Last year, the daily newspaper reported that in the suicide incident of the China Flight Academy of the USAA American Aviation School, he was discriminated against by the aviation school instructor, corporal punishment, and unfairly treated Chinese students. The Chinese pilot Yan Yang was under pressure from grounding and committed suicide in the dormitory bathroom. At that time, after reports and everyone’s efforts, the matter was even submitted to the US Secretary of Transportation Zhao Xiaolan, asking for a solution. However, USAA Aviation School only suspended classes for a while and reopened its doors. And there are joint training programs with many universities in China that offer aerospace flight majors. What happened to classmate Yan is regrettable, but the school has not said anything about it for more than a year, but it makes people feel angry.
Michael Sykes, the school’s chief executive officer, has since refused to take responsibility for Yang’s death. Rejecting allegations of discrimination, he claims that Yang’s poor mental health resulted from his own poor academic performance.
“Mr. Yan was a student who did not meet the FAA safety and quality standards,” Sykes said in a statement. “We requested permission to cease Mr. Yan’s training from his airline in October 2018. They initially denied our request and we asked that they reconsider. They still denied the request and so additional training was provided. Mr. Yan continued to perform below an acceptable level and fall farther and farther behind his classmates. Now, as we look back, we all wish that the original request would have been accepted. Mr. Yan would be safely back at home in China right now.”
He added, “Becoming a pilot also requires natural talent, too… In our judgment, Mr. Yan did not possess the natural ability to become a pilot. We are deeply saddened that he was not allowed to return to China to pursue another career path.”
Under this kind of physical and mental pressure, classmate Yan survived for a year. Later, he reluctantly chose to commit suicide. As outsiders, we can all guess what painful struggle he experienced before his death. Parents claim 6.7 million, and the case still takes a lot of time to process in the United States. Yan Yuan’s parents in China were unable to go to the United States to appeal. Looking at the trial time of the previous Zhang Yingying case, we can see that if the appeal is successful in the United States, unless there is strong evidence and accusations. I hope that Yan’s tragedy will not happen to other international pilots.
link:https://nextshark.com/yan-yang-texas-flight-school-faces-lawsuit/