Originally Posted by
NEDude
Modern Chinese culture is nowhere near 4,000 years old. The Communist revolution, Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution has destroyed the last vestiges of the ancient culture of "China".
Totally agree with Turbosina - regardless of their historical contributions to human development, the pollution, overcrowding, spitting, constant blaring of car horns, lack of food safety all make living in China intolerable for most people, even a great number of the Chinese.
YGBMFSM! What the two of you said holds true in my experience at a large 737 operator in Fujian Province.
The culture also affects how the leaders do their jobs and how they (not!) train pilots to operate on the line. Memorize the manuals, fly like a robot and do not talk about bad events or be severely punished.
One pilot here has a doomsday clock counting down at "ten seconds to midnight" meaning a crash. He thought they about bought the farm when BOTH pilots on a flight managed to kill BOTH IRUs on a plane, couldn't land on the first approach, but landed on the second one. No more lucky breaks are in the queue. Hey, what I just said was strictly forbidden by the leaders.
What is good? They pay on time.
Here, read another document about flying in China:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...t?usp=drivesdk