Six years later, now as a commercial pilot, Chen retired for the second time as stiff competition in the civil air industry led to a reduction in salaries and benefits and, in addition, his eyesight was no longer what it once had been.
6 年後民航業因競爭激烈，待遇及福利縮減，加上眼力不如以前，於是從正駕駛一職上二度退休。