Original title: what's the matter with the mother of the suicide pilot student who didn't see her son? Why did Yan Yang commit suicide
At about 5:40 a.m. Western time on April 16, Yan Yang, a 21-year-old Chinese student pilot, was found hanging himself in the dormitory bathroom of the Denton campus of US aviation group (usag).
Many of his classmates and friends posted on the Internet that Yan Yang had been discriminated against and unfairly treated by college teachers for many times. However, the American Institute of Aeronautics has issued several statements recently, giving a completely different view, saying that the training of the Institute of Aeronautics is "no problem" and that Yan Yang has no talent and is not suitable to be a pilot. A reporter from Nandu contacted Yan Yang's mother. She said that eight days after the accident, the U.S. aviation school never contacted her family, so she felt "helpless.".
Yan Yang, a Chinese Cadet trained in usag, hanged himself in his dormitory, ending 21 years of life.
The 21-year-old pilot student hanged himself and was on duty that day
According to the information provided by Yan Yang's classmates in the United States, Yan Yang is from Huai'an, Jiangsu Province. He is 21 years old and hasn't had his birthday in August. He passed the college entrance examination in 2015 and was admitted to flight technology major of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. After two years of theoretical study, he signed a contract with Shenzhen Airlines and was planned to be sent to usag for training. After passing the usag interview in January 2017, he formally went to the United States for training on April 21.
On April 23, Western time, Yan Yang's' first seven ', Nandu reporter contacted many of Yan Yang's classmates in usag. They all described Yan Yang as a smiling, optimistic, kind and warm person. Classmate Li Rong (pseudonym) recalled that he and Yan Yang lived in the same dormitory building. Because he didn't have a bicycle, he often borrowed it from Yan Yang, and Yan Yang would readily agree. Not long ago, he needed to shop online, but the website did not support Chinese credit cards. Yan Yang used his own card to help him complete the payment.
Classmate Xiao Lu (pseudonym) said that in usag, there are few opportunities for each dormitory to go to the Asian supermarket. Every time it's Yan Yang's turn to help bring food, it never leaks. A lot of time when lunch boxes or umbrellas leak at school, Yan Yang helps to get them back. 'a few days ago, I didn't have enough coins to wash clothes. I asked Yan Yang to borrow eight coins, and he gave them to me directly. Later, I gave him a red envelope, and he said it was OK. I can't believe that the chat with him will stay in the unopened red envelope forever.
Jiang Yuan (a pseudonym) is Yan Yang's best friend. He said that he always treats Yan Yang as his younger brother, and every few days he goes to the dormitory to chat with him, knowing that he has been unfairly treated, but he always says with a smile that it's OK. 'on the night Yan Yang left, he was still on duty and cleaned up the kitchen. Then he secretly set the alarm clock and left quietly. After all, he didn't want to disturb others. '
A number of students said they were discriminated against and threatened to wash toilets with warning of grounding
Yan Yang's death has caused a complete outbreak of dissatisfaction among some Chinese flight cadets trained in usag. They post on social media and "accuse" usag of all kinds of discrimination and unfair treatment. Many people familiar with the matter disclosed to reporters in Nandu that they believed it was usag's actions that eventually forced Yan Yang to go to a dead end.
According to the general requirements of contracted airlines, flight cadets need to go through multiple stages of training, and obtain private flight license, instrument flight license, commercial aircraft license and high-performance flight license successively, which takes 1.5 years on average. However, Yan Yang, who has been in the United States for nearly a year, is still in the stage of private photo training.
Xiao Lu said that Yan Yang's poor performance was closely related to the extremely unreasonable training. It said that usag has been constantly recruiting new students, which has reached a state of overcrowding. When a teacher has the most, it even takes 10 students, far exceeding the requirement of "each teacher can take up to 4 students". Moreover, the aircraft is old, and at least one third of the aircraft are in maintenance each time. He said that this situation seriously compressed the flight time of students, only 2-3 flight classes were arranged every week, only a few hours at a time, and they could not fly in case of weather problems.
"When the flight training is seriously insufficient and affects the performance, the flight school and the instructor will not take positive measures, but abuse and demand continuous improvement of flight performance, and issue a written warning, requiring the trainees to sign to admit their lack of ability, otherwise they will be grounded directly. "Xiao Lu said that Yan Yang had received many written warnings and grounded twice.
Jiang Yuan disclosed a detail to reporters from Nandu. Yan Yang had been grounded for several months since October last year, but the aviation school did not give the reason for the grounding and the follow-up treatment, which made Yan Yang fall into endless waiting. Later, he learned that the reason for the suspension of Yan Yang's flight was that his head teacher left the aviation school, and the scheduling staff forgot him. After being forced to sign a written warning admitting that he was incompetent, he was able to attend three flight classes, but also suffered from bad weather. 'on the night of his accident, he planned to see the private photo leader the next day, which usually means receiving another warning. But he doesn't have to go any more '.
'in fact, not only Yan Yang, but many students are on the verge of collapse. Jiang Yuan said that in addition to the constant abuse during flight training and the pressure of being forced to sign a warning and grounded at any time, it also stems from various "almost abnormal" regulations and penalties of the college, such as not being allowed to drive or use public transport on campus, only taking school buses, etc.
According to the punishment schedule displayed by a usag Chinese flight Cadet to Nandu reporter, the plane needs to be washed in the morning and the toilet needs to be washed in the evening. A reporter from Nandu inquired about the rationality of usag's official timetable, but there was no response.
'in usag, students are easy to be punished, as long as the instructor is not happy, even if it has nothing to do with flight performance. 'said Liu Yue, a pseudonym. In a punishment schedule provided by the trainees, Nandu reporter saw that some trainees were required to come to the school at 7 o'clock to clean the plane, and it was stipulated that they could only rest for 5 minutes every half an hour. After 7:30 p.m., they needed to assist the night cleaners to clean the toilet of the aviation school until 10 o'clock, and stressed that they were not allowed to leave until the cleaning team approved. Liu Yue said that all three of his classmates should be punished according to this schedule.
Usag denied all the charges, saying the students had no talent and had psychological problems
Nandu reporter inquired that the National Aeronautical College of the United States was founded in 1957, and it is a flight training college with flight training qualification certified by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States. It has two campuses, one is located in Denton and the other is located in Sherman. Both campuses are in Texas, and they are close to each other. The main campus of Denton was involved in the accident. In recent years, usag has also passed the certification of CAAC and is qualified to recruit public funded students from Chinese airlines.
As for the 'accusations' made by many Chinese flight cadets, Nandu reporter noticed that since Yan Yang died, usag issued public statements on April 19, 21 and 22 respectively, saying that it would clarify the incident on the ground that' the untrue remarks have affected our Chinese customers', giving a statement totally different from the accusations made by the cadets.
On April 19, usag issued a letter signed by Tyson D. walker, the president of the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, pointing out that Yan's death shocked the students and teachers of Juxue. We understand that the students want to find out the reasons behind his suicide. But unfortunately, the wrong assumptions and accusations have clearly attacked schools and some teachers, but we will not blame them '.
On April 19, usag issued a personal letter from the president of the school on the official social media, saying that 'that student' was considered to be underperforming and not reaching the minimum standards at an early stage, and received four written warnings and grounded suggestions.
As for Yan Yang's death, his personal letter pointed out, "that student was considered to have poor performance and failed to meet the minimum standards in his early flight training. During his training, he received four written warnings (review board), and in October 2018, our school also submitted a stop flight proposal to Shenzhen Airlines, which he signed.". Finally, the letter also stressed that before the incident, usag had successfully trained more than 2000 Chinese students, and "there was no accident like this one.".
On April 21, usag issued a two page open letter to the students, which showed a stronger tone, saying that it understood that the students had emotions, but it did not allow the wrong accusations and information to continue to spread, "we have the right to maintain our reputation.". Regarding the Yan Yang incident, the open letter pointed out that "it takes talent to become a pilot. According to our judgment, Mr. Yan did not have the talent to become a pilot. We submitted a grounded proposal to Shenzhen Airlines, but Shenzhen Airlines hopes to continue training. We regret that he was not allowed to return to China after the first grounded proposal.".
On April 22, usag once again declared that "suicide is a psychological problem" and that "some tragedies are inevitable".
The open letter also responded to some of the unreasonable provisions alleged by the students. For example, according to the "no Chinese speaking on campus" rule, the open letter said that it is for all teachers and students, not Chinese students, but it is reported that more than 90% of the students in the school are Chinese students; for the "students can not drive or take transportation" rule, usag said it is the requirement of airlines.
On April 22, usag posted another post on social media saying that "suicide is a psychological problem." we regret that Mr. Yan did not take the initiative to stop training and seek psychological help in many opportunities. Sometimes tragedies can not be avoided, as in this incident. ".
On April 23, a reporter from Nandu sent an e-mail to usag asking for a reply to 10 questions about regulations and penalties such as "no fun list". However, 24 hours later, usag did not respond to the reporter's questions.
Family members are still anxiously waiting for the visa, saying that the aviation school has never contacted family members
On April 24, eight days after Yan Yang committed suicide, a reporter from Nandu contacted her mother, Ms. Yang. She cried and said that after the child's accident, they learned from his classmates at 4 a.m. on April 17, and immediately bought the ticket to the United States, but finally gave up because they were told that they could not do the landing visa.
Ms. Yang said that the child was very good since childhood, and his academic performance was also very good. "He went to the United States for a year and often called home. Although he once said that the teacher was not very good and was often scolded, he basically said it was OK. A few days before the accident, because he had been waiting for nearly two months, he didn't have flight training. He was in a bad mood, but there was no abnormality. I never knew that he had suffered so many grievances.".
At present, Yan Yang's mother is still in urgent need of a visa. She doesn't know when she will go to the United States to see her son. 'so far, no one from the aviation school has contacted us. All the information is obtained from my classmates. I really feel helpless. '
Nandu reporter learned from Shenzhen Airlines and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics that at present, both sides have sent specialists to deal with the incident, assist Yan Yang's mother to apply for a visa, and send relevant personnel to accompany her to the United States to deal with follow-up matters. For the online query, the two units did not respond.