Kuni. Can I ask you a big question?
2008 November 21 (Friday)
What is this all of a sudden? We have to prepare for the approach soon.
What kind of people are fit to be a pilot?
What?
Aptitude, I'm talking about aptitude. I was asked again to handle the recruitment for this year.
Oh, for the trainees. What were your standards
for acceptance until last year?
- Intuition. - Intuition?
Do you think it is alright to decide the future of someone's life with my intuition?
Why not?
I am going to descend. Tokyo control,
All Nippon 5992, request descend.
We are going to descend.
Let's say for instance that you are going on your honeymoon.
To the country of passion, Spain. Your wife's hobby is the flamenco.
Wife? I don't have a wife.
What kind of pilot do you want at the controls for your trip?
- Well... I wouldn't want someone that is not good. - They are students.
You don't know if they will become good or not.
Then it's your intuition. That is it.
So it's intuition after all.
- Thank you for your work. - Thank you for your work.
Oh hey. Are you not hungry?
- No, I am still alright. - Oh, that is a coincidence.
I am also still alright. Then should we go get something to eat next week?
- Get something to eat? - Yes.
- Alright. - Okay.
Then I will contact you later. I will write you a letter so please tell me your address.
- A letter? - Yes. Oh, a letter
will take too long, wouldn't it? Alright, then... could you tell me your email address?
- Alright. - Do you have IR?
- Kunikida-kun. - Yes.
How does your schedule look like for next week?
- I's all filled up. - Then please make some time. Alright.
- Then should we go for Chinese next time? - Alright.
Please do that.
That guy...
I don't know if it is onsha or heisha
Onsha or heisha both are a police way to address a company in a letter.
but do these companies and those companies all reject you with a single piece of paper.
How many entry sheets do you think that I have written?
Rewriting it all every time, with a miswritten character. And they are all handwritten.
You guys should also send me a handwritten rejection letter
and not just a copy.
- Here is your yakisoba. - Thank you for waiting.
Thank you very much.
- Alright, the sashimi plate is ready. - Alright.
Could you take care of it oka-san. Um... The 3 variety one goes to nr.3 and
- the 5 variety one goes to nr. 1. - Alright.
Thank you for waiting. This is the 3 variety version.
This is the 5 variety version. Thank you for waiting.
Alright. A oolong-hai and a ochawari.
A ochawari without ice for you and 1 ohiya. There you go.
Haru-chan. I am amazed that you don't mess up the orders.
Of course not. How long do you think I have been helping out at this place.
- The bill please. - Alright.
Um... Edamame, 2 beer and 2 oolong-hai each, so in total 4.
Karaage, yakisoba, yakionigiri and a mozukusu. So the total is 4760 yen.
- Here you go. - Alright.
Then that is... 240 yen as change.
- So that will make it 2380 yen per person. - Alright.
- Thank you for the food. - Thank you for coming every time.
Oh, thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
Family restaurant DonDon, Bridal salon B-ring
and the Miyata factory.
Please give me all of them. I will apply to all of them.
Oh, that is right.
Did you already apply for this one?
Yes I did. I got rejected for both cabin attendant and ground staff.
I even applied for maintenance staff and got rejected.
Then... what about this?
A pi... pilot? Even though I have never been on a airplane?
Oh come on. I would say things like "Take off"?
That is right, "Take off!".
- Then I will take it just in case. - Alright. Just in case.
These are the rough steps
2008 December 8 (Monday)
for a trainee to become a co-pilot.
Trainees will go through 4 years of training
only to be able to pass the competence certification...
Please don't do this to me.
I had plans after this.
- What am I supposed to talk about anyway? - Well
you should just say something like a passionate spirit or having
- a healthy body that supports that. - Then why don't
- you do it? - There is no way that
I can't do something that lame.
The most important thing for a pilot is having a passionate spirit
and a healthy body. Um... In the field...
Please turn off
all mobile phones and electrical devices during landing and takeoff.
Hello. Suzu? What? Right now? Oh~ I am at work.
A pilot information session? No, of course I would not go there.
I thought so. You said that you would give up on that dream
and go find a more realistic job.
Where are you now?
- Your room. - What! Why are you in my room...
Did you enter without telling me? I can't believe you did that.
Those are my words. I told you, right?
I don't want you to become a pilot!
There would be no time for us to be together if you go flying around everywhere.
I know. I really do. I love you.
Are there people that have any questions?
No one? Then I will excuse myself.
- Yes. - What is it?
I have never been on a airplane
but can I still become a pilot?
Don't worry. You can get on one everyday when you become a pilot.
- Can I ask you one more question? - What?
I also don't like going on roller coasters
- but can I still become a pilot? - Don't worry.
Because airplanes are the safest way of transport in the world.
- Can I ask you one more question? - What?
My name is Oda Chisato from Tokyo University.
What do you think the aptitude of a pilot should be?
Oh man, this is so annoying...
Um... passion and be healthy above all.
Um... There are especially a low number of women so do your best.
Oda-san! Hey, Oda-san from Tokyo University!
You are the one that asked the question, right? About what the aptitude of a pilot should be.
- Do you want something from me? - Are we the same age?
I don't know how old you are but I am 24.
I studies abroad for 1 year and now I am doing a postgraduate course.
- Like I thought. - "Like I thought"?
- Explain what you mean by that? - I already thought that you would be older than me.
Then shouldn't you use keigo? Isn't that common sense?
Keigo is using the polite form for speaking to someone. Like putting -san -sama after someone's name
- But we joined in the same year, haven't we? - You say that we joined so easily.
But do you know what the chances are to enter? It is 1 in 100.
What? Is it that low?
Oh well, if this doesn't work out then I will get over it and find something else.
- What about you Oda-san? - I only have this.
What? Your chances are just 1 in 100 and you are only applying for this?
- You are such a risk taker. - What is your name?
Tezuka Haru. Call me "Haru".
Tezuka-san, you have no experience with sports clubs, don't you?
How do you know that? During middle school I was in the handicrafts club and in high school I was in the arts club.
- And in university I was in the manga research club. - They are all different culture clubs.
You are the type that doesn't stick at anything. I was part of the archery club during middle school, high school and university.
- Sports clubs, vertical relationships. Do you understand? - I see.
So now you are finally liberated from those strict vertical relationships.
I don't want to be liberated from it. On the contrary,
I actually want to perfect it even more. Do you understand? Or do you not understand?
You don't understand, don't you. Then we are finished talking. See you.
See you Oda-san. See you again!
Listen, it's not "again".
There are 5000 pilot examinees. Those that will pass are at most 20~30 people.
We are rivals that will fight for one of those spots from now on.
We are not friends so don't act so friendly towards me.
- Let's both do our best. - Shut up!
- Oh man you made her angry. - I didn't mean to.
- Who are you? - Oh, me? I am Kishii.
- And you? Do you want to become a pilot? - Well... I don't know yet.
- And you. - Of course I do.
- Do you know how much a pilot earns in a year? - No I don't
- What? Really!? - Isn't that amazing.
Looking good in your suit and flying all over the world.
- I really need to become one. - A pilot sounds good.
Oh man... Why are you getting me involved in this.
2009 March 3 (Tuesday)
I just thought by myself that it wouldn't be a bad thing to go on a trip with you controlling the airplane.
- Like on a honeymoon? - A honeymoon...
- Then let's do this. - Let's get started.
Becoming a pilot has already been a dream of mine from when I was a child.
I see.
I always loved airplanes
and the first time I flew in one was with your airline company.
Thank you very much.
I don't want to just look at Japan
but I want to look at a wide view of the world.
That is amazing.
I will do anything.
- Anything? - We are in a era where it is hard to find a job.
I don't have the luxury to choose a job.
You want to become a pilot because it is hard to find a job?
I will do anything as long it is a job that I can do.
- I will do my best! - I see.
You are too desperate. We are not looking for a all-round handyman.
You are right...
- The next person please. - But I am healthy!
What is with that guy? He didn't have to laugh that much...
Tezuka!
Oda-san. So we meet again.
- Stop with joking around, even at the interview. - I was not joking around. What else could I have said?
It was such a sudden decision to become a pilot.
Those were my honest thoughts.
I am telling you that this is exactly where you are not being serious.
A job interview is not a game so you have to think about it.
Like the answers that they are looking for or ways that they would like you.
- Appeal, measures. - I see.
- Thank you for the advice. - That is not it. I am angry at you!
- Really? - Listen, it is common sense
- that you take measures like that. - But what should I appeal about?
I went through high school and university without anything special.
Did you leave some result behind that you can appear about with pride?
- Normally you won't have anything, right? - Graduated in physics at the department of science of Tokyo University.
Captain of the archery club and winner of the Tohoku championship. More than 900 points in the TOEIC.
Experience with studying abroad at Cambridge. At the moment I attend a post graduate degree
- in physics. My major is... - Like I thought.
People like you apply to become a pilot.
How can I become a pilot as someone that doesn't even get accepted at some random companies.
Hold on one moment. I will look like a bad person
- if you become down all of a sudden. - No you won't.
You are just telling the truth.
Then this conversation is over. It's finished.
Oh, so we made up? Are we finally friends? Then we are no longer rivals.
- How does it come to that? - Huh? You guys made up.
- Huh? Who are you? Do you know him? - No I don't.
What!? We spoke with each other the other day. - Taiji!
Oh.
- What are you doing here? - Those are my words.
Didn't you say that you were not going to become a pilot?
- Well... - So you mean that your promise
- to me doesn't mean anything? - That is not true.
Really? Then I will tell the people in charge that you give up.
What? One moment! I got it.
Wait one moment Suzu. Let's have a talk. Alright?
- What was that? - So stupid.
Answers that they want to hear. Ways they would like me.
Appeal, measures.
- Tezuka-san. Please come in. - Alright.
I always had interest in the bridal business.
Please consider me.
My family are also running a restaurant.
I always had interest in the restaurant business.
Huh? My dreams for the future? Oh... So my goals?
One moment please.
It's alright if you don't have any. You don't have to force yourself into coming up with one.
Oh... alright. I don't really have one.
But I will do anything that I can do.
- I will do my best working here. - I understand.
The interview has finished. Thank you.
Go on and have that tea before you go.
Oh, then I will gladly.
Except for our place, what kind of places have you applied for?
Whatever I could apply for.
The electronics, distribution, fashion, food and aviation field.
- The aviation field? Like for a cabin attendant? - For a pilot.
Oh, you have applied in such different fields. How did it go until now?
It didn't work out at all. I was being laughed at.
- Was it a dream of you to become a pilot? - No not at all.
I got scolded at by someone for that.
She said "This is not a game".
So you got scolded. Looking for a job is so tough.
Alright, alright. I didn't really have any interest in the bridal business anyway.
I know. I know~
Oh. Alright, alright. I applied anyway knowing that it wouldn't work out.
What? You must be kidding me. Oh hey! Wait!
Wait, wait, wait...
First round: Passed
You must be kidding me?
- You must be kidding me? - It's true.
- That "I will do anything" girl? - I passed her.
You can't do that.
I got reassurance again during these job interviews.
That I don't want to board a airplane that is controlled by a liar.
A liar...
- Kunikita-kun. - Yes.
- What am I to you? - A sempai pilot.
A sempai pilot is someone that has been a pilot longer than you.
- What else? - My former instructor.
And yet you don't come to me to tell me empty compliments.
You just tell me strait if you don't like something.
You won't keep to the flight plan that I came up with if you don't like it.
- I get hurt by that. - Did you care about that?
But I have more trust in someone that is like that.
I am not saying that the other students are lying.
But she is the only one that really said the truth.
If I was a passenger,
I would like to entrust my life to someone that I have more trust in.
Was she really that much of a gem?
- Who are you talking about? - Wow, you scared me!
I heard "That much of a gem", is that about a girl?
Don't stand behind me. Oh, my heart hurts.
- Gochisosama. - Shinozaki-san? Wait.
- Shinozaki... - About which girl are you talking about?
Oh... the girl is a student. A brat that is a trainee.
You are interested in that girl, aren't you?
What? it's some strange brat that said "I will do anything"
during her job interview. What a idiot.
- Just like I thought, you are interested in her. - What?
You say bad things about girls that you are interested in, Konosuke.
Let's not call each other with yobisute. We are not dating each other after all.
Yobisure is a form where you call each other by not putting -sama or -san behind their names. This is very impolite to say to people that you need to be respectful towards.
What! Are we not dating? Even though you whispered those words to me?
- Stop it. - Normally you would get married
- if someone would whisper those words to you~ - Stop it. I told you, stop it.
Oh, it's time for my flight. I have to hurry up.
Oh man~ I would really like to get married.
2009 May 11 (Monday)
Then please operate as you are instructed.
- Alright. - Move the left lever a little bit forward.
Alright.
- It's moving. - Use the steering gear on your left hand
and head towards the runway. - The left hand... Oh, alright.
- Turn right. - Alright.
- Carefully! - Alright.
Where do you live, Tezuka-san?
Excuse me? Oh um... In Kamata. We are running a small restaurant.
- How much would you get if you add the age of your parents together? - What?
- Leave your hand as they are. - Alright.
Um... 109 years.
- Turn the next left. - Alright.
Add this number to that age.
- It's 3100. - Devide it by 2.
That would be 1550 yen. Oh... It's 1550.
Lock the pedal with both feet and move the lever a bit forward.
Alright.
All the way to the front.
Pull the flight stick slowly towards you.
Alright.
Exhale.
Slowly move the flight stick back to normal.
Amazing.
Thank you for your work.
What is the matter?
Please!
I did it!!
I did it~!
Then we ask that each group makes a paper airplane.
We will compete for flight distance. The time limit is 15 minutes.
Please start.
Let's each make 1
and take the one that flew the farthest. That is okay, right?
- Yes. - I think that is good.
Hey, you glasses boy.
You could at least answer. We are on the same team after all.
Let's do this by communicating.
You are really trying to take charge. Are you trying to score points with that?
Huh?
But leadership without results
- will not add to your achievements. - I know that.
What? Huh? Um...
What? You can't fold one?
I used to when I was a child... One moment.
It's alright already. We will do it.
Let's redo it with this.
- First of all you fold it through the middle like this. - Like this?
Are you going to teach her?
- If it is alright that it is the same as mine. - Thank you.
- Like this? - Yes, thats right.
- Can you finish it within 3 minutes? - Yeah...
Then let's make adjustments in the 8 minutes from then.
Alright...
- Hey! Which way do you think you are folding. - Huh? What?
I am telling you that it's the opposite way. Give that to me.
- This way, here you go. - Oh...
With that center of gravity it will not fly but just fall down.
Center of gravity? I don't know what you mean if you suddenly say difficult things like that...
Can you not make the resistance less somehow?
Resistance?
Air resistance. Give that to me.
10 minutes have passed.
Oh no, no. We have no time to take care of other people.
Finish the rest by yourself.
Did we explain it clearly enough? I am sorry. Are you going to be alright?
Yes, I will be alright.
Alright.
I trust in you.
Alright!
What?
Go, go, go! Alright~!
Oda-san!
Hey, what is it this time?
How do you fold that airplane of yours? Could you teach me how to do it?
What? There is no point in folding one anymore now.
- I know that but... - What?
- Are you disappointed in yourself? - Well, yes...
Group activities are not about winning or loosing.
They are looking at things like leadership and cooperativeness.
Then that is even worse for me.
I was just taught how to fold one by everyone.
And I just dragged everyone down and that was all.
What do you think you are doing.
At least within the time frame...
But you have applied to other places, right?
There is no reason for you to be so particular about becoming a pilot.
- I became particular about it. - What?
- You flew at the exam, right? - The simulator?
Yes. A real one will fly if you operate it exactly like that, right?
That is what a simulator is about, after all.
That is really amazing.
What is it? Explain it to me properly.
The airplane floats and it feels like you are also floating.
All the things that are in the way in front of you will disappear.
And before you know it, it is sky and the occasional cloud.
Right in front of the sky.
That is when I saw it.
All the cloudy worries about a job all went away
and I clearly saw my future.
Oh, look at that.
- Over there! - What is it?
I want to be like that. The next time I want to fly with a real one.
Oda-san, I finally understood how you feel.
The moment I flew I thought by myself that this is it.
That this is the only thing for me.
I thought that it didn't matter what job I would get
but in reality I didn't know what I wanted to do.
But now.
I want to become a pilot.
Don't say that so easily.
Listen Tezuka, what do you think that a pilot is in the first place?
A person that controls a airplane.
And on that airplane there are passengers.
Businessmen, people with children, couples and elderly people.
And also babies will get on.
You will have the lives of hundreds of people, that you don't know, in your hands.
I can not act big and say this now but this is what the job of a pilot implies.
It's not just about feeling good.
I hesitated.
I actually wanted to apply to become a pilot 2 years ago.
But then I got scared all of a sudden and ran off to a post graduate degree,
so that is why I am applying now.
But now I am determined.
Tezuka, do you have the determination?
It's easy to say
but I think that becoming a pilot is a job that not just anybody should become.
See you Tezuka.
Miyata factory
"We would like to have the final round of the job interview with you."
- I am accepted? - Yes.
I am sure that you are still applying to other places so I will wait for your answer.
- It can be anytime. - But we haven't talked about anything...
Well the thing is, this is a small company
so I decided to accept you if you would show up
when I told you that this was the final round of the job interview.
Thank you very much.
By the way, how is it going with that other thing?
With becoming a pilot.
I did go until the third round, but it won't work out.
The assignment was to fold a paper airplane
but I was the only one that didn't know how to. In the time I was just taught how to fold one.
This is a job entrance exam, right?
I am surprised that they even taught you.
I held everyone down.
We will gladly welcome you. I will be waiting for a good answer from you.
Alright.
Wow, I managed to get it flying pretty far now.
Even though there is no point in doing it.
- Welcome back. - I am back.
Haru, that came for you.
How did it go?
Results for the third round job application and aviation medical exam
"Tezuka Haru-sama" has "passed" the third round.
You must be kidding me...
Haru.
What should I do...
After being told those things by Oda-san...
The lives of a hundred people. It is not a game to fly around.
- Hey. - Yes?
Haru. What are you planning to do?
About what?
You passed right? For becoming a pilot.
Oh, it's alright already. I gave up on it.
Did you know?
The job of a pilot isn't something that just anyone can do.
You will have the lives of hundreds of people in your hands.
- I was told that by someone else though. - Is that so.
There is no such thing as a job that anyone can do.
Even at a place like this, if you offer something bad
they won't come to this place anymore.
It would be still alright if it tasted good or not.
Peoples lives would be on the line if you would cause food poisoning
You are over reacting.
I am just saying that you have to
accept those facts otherwise you won't be able to do any job.
2009 July 30 (Thursday)
Good morning.
- Oka-san, could you make a norimaki for me. - The counter.
Thank you.
You were being troubled again, aren't you?
You should really stop with that habit of yours. You will get fat with those carbs.
Alright.
- Itadakimasu. - Alright.
Then I will go.
- Are you serious about this? - Yes.
I am sorry. I will go.
Alright.
Please, please, I beg you.
- Thank you for the food. - Are you not eating more?
What? Are you nervous?
A little...
Um... How do I look to you?
- What? - What kind of job do you think I am doing?
Are you going to be alright?
I haven't made a mistake until now after all.
Then it's alright.
Thank you for the food.
- Was that enough? - Yes. I have made up my mind.
Alright.
- Good morning. - Oh, Tezuka-kun.
I am sorry to be so late in giving you my answer.
But this is so sudden. I am happy that you came.
You came at a good time. I will show you the factory.
I am very sorry.
I know that you accepted me.
But I would like to refuse the offer.
I am sorry.
Raise your head and explain it to me properly.
I am still left in the exam to become a pilot.
I made it until the final round in the exam that I thought that I failed.
Then I will wait because you won't know what will happen.
I can not do that.
It has become a dream of mine. To become a pilot.
I was someone that didn't have any dreams.
I want to become a pilot no matter what.
I am sorry.
- Oh man, they will take you away from us like this. - What?
You said that you were taught how to fold an paper airplane, right?
- Yes. - That is a ability of yours.
There are a lot more people in the world that are bad a being taught things.
If I would be one of those recruitment staff
I would like to recruit someone that has the ability to be taught.
You can't do any job unless you are being taught.
These are the springs that we make.
This is a spring that is used in the intake and exhaust valve of the engine of a airplane.
Are you also making parts for airplanes here?
- Didn't you know that? - Um, no...
- We are also in the aviation field. - Oh, really.
A airplane is made out of 3 million parts.
- This spring is one of them. - 3 million...
A airplane will not fly without this even if it is 1 out of 3 million.
Just like a pilot. We are no less than them, aren't we?
Yes.
A good spring doesn't get rusty and doesn't give in.
Don't forget that.
Pass the exam and become a useful pilot like that spring.
Yes!
To be honest, I have never been on a airplane.
- Me too. - What?
Please have me on board when you become a pilot.
Alright. I will do my best when that time comes.
Alright. So when is that job interview?
10 o'clock today.
- Today? - Yes.
Today? Where?
- At Haneda. - Haneda? Hey, hey.
Hey, you have to hurry! You won't make it in time.
- Come on... - You are right!
Come on, hurry!
- Do your best! - I will go then!
Do your best and fly!
2010 April 1 (Thursday)
To our new employees,
to bring a smile and to touch the hearts of the customer,
do not be afraid to make mistakes, be grateful to the feeling that you want to do something...
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Oh, it has been a while.
- Please have some tea. - Thank you.
Kanoko-chan, you have also been here for a long time already.
And how about it? What about things like marriage?
Come on Shirozaki-san. I will break your knee caps.
You are the same as always.
So is he still coming here everyday?
Yes. He comes here everyday to eat something.
Oh my. So he still comes here after becoming a captain.
Good morning!
What could be in the miso soup today...
- There he comes. - What are you doing here?
Alright then Kuni. Come together with me.
- But I haven't eaten yet... - It's alright.
- Skip eating food then. - What?
What? Where are we going?
We made it in time.
- What is this? - Next
We will announce the members of each group
for the in-house pilot training program for this year.
- Group A, Oda Chisato. - Yes.
- Kishii Taiji. - Yes.
Taiji!
You look very good even with your hair cut.
What!? Why? Why are you...
- Please be quiet! - I am sorry. Are you serious...
- Kotori Sho. - Yes!
- Yamada Kazuo. - Yes!
- Moroboshi Maya. - Yes.
- Tezuka Haru. - Yes.
What? Why did you pick her?
- Intuition. - Intuition...
And the instructor of group A is
- Captain Kunikida Konosuke. - Excuse me?
What is the meaning of this?
- Do your best Kunikida-kun. - What?
Hey!
Are you serious...
Oh man~ This means that I will have less flights.
This is all the fault of you guys.
- A 767. - It's so big.
- Let's work well together big Kotori-kun. - Like wise.
Kotori literally means small bird.
It's a mystery to me why you got accepted.
- You too. - What?
Oda-san. Let's work well together.
Does this mean that we are no longer rivals? Have we become friends now?
We are no longer rivals but we are not friends.
- Why? - It takes 4 years to become a pilot.
You will be together when you are sleeping or awake.
You won't make it by just acting like friends.
What...
Do you guys really think that you guys can become pilots in the first place?
Yes. I came here with that in mind.
- Do you have the confidence? - Yes, I have.
You will only be able to say that now.
Prepare yourselves.
Oh man... this is so annoying.
I am going to fly a airplane in America!
We have come North Dakota!
So we can finally fly.
Gather at the airport at 6:30 in the morning.
Hey, hey!
Don't think that it will be easy to fly.
That is not our area.
Isn't that unfair? We were also in line.
Don't talk back like that.
Engine and instruments, check.
- Stop! - Haru!
We are very sorry.
Are you listening Tezuka?
Don't depend on someone's kindness because you are a trainee.