Chapter 1189: Veteran

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Listening to Brooks Kantor say this, Chen Geng suddenly reacted: There are too many registered pilots in the United States, not to mention those pilots who retire from the military every year, the number of civilian pilots who graduate from aviation schools every year is also a huge number, according to the statistics of the Federal Aviation Administration, the number of registered pilots with pilot licenses in the United States exceeds 800,000, so many people, some of them can't find suitable jobs and live unsatisfactory lives, isn't that normal?

After all, even if you go to the civil aviation system to find a job, you have to have a vacancy in the civil aviation system and pass their test.

Thinking of this, Chen Geng nodded: "Before this, what was his basic resume?"

Brooks Kantor breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said: "He was a pilot of the A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft, and after the A-1 Skyraider was retired, he continued to fly the A-7 Corsair II jet carrier-based attack aircraft for 11 years, after which he chose to retire and worked as a flight instructor at an aviation school in Alaska...... Mr. FernΓ‘ndez, I assure you in my personal honour that this friend of mine is a very reliable and very disciplined man, who is just now experiencing some difficulties and needs a chance. ”

"Yes, well, Mr. Kanter, for the sake of him being your friend, I can give him a chance, if he can meet our demands. ”

As for whether an old pilot in his 50s can go to the battlefield, and he is not flying a fighter plane anyway, Chen Geng feels that there should be no big problem.

Brooks Kanter didn't expect Chen Geng to give himself face so much, so he agreed so happily, and thanked him again and again: "Thank you, thank you, Mr. Fernandez, thank you so much." ”

"You're welcome, after all, it's not so easy to find a real 'Sky Raider' pilot now," Chen Geng said with a smile: "If you don't mind, you can let him come over now, just let him drive the 'Sky Raider' with a new engine to show my friends the power of the 'Sky Raider'." ”

Brooks Kanter's eyes lit up and he nodded hurriedly: "I'll notify him right away." ”

Bidding farewell to Brooks Kanter, Chen Geng thought of more: after all, this old man is a real A-1 "Sky Raider" pilot and an A-7 "Corsair II" carrier-based jet attack pilot, and after retiring, he is engaged in flight training. What to avoid, there should be no one more familiar with him than him, from this point of view, this guy is a talent, even if he can't go to the battlefield, at least be an instructor and train a group of qualified pilots for himself, right?

Thinking of this, Chen Geng decided, as long as this guy's performance is not particularly bad, then give him a chance.

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Before meeting this friend of Brooks Kanter, Chen Geng's mind unconsciously gave a personal portrait of this unlucky old man: he is in his early 50s, but because of his poor life, he looks like a bad old man who is almost 70 years old, with messy hair, maybe he is a perennial alcoholic, with a unique rosacea because of perennial alcoholism, and there is a smell of alcohol on his body, and he walks staggeringly......

In short, it is not much better than the homeless man on the street, maybe in order to see himself, he will deliberately clean himself up, but some sequelae of perennial alcoholism are always indispensable - although Brooks Kanter has introduced the situation of this old man to Chen Geng before, and personally vouched for the other party, but Chen Geng still put a question mark in his heart: The information is credible, so what do you need to interview?

But after seeing this guy with his own eyes, Chen Geng realized that he was thinking a little too much. The person introduced by Kanter, although the wrinkles on his face are very deep, but the whole person is very clean, the beard on his face is clean, the standard pilot's unique inch head, not only does not have the feeling of perennial alcoholism, but the waist pole is quite straight, and the figure of about 1.75 meters is not bloated and out of shape at all, but looks very capable, if it is not for the fact that he is not wearing a military uniform, Chen Geng feels that this is a stern old instructor, the only thing that makes Chen Geng see that this guy's economic conditions are not well-off, is that he washes a little whitish military uniform and his face is unique to fatigue due to the pressure of life, but even such a set of washed and slightly whitish military uniforms are clean, and there is not a single pleat in the ironing.

In general, Chen Geng felt very good about the former A-1 "Sky Raider" attack aircraft and the A-7 "Corsair II" attack aircraft named Barry Hamp.

"Mr. Barry Hamp," Chen Geng stretched out his hand to the other party: "Hello, I'm Fernandez Chen, that's right, it's that Fernandez Chen." ”

"Hello, Mr. Fernandez," the old man named Barry Hamp shook Chen Geng's hand vigorously, "It's an honor to meet you, you are a big man in the legends." ”

"Haha...... You're a good talker. ”

Chen Geng laughed twice, and did not deny this, in the United States and even in the world, there should not be many people who have not heard of his name. After a pause, Chen Geng pointed to the A-1 "Sky Raider" not far behind him and said to Barry Hamp: "Mr. Hamp, Mr. Kanter introduced you, I believe you have received some necessary information from Mr. Kanter, right?"

"Yes," Barry Hamp held his head high, "Mr. Kanter told me that you set up a defense contracting company with some powerful bigwig friends, and then modified a batch of Skyraider attack aircraft, ready to contract some low-intensity missions such as battlefield patrols from overseas military operations of the United States." ”

"That's right," Chen Geng nodded: "To tell you the truth, your first impression on me is very good, before this, after hearing that your personal financial situation is not very good, I thought you were a sloppy image and completely ruined your professional skills, but now it seems that you have been managing yourself very well, which makes me very happy, it seems that Mr. Kanter does not seem to recommend any unreliable people......"

Speaking of this, Chen Geng looked at Barry Hamp: "But Mr. Hamp, your physical condition is here, you are 54 years old, are you sure that your physical condition can continue to perform battlefield flight missions?"