Captain Yang Hongda is a "flying second generation". Being low-key and practical, he has a good reputation in the industry. Yang Hongda smoothly went from low co-pilot to high co-pilot and then to captain. And the work is relatively solid, and it is very rare to be low-key. "His safety record should be very good."

Captain Yang Hongda, co-pilot and safety officer are all senior staff who have been unemployed in aviation for decades. According to the data, Yang Hongda's father was also the captain of China Eastern Airlines, and later went to other companies.