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Name: Edward
Country: Hong Kong
Metro: Hong Kong
Birthday: 5/24/1983
Gender: Male


Occupation: Student
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Sunday, November 23, 2008

Hi, if anyone still reading my annually update weblog, thanks you.

 

I have started my work in Cathay for more than a year, it's ground position and I dont enjoy by anyway. I am too obsessed by flying, I just cannot forget how I failed my last chance. And, I can barely understand why I would had such a bad luck for my last grading. If you have read my pervious entry, you may know I had beend put into the advance grading and the main reason for my failure is that I can adapt myself to the ADVANCE grading.

However, right after my batch, Cathay have introduced a intermediate grading for their Cadet Pilot Applicants. This newly introduced level is basically a basic grading plus 3 more aerobatic flights, which mean the learning process is still allow in the first 7 setors (i.e the basic grading). This is totally different from my ADVANCE grading which expect I should acquire all the required skills before I go for the test. Well~~may be this is life.

 

If the intermediate grading was introduced one batch ealier, I should be in and not to be graded in the inappropriate advance grading.

I am going to try again in a short future. Hopefully, I could defence myself that my failure was totally since I was not put into a correct grading system. Friends, please bless me with your wish. I am really hoping one last chance for myself. 


Friday, November 16, 2007

太美好的東西 會走 還未愛夠了你 怎放手
從來不肯假想 失去你那感受 我這對腳 怎麼走

If cherishing doesn't make anything good, what should be the right attitude toward my beloved one~?Most of the good thing in my life were just like mirage, but they were so real enough for me to have a taste of honey. Is a small taste be good enough for my life?Should  I be grateful for those good "starts" that make me change my attitude toward life? OR I should  be disappointed by the bad finishing.

I know I am still young to have a review for my history, but I have to admit that I could not catch anything during my last 24 years. I just simply cant hold all the things or people that are important to me, unless those would willing to stay with no reason. Sometime I believe I could judge or decide to work for something, I do believe I was not doing too bad at that moment and I do work smart and hard toward my goal. However, the sweet ending simply doesnt come to me too. Maybe there is a hiden cause in my personality, if yes, I just want to find it out and fix the problem. If everything should have a proper solution, what should I do to make it happen?Should it be a great change for my attitude or it is just a samll hidden corner that havent been discovered yet~!?

I do cherish you~~if I could have chance, I would make it become a life time promise~~


Friday, September 14, 2007

Once again I have recieved the regret letter from CX. This time I don't have such a strong feeling as last time, maybe I have really prepared or this is less painful for the second time.

In some point of view, this is good for my future planning. Fail of flight grading mean no further chance in the future, so that I could completely eliminate my flying dream from my career planning. Hopefully,threr is a way for me to move on. 


Sunday, September 09, 2007

It's a private E-mail, but nothing wrong to make it public

Dear Di Lo, Capt Robbo, Mr. Cavanagh and Uncle Allan,
 
Edward is still waiting for the result for my Flight Grading,I am fine and mentally prepared for any news, either good or bad. Actually, some graders from my group have got their successful result on Fri already and they are going to settle their Uniform within the early next week. For me and the rest of the uninformed graders, we are actually expecting a confirmed result for us, either good or bad would give us a better direction for our future planning.
 
Personally, I believe I had done all my best for my grading and I should have no regret for my result. Have a chance to fly again is beautiful enough for me and I do really treasure every single second that I spent on my pilot seat.The advance grading indeed is a bit complicate for me who have lost most of my basic general handling skills in the 3 years gap. 3 years are not a very long time, but it is long enough to depreciate my skill. I believe flying is just like any other sports, practise is the most essential part to make perfect performance. CX Advance grading is designed for someone who have some solid fundamental skills and they expect all the techniques are well understood by the graders, I could realised how important is it to make the game fair for those who have no previous experience. Frankly, I have no complain for the advance system and I trust the professional judgement from FTA.
 
Beside of the struggling of my general handling skills, some of the newly introduced techniques were nicely carried out, 0.5 nm and 1 degree accuracy for point to point navigation should be great enough for grader. Anyway, my general handling is really a problem, I have tried my best to fly my plane accurately and it's easy without those advance manoeuvres,but there is no time for the CX advance grader to spend on catching up their BASIC flying skill. I could recognize how untidy of my flying and how difficult is my skills to impress my instructors that I am good for flying.
 
Anyway, I do very much appreciate all you have done for me and all of your care about me. GAPAN scholarship did helped me to realized my dream.I couldn't agree anymore that I was privileged to knows all of the great people from GAPAN and through out the process of my scholarship, especially the four of you. I have learnt and my horizon have been broadened by the time that I spent with any one of you. For me as a public estate kid, every things happened to me was just like a mirage before I've got the scholarship, the scholarship has brought all of my fantasy closer or even has realized it to me.
 
I know this will be a disappointment for all of us and my flying dream will eventually come to the end, if I am not going to be invited for CP28. However, please accept my most sincere appreciation to all of you. I do very much appreciate for everything that I have got and learnt from you.
 
Thanks more than words could tell~~~
 
Best Regards,
Edward HC Fung


Friday, September 07, 2007

Lost of Direction

I came back from Adelaide for almost a week, nothing have been done or even planned. My flying grading in Adelaide was not exercised nicely, I would say it scores just about 4 in a 10 scale. Since it is quite unpredictable for my result,either marginally pass or just fail, I could have no way to plan anything for my future.Even I have mentally prepared for both results and I know what I want to do after I've got the result, there is nothing I can do before I receive a deadly E-mail or a cheerful call from CX.

For the flying grading,I was quite disappointed for my own performance. Since I was licenced, I have been put into a advance grading system, which is designed for someone who has some solid fundamental flying skills. Historically, only a few people could fail the advance grading. There is no time for the advance grader to practice their general handling, most of the grading items are supposed to be well understood by the grader. However,it's not my case. I haven't flown for 3 years and most of the technique that I learnt in Perth are not the same as FTA. That's why,I could hardly impressed my instructors that I am good for flying. Of course, I had tried all my best to complete the task and actually some of the newly introduced tasks were nicely carried out, eg 0.5nm accuracy for point to point navigation.

Hopefully, I could really fly to the sky and make pilot as my life career.It's just my dream~~Anyway, I am looking forward to my result, either good or bad would bring me a new direction and let me have some real plans for the coming future.~~~My friends, please fingerXXX for me~~



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