Jingdaoese Airspace Overflight Regulations
Following incidents involving foreign flying objects in the past, the Jingdaoese Empire has enacted strict regulations to govern its airspace. These are known as the Jingdaoese Airspace Overflight Regulations or the Kongshitiao in Jingdaoese (Istvanistani: Air use law).
The primary principle is that all operators of flying objects that wish to use the Jingdaoese airspace need to require prior permission to enter the airspace. In the case of USSO registered planes, that have been inspected by USSO government officials, with certification to prove this, a direct flight through Jingdaoese airspace without landing is possible.
For other nations, in order to achieve this a Jingdaoese official needs to inspect the plane before take-off and the plane must be escorted by Jingdaoese warplanes throughout the entire flight. All associated costs are billed to the flying object's operator. Flights with an intermediate stop are usually more cost-effective, but come with many requirements.
The flight must be announced at least a day before, with a list of crew members and passengers, if any changes to the list are made, a new request has to be made. The plane will enter Jingdaoese airspace at a predetermined location and will fly towards one of ten air force locations that have been set up for this purpose. Here, Jingdaoese air force engineers and Tegong agents will inspect the plane, the crew and the passengers.
After they have paid tribute to the Heavenly Light, passengers will follow an intensive 10 hour course on the greatness of the Chidao Emperor. During this course they are shown a 3,5 hour movie, and the course is finished with a written test and joyfully singing a song about the beauty of the Empire of the Great Jing.
All passengers and crew members are required to pass the test, and the plane will not be allowed to leave before this is attained.
Trivia
- Because of everything involved in landing in Jingdao, planes flying from the Confederate States of Floria to the Florian Free State tend to avoid Jingdaoese airspace, even though it would be the shortest route.
