Rujke nemaju ni pilote.
Stvarnost je mnogo drugacija od one koju su nam pokazivali godinama.
Russia is currently in the midway of going through changes in the aviation market. Russian aviation authorities have agreed to allow local carriers the employment of foreign pilots as they are force to deal with a rising shortage of qualified pilots in the fast-growing local airline market. ‘The Transportation Ministry is drawing up a bill to allow Russian airlines to employ foreign pilots which it believes will help them to cope with the absence of qualified professionals,’ said Deputy Transportation Minister Valery Okulov last Thursday.
"The government is doing all it can to promote the development of regional routes and increase air traffic […] and the shortage of pilots is seriously slowing that down," Okulov told reporters at a news briefing.
Maxim Sokolov, the Minister of Transport, has agreed that the Russia-based commercial airlines are plagued by the shortage of about 1,000 pilots and something needs to be done as soon as possible.
Although the number of commercial pilots trained has doubled since 2007 there are still far too few of the sky-worthy local professionals on the market. Russian airlines complain that pilots fresh from school often need extra coaching before jumping into the cockpit of the modern, foreign-made airplanes.
Pilots’ packages in Russia have become way more lucrative than those offered in the CIS and even the EU, where in some countries several hundred already trained professionals struggle to find jobs. For example, Aeroflot pilots receive 70 days of paid vacation per year, while most of the EU companies pay for only 20-30 days. In Russia the amount of hours pilots have to spend in the air is also considerably lower. According to airlines’ top-management, the Russian-speaking pilots from across the CIS seem to be more favourable candidates for the possible new job openings in Russia.
According to a Russian airline source, if the rule which prohibits the hiring of foreign pilots is scrapped, the pockets of air travellers could also feel the difference since air crew salaries make up a significant part of flight fares. Flight safety is also likely to be improved if the pilot shortage is resolved.
In 2011 Russian airlines carried 64.1 million passengers - 12.6 percent more than in 2010. Industry executives say they expect that growth to continue in the upcoming years as the regional centres become wealthier and the number of interregional routes grows.
Russia’s ban on foreign pilots is a hangover from the Cold War era when the economy was closed and the aviation industry shrouded in secrecy. The restrictions have been abandoned in some other former Soviet countries that founded their own airlines after gaining independence in 1991 but have not developed their own professional flying schools.
Sources: Themoscowtimes.com; Atwonline.com;
Blogs.ft.com
U totalu za narednih par godina im treba hitno 3000 kapetana. Zivo me zanima gde ce da ih nadju.
Obratiti paznju na deo
Russian airlines complain that pilots fresh from school often need extra coaching before jumping into the cockpit of the modern, foreign-made airplanes.
Ah, da opstepoznata stvar da, eto, znam i ovo i ako sam sofer
