Experienced pilots are squeezed out of Russia
The problems of Russian civil aviation have long been known. Domestic carriers experience a real shortage of professional personnel. Experienced pilots prefer to switch to work in foreign aviation companies, as a rule, in Asian ones.
The reason is simple - money. An experienced pilot today can earn about 1,8 million rubles a month abroad because of the difference in exchange rates. Russian carriers are trying to retain experienced personnel by raising wages. Thus, Aeroflot brought the salary of the aircraft commander to an impressive 650 thousand rubles a month, and the total cost of labor makes up a tenth of the total budget of the largest domestic airline.
Of course, you can earn even more abroad, but civilian pilots could well work safely in Russia. But here everything is not okay. The problem is that the state itself has created conditions conducive to squeezing a large number of experienced pilots from the domestic market. We are talking about the requirements for health pilots, which many consider excessively overpriced. Yuri Sytnik, Honored Pilot of Russia, explains:
This was stated by the head of Aeroflot Savelyev:
Indeed, in our country, pilot health is assessed by more articles than in the European Union and Asian countries. The situation is not entirely clear:
On the one hand, in the USA and the EU, a pilot can pilot a civilian airliner under light antidepressants. In Russia, the resolution of something like this is unthinkable.
On the other hand, the rules adopted in the Russian Federation in 2002 do not take into account the progress made in medicine and technology. Today, aircraft are controlled mainly by computers, all systems are duplicated. The commander and crew are only required to make decisions. A civilian pilot no longer needs health, like that of an astronaut.
As a result, it turns out that extremely experienced pilots can work calmly in Europe even at the age of 70, while in Russia the upper ceiling was installed at 65. Every year, Russian pilots are subjected to serious stress due to a picky medical board, and with the slightest problem detected, they can instantly be written off to the ground. This despite the fact that treatment with modern means will almost always be cheaper than the training course for a new pilot, which costs from 2 to 3 million rubles.
So is it any wonder that in Russia inexperienced pilots, trained in frankly weak programs, are seated at the helm, while skilled pilots are literally squeezed abroad?
The reason is simple - money. An experienced pilot today can earn about 1,8 million rubles a month abroad because of the difference in exchange rates. Russian carriers are trying to retain experienced personnel by raising wages. Thus, Aeroflot brought the salary of the aircraft commander to an impressive 650 thousand rubles a month, and the total cost of labor makes up a tenth of the total budget of the largest domestic airline.
Of course, you can earn even more abroad, but civilian pilots could well work safely in Russia. But here everything is not okay. The problem is that the state itself has created conditions conducive to squeezing a large number of experienced pilots from the domestic market. We are talking about the requirements for health pilots, which many consider excessively overpriced. Yuri Sytnik, Honored Pilot of Russia, explains:
The requirements are overpriced. It’s easier for me to go through a commission in Europe than in Russia.
This was stated by the head of Aeroflot Savelyev:
It is not right. Then we find our pilots who fly abroad in other airlines quite calmly.
Indeed, in our country, pilot health is assessed by more articles than in the European Union and Asian countries. The situation is not entirely clear:
On the one hand, in the USA and the EU, a pilot can pilot a civilian airliner under light antidepressants. In Russia, the resolution of something like this is unthinkable.
On the other hand, the rules adopted in the Russian Federation in 2002 do not take into account the progress made in medicine and technology. Today, aircraft are controlled mainly by computers, all systems are duplicated. The commander and crew are only required to make decisions. A civilian pilot no longer needs health, like that of an astronaut.
As a result, it turns out that extremely experienced pilots can work calmly in Europe even at the age of 70, while in Russia the upper ceiling was installed at 65. Every year, Russian pilots are subjected to serious stress due to a picky medical board, and with the slightest problem detected, they can instantly be written off to the ground. This despite the fact that treatment with modern means will almost always be cheaper than the training course for a new pilot, which costs from 2 to 3 million rubles.
So is it any wonder that in Russia inexperienced pilots, trained in frankly weak programs, are seated at the helm, while skilled pilots are literally squeezed abroad?
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