2005年12月20日9时30分，加盟川航的台湾飞行员张鲁珍（ZHANG LU—JEN）首航北京，开启了台湾飞行员在大陆驾机飞行的新篇章。

    据了解，张鲁珍、饶天渠、黄定宇、李基祥、叶可俊、王运德、吴瑞章、杨立忠8名加盟川航的台湾飞行员，平均年龄在40岁左右，都具有15年以上丰富的飞行经验。

    据悉，台湾飞行员加盟大陆航空公司还是首次，四川航空公司也因此成为第一家引进台湾飞行员的内地航空公司。

    An Airbus A321 landing in the Capital International Airport in Beijing made history yesterday morning.

    The flight from Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, contained a pilot from Taiwan, Zhang Lu-zhen, who was among a small group from the island province that started work yesterday.

    Sichuan Airlines, which is employing the group of eight, is the first on the mainland to enrol pilots from the island province, Gu Bing, deputy chief of the Publicity Department of Sichuan Airlines, told China Daily.

    Of the eight pilots, who have signed contracts of three to six years, five have passed tests and received temporary flying licences from the Southwest Branch of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). They are now applying for formal licences from the CAAC, which normally takes about two weeks.

    A temporary licence is valid for four months. The other three pilots are going through formalities to apply for their temporary licences.

    The five pilots who have been granted temporary licences are all about 40 years old, each with more than 15 years experience, notching up flight hours ranging from 5,000 to 10,000.