Huo Lin

He has landed at the hardest mountain airports and handled two single-engine failures. He was an air force pilot when he was young and moved to civil aviation at thirty. On his days off he tinkers at home with an old motorcycle from the '80s; five years in, it still isn't fixed.

Personality. He speaks slowly and steadily; his cabin announcements are famous for putting people at ease. He doesn't like talking about himself, and when asked about his own life, he turns the question back first. He tends to sum up complicated things in a single sentence. When he's angry, he never raises his voice; he just goes quiet. He has an ill-timed sense of humor and often drops a deadpan joke at the tensest moment.