Miss Pilot (ミス・パイロット)

Four of you have passed.

There's one person that didn't pass.

Oda. You didn't pass.

Why?

- Chisato! - Tezuka! Leave her.

But...

Please wait! This is not right.

- Rules are rules. - But Chisato out of all the people.

She's the person with the best results and she's the best at flying an airplane out of all of us.

She's also the one that wanted to become a pilot more than anyone else.

Everybody, including me, were able to come this far because of Chisato.

I can't let someone that might start panicking become a pilot.

Panicking?

She didn't make any mistakes during the instrument flight.

Then she prepared for landing.

That's when she noticed another airplane 5 miles ahead that was heading towards us.

Thus the alert went off.

November 5 8 2 November Delta, Radar.

Traffic, training aircraft at 1 o'clock, 5 miles westbound at 3000.

Go let them fly around. Just continue your checkpoint.

Roger that.

Today is your lucky day.

Let's keep going.

You're banking. Straighten it up.

You're in a bank angle, you need to even...

Chisato. What's up?

What's the matter Oda?

Oda!

- Eric. You have. - I have.

Nothing went wrong because the instructor took over the controls.

And yet she went all blank.

That can't be...

Then that landing...

Eric did it instead of her.

- All right! - On the mark!

She went blank before because the same kind of thing happened before, right?

What?

2012 May 28

TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC

What's this?

Over there.

It's a near miss, isn't it?

This is what they call a near miss, isn't it?

We have enough distance between us to avoid a near miss.

Turn to the right.

All right.

That's left.

I'm sorry!

Just calm down!

You're flying a little bit rough. Just try to keep it level!

OK.

Chisato, maybe you should have taught her right from left first.

But that happened a long time ago.

Yes. It means that she had a problem for a long time

and couldn't overcome it while she didn't tell anybody about it.

Oh, man. I finally finished packing.

Well done. Do you want to eat?

I'm not really hungry but I think that I'll have a beer.

Do you have any beer?

Yes.

Huh? Why are you guys not having one too?

Why don't you do that for the occasion?

We're not really in the mood to do that.

Are you doing that because of me? Please don't do such a thing.

I'm not bothered by it. It's something that is done already.

Roy. Beer for everyone all around please.

You got it.

- But... - Have at least one beer with me.

All right. Let's have one.

You're right. There's no point in feeling down all the time.

That's right.

All right then. You guys still have the final test ahead of you

but you've passed the biggest obstacle

so I'm sure everything will be fine. Congratulations to all of you.

- Cheers. - Cheers!

- That's good. - That tastes good.

Could we please decide if we're going to act like adults here or start making noise and have a fun time?

Otherwise, I also can't figure out how to act around you guys.

- You're right. - Right.

Let's do one or the other. Which one do we do?

I guess both are difficult to do. I'm sorry.

I'll drink this in my room. You guys still have to study after all, right?

It would be easier for us to talk to her

- if she would act disappointed. - Yeah.

You'll fail right here if you don't pass.

You'll be asked to get your stuff together and head back to Japan right away.

Hello. Yes.

What? Oda did?

I'm sorry. It's my fault.

- Hello? - I'm listening.

All right. That's unfortunate.

But there's no need for you to apologize.

Please take care of her.

She probably never experienced such a setback in her life.

All right.

About her transferring to a general position.

I haven't talked to Oda about it. Can I ask you to do that?

Of course. That's my task. See you.

- Oh. Shinozaki-san. - Huh?

I hear this from my douki just now.

Is it true that you retracted your request to fly after the retirement age?

Well... Yes.

The values of the physical examination that I did privately were higher than normal.

- Is there something wrong with you? - No. There's nothing wrong with me.

I'm easily within the limits that the company has set and I still have one year until I retire.

Then there is no reason to retract your request for an extension.

Let's fly for another five years.

- I still want you to... - Don't worry about me.

Worry about your trainees. Alright? See you.

Haru.

Let's go.

Thank you.

How am I supposed to face my mother now?

What?

I did come here by going against my mother's wishes after all.

But she might actually be happy about this.

- May I ask you a question? - Sure.

Why didn't you come talk to me?

I always went to you when something was bothering me.

I wished that you would have come to me if something was bothering you.

I'm sorry.

I heard from the kyokan that the cause was the alarm that went off.

The original cause for that is because of a mistake that I made, right?

A while ago when the alert went off I made a sudden turn...

That's not correct. You have nothing to do with this.

I started panicking when I saw the other aircraft.

I apologize that I didn't come talk to you.

This happened before but I was too scared to talk about it.

I was scared that people would think of me as pilot unworthy if I would talk about this to anybody.

Let's go back.

Please retake the test.

That's impossible. You can only take the test twice.

That's just the policy of the company, right?

There are other ways to become a pilot.

Do you realize what you're trying to say?

I don't want you to give up!

You should become a pilot no matter what.

Wasn't it your dream to become a pilot like your father?

I'll do anything for you.

I'll even take days off from my work to help you practice.

Stop saying stupid things like that. I'm not bothered by it anymore...

- That's a lie! - It's not a lie!

It's not your fault that I failed.

I already gave up on it so leave it already!

I'm sorry that I shouted at you.

But I'm really all right.

I'm actually pretty satisfied at the moment.

I was able to spend a good time with all of you

and I was able to fly hundreds of times.

My mother often told me after the divorce that my father chose to fly instead of his family.

That's why I always wanted to know what kind of world this is,

that my father chose instead of his own family, from when I was little.

I wanted to be in the cockpit at least once to see the world that my father chose.

I was able to fulfill that goal more than enough.

That's why I'm really satisfied.

Can we stop acting this sad already?

Let me enjoy this until the last moment.

I'm sorry. You're right.

I feel like drinking a lot with just the two of us.

Then let's get the kyokan and mechanics together

and have a good time together. I'll make futomaki.

- Let's have a good time together. - That sounds good.

A party? That sounds good.

Then let's make it a fun event.

To be honest, it would have been really awkward if something like that wouldn't happen.

I'll let the kyokan and the others know about this.

- Please. - We're going to start soon

- so get dressed quickly. - All right.

Chisato. Close your eyes too.

How's the view from the sky? Over.

The view is excellent. I can even see the mountain ridge clearly.

Always keep the wind in mind when you adjust for vertical speed.

And don't forget to do the instrument cross check. It's really important.

Haru. Are you even listening to me?

Sorry. Say again.

You should have just attended the party.

I'm sorry that I'm annoying until the last moment.

Yes, you are.

I informed them in Tokyo that you're coming on a earlier flight.

Head back with your head up high.

All right.

Oda.

Um... I'm sorry.

I already had a suspicion that something was wrong with your flights.

I didn't want to confront you about it directly but throughout the training I wanted you to...

I knew that already.

That's why I was a little nervous every time you wanted to talk to me.

But... If you would have confronted me on my shortcomings earlier,

I think that I would have failed much sooner.

Isn't that how a woman's heart is?

I'll be all right from here.

But you still need to get your ticket and so on.

I'm a employee of a airline company after all.

I'm showing you that I'm actually a nice person. So don't refuse...

It's all right. I'm really going to be all right.

Let me go home by being emerged in my sentiment by myself.

You're so annoying.

Isn't it cute?

Be careful going home.

See you.