Miss Pilot (ミス・パイロット)

They probably drank too much at the goodbye party.

This is the last call for passengers boarding ANA flight 12 to Chicago.

Passengers for this flight, please make your way to gate 54.

Thank you.

Tezuka Haru

Paging a passenger.

Tezuka Haru-sama, Tezuka Haru-sama boarding ANA flight 12.

Please make your way to gate 54 as fast as possible.

All right, I'm getting on. I'm getting on...

The following is an announcement for a lost person.

A girl around her twenties has been left behind...

I'll wake up!

Did you know that long distance relationships

aren't just all bad things? You fight less and

- it's refreshing when you do meet. - Is that so?

You don't have to worry. I'll save up in the mean time.

I'm sorry but I have no idea what you're saying.

I'll be all right. I won't loose to Oda-san.

Um... I have even less of a clue what you're talking about.

In any case, you definitely have to become a pilot.

All right!

I took my medicine for motion sickness.

I also didn't forget anything so please don't worry.

No, you don't have to pass the phone to jiichan!

Jiichan means grandpa. It's a frank way to say ojiisan.

I got it, I got it, I got it. Bye.

My parents always worry so much.

They're making such a big deal out of it. The only thing that's going to change is

- the location of training from Haneda to America, right? - Well...

- Do your best from starting tomorrow. - Thank you.

You came Rinko-san!

Of course I did, this is my workplace after all.

I'm so happy that you came here to especially say goodbye.

Don't you get tired from acting like that? By the way, where's Konosuke?

I easily get lonely

so I might send you a hand-drawn postcard when I get homesick.

- A hand-drawn postcard? - Yes.

Oh, come to think of it. Did we exchange contacts addresses?

Not yet...

Could you tell me your home address? I'll send you one.

Hold on... We could also email with each other.

- Could you tell me your email address then? - All right.

Hey! Don't start with getting different leads.

Don't suddenly approach me from behind.

- Thank you for your work. - Please excuse me.

Huh? Hey...

America is the land of the free after all.

So does that mean that you're free to be with any woman you want?

Don't say such stupid things.

I'll be living together with the trainees over there.

- I won't be able to do anything like that. - Is that so~

- So you'll be together in the same house as Tezuka and the others. -Listen, I'm their kyokan.

So?

All right everyone, gather around!

Rinko-san!

There will be a training waiting for you that'll be tougher

than you can imagine in the coming one and a half years.

Trust in Kunikida-kun, your kyokan, no matter what happens.

You'll go talk to Kunikida-kun right away if you find yourself in a unforeseen circumstance.

You'll get through this together with Kunikida-kun...

- You're pushing too much responsibility on me! - Really?

In any case, do your best.

Yes.

It's almost time so we'll hand you your boarding pass one by one.

Please.

- Do your best dad. - All right.

- Have a good flight. - Kuni.

- I'm counting on you. - All right.

Hey, if I'm not mistaken, the seats for the flights to

North America will go fully flat so that you can lie down, right?

That's business class. We're flying economy.

- Really? - Of course, there's no way that would happen.

- Do your best. - Thank you very much.

Do your best.

I'll be all right.

All right.

- Um... - Huh?

Could you let go of my hand?

Oh... I'm sorry.

Sexual harassment?

Tezuka, do you believe in miracles?

- Miracles? - I want to believe in miracles.

- What? - Do your best.

Oh... All right. I'll do my best!

- Thank you for waiting. - Thank you.

Cheers.

- I would've liked to have a beer. - The kyokan is just in front of us.

We're not going there for fun, you idiot.

But this finally means that we can say goodbye to the ground duties.

- Don't you mean "from Suzu-chan"? - What?

Oh man, this means farewell to Japan.

It's not like you'll be spending the rest of your life in America.

What should I do? I think that I might be already homesick.

What should I do? What should I do? What should I do...

I'm sorry but may I sleep?

Is it your first time going abroad?

- Yes, it is. - That's a rare thing nowadays.

- Are you going to America for work? - Yes.

- I'm going there for job training. - Oh.

That's great. What are you training for?

- A pilot. - What?

I'm going to become a pilot in America.

Oh.

2012 February 9 Grand Forks, North Dakota

Wow, it's so huge!

I don't really know what it is but it's amazing!

North Dakota, we have come!

It's the university that you'll be attending starting tomorrow.

You guys shouldn't be surprised by these kind of things every time.

Everything is big in this country.

Let's first of all take a picture.

- You're right. - Let's line up!

We're going to come here everyday starting tomorrow anyway.

You should go along with this!

Don't try to get out of this!

Could you take it?

- Me? - Press here.

Hurry up and line up.

All right then. North?

Dakota!

Have fun in Grand Forks.

What are we supposed to do with all this luggage!

Grand Forks!

- We're going to carry it in. - All right.

Guys are on the right and the girls are on the left.

- Are guys and girls separated? - Of course.

Hurry up and carry it in. Ouch! You idiot.

Thank you.

All right. Everybody gather around!

- Wow! - It's so much space!

Oh, so the insides are connected.

- All right! - Huh? What's going on?

This sofa is so huge!

- Me too! - It's spinning!

You idiots! Don't get so excited. Gather around here.

Hurry up!

This is the mission that's assigned to you guys.

After every phase of training there'll be a test to evaluate your progress.

I think that you guys already know

but every person only has two chances to pass the test.

By the way, what will happen if you fail the test

- two times in a row? - You'll be sent back to Japan.

How long before you can come back here again?

Don't misunderstand the situation. Being sent back to Japan

means that you can't become a pilot anymore.

What?

You'll be determined unfit to become a pilot

and thus be transferred to a different department within the company.

So... for instance as ground staff?

There's also the possibility of maintenance staff.

I don't have confidence in attending people.

I have even less confidence in craftsmanship work.

It means that you should do your best as if your life depends on it.

Listen carefully, the motto is "We will all pass".

We're not paying you a high salary to have you drop out.

The goal is for everyone of you to become a pilot.

- What's the motto? - Huh?

What?

"We will all pass"?

Oh, right.

Oh, well. In any case,

you should all work together to get through this.

Over here, everything will be a joint responsibility. Don't rely on me every time.

Especially the buddies should help each other. Do you understand?

- Yes. - See you then.

Huh? Are you not going to stay in this house?

Do you really think that I could live together with kids like you guys?

He's a living example of being irresponsible.

But don't you think it's too severe to be transfered to a different department?

I'm so thirsty. Is the kitchen this way?

Me too.

Wow, what's this!?

- Wow! - What's the matter?

Wow!

- Oh, that's right. - Wow!

I forgot about him. This is Roy.

He'll be taking care of you guys. He'll also cook for you guys.

You're welcome.

We didn't say anything yet.

Oh, man. I can't sleep because I'm too excited.

I told you to knock first every time.

I'm sorry. Should we get everyone together

- and play card games? - This is not a field trip.

Judging by the textbook in front of you.

I think you also couldn't sleep, Chisato.

Why are you calling me with yobisute?

Yobisute is a way of calling someone's name without putting -san -sama or any other form of honorific behind someone's name. It's considered rude unless you're good friends with that person.

- But we're in America. - We're Japanese.

But we'll be calling our instructors by their first name.

- So we decided to also do it with each other. - I don't like to do those kind of things.

I beg you, please get out of here because I want to prepare for tomorrow.

Oh man, you're so boring~

Good night, Chisato.

Stop it.

OK, ladies and gentlemen. Today, you will be practicing stall recoveries.

OK now, if you fail to recover you will go into a spin.

OK? When you are in a spin. You want to apply full opposite rudder until the spin stops.

Then pull the column, add power to level the fight.

OK?

Are there any questions so far?