air China but kept her parents in the dark.

The selection procedure was extremely strict for a woman candidate. A successful candidate must stand between 1.65 and 1.75 meters tall and she must satisfy all other requirements as strict as those for a man candidate. She went through near 100 physical tests successfully. Then she passed tests of her concentration capability and eye-hand coordination capability. Then she passed the psychology tests. Routine security check was a must. The professional aptitude test was torturing. In one of the tests， you sit in a chair. The chair spins clockwise several dozens times and then it turns anticlockwise equal times. As soon as the chair stops spinning， you are supposed to stand up and walk straightforward. Of more than 300 women applicants， only Wang Zheng and two others passed all the tests. Probably she was born with a perfect physique for flying and her teen-age dream of becoming a pilot was a telltale indicator.

Before she was going to sign a contract with Air China for a pilot course study at the Civil Aviation University of China， Wang Zheng revealed all of this to her parents. Her parents raised their concerns， thinking flying in the sky would be too risky and the best job for their daughter would be an office work down on earth. But Wang Zheng was adamant. Her parents finally agreed to let her try.

A quiet girl in high school， Wang Zheng did not stand out in sports. But as soon as she was recruited into the pilot course， she knew she needed changing herself. The study was grueling. More often than not， she slept only four hours a day in order to stay on the track.

By December 2004， she had finished all the classroom studies. She went with two other girls to get hands-on training at Spartan， a pilot training company in USA， which in the aviation industry is considered something like West Point Academy for USA army. In May 2006， she first successfully piloted a trainer independently. Before long， she passed three key qualification examinations and acquired a private pilot license and a commercial pilot license. She was the first among the whole batch of pilot students that passed all the examinations.

Back in China， she was assigned to Hangzhou-based Zhejiang Branch of Air China. The first day she put on her pilot uniform and looked at herself in the mirror， she was so proud and happy that she found herself looking extremely smart and handsome.

Her first flight was a short one: a 180-kilometer journey from Shanghai to Hangzhou. She worked as a copilot， her performance accurate and effective. The captain was deeply impressed by the young female pilot’s efficiency and proficiency， commenting that the girl was indeed talented.

She was happy to fly and gradually she got to understand why airlines now want women pilots. As technology improves， piloting a jumbo jet is no longer a huge demand on physical build. Women pilots have their advantages: they are more careful and sharp-eyed for possible mistakes and hidden defects and they are good at hundreds of buttons and switches.

One summer day in 2009， Wang Zheng flew from Hangzhou to Bangkok. After the plane landed， she did the routine check around the plane on the ground to see if there was any anomaly. She noticed some water dripping from a wastewater outlet at the bottom of the fuselage. She asked the ground technicians where the water was coming from. The ground technicians said stewardesses might be draining water from the kitchen. Wang Zheng was careful. She boarded the plane and checked. The water was not coming from the kitchen. She came back and watched more carefully. The water kept running. She reported the anomaly to the captain by phone. The captain ordered a thorough examination. Under the kitchen is a small cabin for more than 50 computers. When the door of the cabin was opened， the ground technicians were astonished to find a large pool of water on the floor as a water pipe passing through the computer cabin had broken. The water would not cause any danger when the plane was on ground. But it could flood some computers in the cabin when the plane climbed up at a steep angle in its takeoff. The hidden disaster was fixed thanks to Wang Zheng.

By July 2010， Wang Zheng had flown more than 2，700 hours and she graduated to captainship that month. That means she now commands an airplane and she has her own copilot.

She has had her share of emergencies. She piloted a large passenger plane from Hangzhou to Beijing one early winter day in 2010. It was foggy in Beijing， but the weather allowed touchdown. While the plane was smoothly descending toward the runway， Wang Zheng suddenly found the instruments on either side of her were telling a different story. The instruments on the left side failed to catch the blind landing information from the ground controller.

She knew it was an emergency. If the plane descended to 295 feet above the runway and she did not have the signal， she must get the plane up again. The 295 feet mark was fast approaching. She decided to get the plane up. The plane went up to 3，000 feet and circled above the airport while she tried to contact the ground radar and checked the landing checklist again to see whether anything had been missed. After diagnosing that the inertia guidance system was out of order， she switched the control to the right side and the plane immediately received the blind landing signal. The passengers were unaware of the emergency， though they knew the flight would be late to arrive in Beijing due to the heavy fog. When the plane finally stood still and passengers began to file out， Wang felt relieved. Looking at the night scene at the foggy airport， she felt it was beautiful.

Passengers are always amazed when they find the captain is a girl in her late 20s. Some passengers want her telephone number. Many want to pose with her for a photo. Once the plane touched down for refueling， an airport porter came over and photographed her on his cell phone. The porter explained that he wanted to show his daughter what women could achieve. That moment made Wang Zheng especially proud.

As a captain， Wang Zheng runs a busy schedule. Since she became a pilot four years ago， she has never stayed home for holidays and festivals. She is busy during holidays and festivals. And whenever she works， she shuts down her cell phone so that she can concentrate on her job. Her parents adjust their holidays and festivals according to her work schedule. Holidays and festivals are when she is home. She does not have much time for herself. She is often away from home and she attends regular training. But she still finds time to do shopping and watch television series.

In March 2011， someone uploaded a group of photos showing Wang Zheng working as a captain. She found herself catapulting to the national fame overnight. She observes that as China now lacks pilots， some Chinese airliners employ foreign captains and pilots. She says her success would encourage more young women to dream of flying.□