WHAT is Russia Doing to its PILOTS?!

[@MentourNow]

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[@tailsorange2872]

Question for Mentour pilot: Do you think that the MC-21 and by extension, the Comac C919 be a viable and VALID alternative to the Boeing 737 MAX and the Airbus A320neo for military/ CIV-MIL operations to/from/within East Asia?

[@Angelum_Band]

Up to this day Ukraine does not pay my bills. Furthermore Ukraine gets the guns we Americans are denied of and have to pay for. Not our war.

[@sailaab]

Yet another well presented production🤍👍🏼 And Petter's analysis👌🏽

[@sparky6086]

Ukraine is much better off under Russia, than under Western carpetbaggers and Nazis, as it has been for many years.

[@sparky6086]

The West recently backtracked on aviation related sanctions against Russia.

[@thedownwardmachine]

My guess was that China moved to prohibit re-registered Russian aircraft because it didn’t want to have to be put in the position of having to choose whether or not to comply with requests to seize them.

[@Alexander-qz6px]

And have to worry about sanctions in connection with this. I think they they didn't expect the magnitude and determination with which the sanctions were put in place.

[@Markle2k]

More critical is the access to spare parts. They could be seen as providing a haven for the stolen aircraft to remain airworthy and face sanctions for their own larger fleet.

[@mal2ksc]

I think all of you have part of the picture, and benefit from putting them all together -- and you're probably all correct. China, especially with its current banking meltdown in full effect, probably NOPED harder than the honey badger in the meme GIF.

[@kittytrail]

@@mal2ksc correction, an honest honey badger never nopes. that was an unsweetened badger noping off off the cliff. 🦡

[@bcluett1697]

I had a thought they might want Russia to buy homegrown Chinese aircraft as well. It wouldn't surprise me though if they were selling Russia western spares through a proxy country though.

[@Vokabre]

I recently met a Uzbekistani flight&cabin crew chilling in Tel Aviv between flights, they told me that (a) a lot of Uzbekistani pilots are now returning to work in Uzbakistan; (b) their company is massively hiring Russian crews; (c) they have trouble scheduling because the company does not want ppl. with Russian licenses (no matter Uzbekistani or Russian citizens) to fly to EU as a precaution. Uzbekistan is one or the countries that provides linkage between Russia and countries that sanctioned Russia hence lots of room to expand.

[@kurtilein3]

Russians who want out, who feel unsafe, who see their future options declining, are going to Uzbekistan if they have no other options for migrating. Prices to rent an appartement or even hotel have exploded there.

[@Vokabre]

@@kurtilein3 Indeed, the same with Armenia and Georgia

[@Markle2k]

@@Vokabre Georgia? That’s not exactly a friendly place for Russians who might be seen as agents of the state. Or are you being friendly and calling Abkhazia and South Ossetia “Georgia” like people might reference Crimea?

[@Davey-Boyd]

@@Markle2k Many Russians have indeed moved to Georgia. There have been a few that have blogged about it. None have had any problems except for the fact there are so many Russians there now that property and rent prices have skyrocketed.

[@Vokabre]

​@@Markle2k Georgia proper offers one year visa-free stay for Russian citizens with no objections in most cases

[@murraystewartj]

Petter, as usual you deliver high quality commentary. Too often people talk about issues likw this in a way that generates more heat than light, but your honest and knowleable analysis carries a lot of weight. I'm not surprised - as a pilot and, more than that, a person who trains pilots, a logical and organized mind is pretty much a given. Thanks for all your intelligent and rational content.

[@bertblankenstein3738]

I guess the concern with having those reregistered aircraft is that if they fly outside of Russia, they could claim the need for maintenance, and other countries are not wanting to give them those parts, and as you say, the repo issues.

[@anthonydelrosario1718]

If they don't get maintenance soon they really will me called Aeroplop

[@Rob_F8F]

Maintenance is scheduled with a known vendor, at a known location, at a predetermined time. A random plane requesting spare parts may not get them at the destination airport and the reason for needing the spare part would certainly have to be given. Any of the re-registered aircraft would be liable to being interred at am airport of a signatory country to the Air Leasing agreement.

[@anthonydelrosario1718]

@@Rob_F8F I understand , but most their parts are banned from being shipped to Russia. And you missed my pun . Aeroplop

[@Rob_F8F]

@@anthonydelrosario1718 I was responding to the OP. But Aerplop is funny! 🤣🤣🤣

[@anthonydelrosario1718]

@@Rob_F8F Or Aeroflop .

[@morphius2003]

I hope the Russians take good care of their engines. I've worked on a lot of Russian engines. They tended not to be in good condition. (I work in an engine repair and maintainance shop) This problem wil get worse, now that they get no spare parts. In jet engines, you have so called LLPs (lifetime limited parts). They get a certain amount of service time, before they have to be replaced. LLPs are mostly highly stressed rotating parts, like fan hubs and compressor drums. The forces they are objected to will sooner or later lead to material fatigue and subsequently form fatigue cracks. The kinetic energy of these parts are so high, they will almost certainly break the engine containments and leave them with high speeds. Potentially damaging the airplane structure or injure passengers. Thats why they are regulated so heavily. I've seen how an engine looks after such an event. Nobody wants to experience that. Believe me.

[@mikoto7693]

I do believe you. I’m in the ground crews and even if we see something damaged or broken we can get it checked by pilot or engineer.

[@morphius2003]

Thats good to hear. But the critical parts can only get inspected by completely disassembling the engine. Even with very thorough borescopic inspections, the LLPs can't be inspected for fatigue cracking.

[@uwekonnigsstaddt524]

Titanium…..and other resources…..Russia has plenty of it. International commerce causes nations to depend on each other. Just like Germany depends on Russian oil and gas. Yet, Germany imposed economic sanctions on Russia….shooting them selves in their own feet in the process. Winter comes after tha fall, and Germany needs to stay warm. But Germany’s Green Witch of their Green Party, wants to “save” the earth from “human parasites”……like her. See, everyone in the world is a parasite to the Green Parry that worships “mother” earth. It is their religion. Everyone is a parasite…except the Green Party. And the Green Witch wants the German “parasites” to suffer this winter….while blaming the Russians.

[@Frankey2310]

Well, Russian airlines (mostly Aeroflot) basically can't fly abroad now, which has been up to 80% of all their traffic. So, if I had to bet on which lasts longer - their engines or Putin's regime, my money would be on the engines

[@Frankey2310]

Well, Russian airlines (mostly Aeroflot) basically can't fly abroad now, which has been up to 80% of all their traffic. So, if I had to bet on which lasts longer - their engines or Putin's regime, my money would be on the engines

[@annbellfeinstein]

This is a great summary of how the aviation industry has been impacted by the conflict.

[@MentourNow]

Thank you Ann! See you over on Patreon. 💕

[@G_de_Coligny]

Thanks, I thought it was a makeup tutorial

[@mrxmry3264]

conflict is not exactly the word i'd use. i'd call it a crime of epic proportions, perpetrated by the moscow maniac and his cronies. the sooner he finds himself in front of a court in the hague, the better off we'll all be, especially the ukrainians.

[@nl1733]

Sorry. Not a conflict. That would mean two parties that are in disagreement. Unlike that this is a one sided attack by a clear aggressor against a clear victim. putin and cronies will be indicted for crime of aggression, it is just a matter of time. So, there is no conflict here.

[@bokusimondesu]

I believe that you meant to write: war!

[@olegboyko5034]

Hello from Ukraine, thanks for your great job!

[@CBTheMechanic]

Hello from Europe, please send me my tax money back your corrupt government is pocketing from me. Thanks.

[@onealpha5]

Heroyam wsralo!

[@GdpJapan]

My wife has been a FA working for JAL for almost 18 years. I remember the Z thing, even it is technically not the same airline, but owned by JAL. I fly an insane amount of times a month from Tokyo to Osaka, and when taxing from RJTT JAL's side APRON to RWY 5, which is built over the sea and takes ages to get there, we all go through, first, JAL maintenance hangars, then Skymark, then ANA after a left turn. I recall them painting the tail with a fancy flag that looks like a US flag, if I'm not wrong. They are using 10 year old 787-8s leased by JAL they early used for international flights hence for domestic they were using Embraers for short regionals (and not so short ones), 767-3ER, 777-2, and 777-3 and 787-8 (usually from Tokyo to Okinawa only). Two years ago they began replacing all domestic 777s and 767 by brandnew 787-8 and A350-9. Their plan is to get rid of all domestic 777s by the end of this year. I've seen many painted in plain white on the ground, probably for leasing or just to sell them, I am not quite sure. Skymark is employing foreing pilots and one of the people who employes them is a friend of ours, and she tells us they receive too many applications that have been tampered. I do know a Russian pilot that has been working for them for quite a while, but they are not taking new Russian pilots anymore, specially because they don't meet the PIC hours, and stuff like that. And if they do, it is really very suspicious. So they scrutinize them all.

[@steveperreira5850]

I know you are an insider guy it’s not fun reading anything that has nothing but acronyms. Just saying. Try to think of other people that are not insiders like you. One would think you would be more Conscientious about that

[@GdpJapan]

@@steveperreira5850 Thank you for your answer. I’ll try to write better next time. I wish you have a nice day.

[@aguiladescalzada]

A true authority on all things aviation. Practically my sole source. Congratulations and thank you, sir.

[@Erasmuspipebagger1]

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[@majtom5421]

Whenever I went to RU, I always flew Aeroflot (business class) and loved the great service & menu choices. Better than any US carrier. They also contract their maintenance services from Boeing. Russia is one of my favorite countries to visit. The Russian people were always kind, helpful & friendly.

[@APAC2002]

Russian leadership... not so much.

[@srinitaaigaura]

Their leadership is a bunch of top level criminals and warlords

[@metalpuppet5798]

80% of them support Putins genocide...

[@jetblackjoy]

​​​​@@metalpuppet5798who knows what happened with that 20% who answered the question honestly... I hope you get the clue.

[@Elijah.Anderson]

8:40 This statement is little bit wrong... Russian aviation industry never worked. Usually those companies ruled by people very close and loyal to government. It's still goes like this - they say that inventing a new model so they need a ton of money from government. They overprice it from beginning to have more profit later and almost 90% of this sum goes for bribes and personal enrichment. They making a mockup of a plane and advertising it. Always saying that VERY SOON IN A FUTURE Russia will make a big leap and this plane is going to be best in the world. And it always ending with mockup or some semi-functional bad quality plane with ton of issues. And all money goes away. So it's overpriced because of bribes in a first place. Russian's institutes who can teach specialists for this industry almost gone. Everything made to just give an impression and nothing really works. No machinery, no smart technologies. There is nothing left. All the soviet era technologies gone or old and broken and most of the latest technologies was bought from other

[@hewhohasnoidentity4377]

I'm hesitant to believe it is quite as bad as you describe. I agree that there is significant bribery and corruption. I agree that there is a loss of technical knowledge. I just don't think that Russia lacks any capable engineers in any of the important trades.

[@Argosh]

@@hewhohasnoidentity4377 a country like Germany has more engineers and much less corruption and even so we're not doing half the Russians are claiming...

[@L11nX]

Ehm you saw that from Estonia? Looks like you're telling some BS.

[@robainscough]

@@hewhohasnoidentity4377 They do, the very experience and intelligent engineers in Russia moved out of Russia long along (even before this war). Putin's war is a distraction to a more serious technology and infrastructure problem within. A good example is Russia's latest "dog fighter" SU-57 ... for one "dog fights" are a thing of the past in current arena of technology, two very few functional SU-57 as they keep breaking. Russia's military budget is 60 Billion, US is 750 Billion yearly! Russia ranks 6 or 7th in military expenditure ... as suggested, Russia simply doesn't have the money nor the technology expertise ... the very obvious fact that Russia relied on Airbus and Boeing aircraft for majority of their air travel needs. Russia simply can't produce reliable and efficient aircraft.

[@dmitryschipunov6001]

Эх Илья, насколько же ты прав...

[@vrjessen]

Hi Petter, such a great video, very productive and interesting as your team and you personally are constantly do! It would be great if you have a possibility to make all Russia related pics and video cuts not in a sombre gray, as some viewers can associate it wrongly. All my relatives and friends all around the world sometimes get confused about it. Once again thank you for your amazing input into the industry and cheers from Siberia ;)

[@seanmcerlean]

Excellent update Petter. You are very insightful in your earlier predictions. Shows how you are knowledgeable about the industry beyond the technical aspects. Class complete.

[@MentourNow]

Thank you my friend! See you over on Patreon

[@Julia-nl3gq]

Russia using Z as their symbol has often made me wonder if it stands for 'Zelenskiy'. Why? Well, Z is not a letter in either the Ukrainian or Russia alphabet. Well, I mean, it is, but, in both cases, is it written as "3", not "Z". So, for example, Zelenskiy's name, for example, is spelled Зеленський. However.... ....Zelenskiy, before the war, routinely used the nickname 'Ze' or even just 'Z' at times. And I don't mean he used the Cyrillic '3', I mean he used the 'Z'/'Ze' from the English (latin) alphabet. Ze was his common nickname in Ukraine, and often outside it, too. He used it all the time. I remember he even used it on his KZbin channels, like Ze Kubiki, etc. This has led me to really wonder if the Russian Z symbol is connected to him. It's hard to imagine why else Russia would chose to use a letter that isn't even a letter in their alphabet.

[@onealpha5]

@@Julia-nl3gq Russia using "Z" because "Zadolbalo".

[@TheLukaszpg]

@@Julia-nl3gq you are truly delusional

[@welcome33333]

I love your channel Petter, only miss your dogs…. Bring back the dogs!! ❤️❤️

[@dogwalker666]

Agreed.

[@nidaldajani728]

I agree with most of the points you mentioned but to say "starting from scratch" I think it is an overstatement. The aviation industry in russia is very established and perhaps the current situations may be the catalyst that will drive it further forward. Appreciate your videos. I find them informative and entertaining. Keep 'em comin.

[@j.p.ijsblok5304]

I Wonder if those 14 billion dollars are gonna help. I mean, not only Russian pilots are leaving Russia, many other people are too. So who is going to run the Russification of the Russian aviation? Also: many parts of a modern plane are only produced in certain parts of the world. This means Russia need to develop industries to replace these. Who is going to run those? Where do they get know-how and raw materials to produce? If this is possible at all, it going to take many years. My guess is with the current level of corruption, most of the money will be spend on mega yachts of fleeing Russians. You know, the usual.

[@Nadia1989]

They are probably trying to hire people from "friendly" countries. I'm in IT, and since everything started I got about an email per week from women with Russian names with promises of well paid remote jobs... Pretty sus, isn't it?

[@misham6547]

@@Nadia1989 the Soviet Union did have a decent aviation industry, so A 70'S STYLE airplane is quite possible

[@scottparis6355]

@@Nadia1989 Yes; exciting position in scenic Siberia. Only, don't expect to actually be paid.

[@FM4AMGV]

Old Soviet jets with new pd-14's wouldn't surprise me

[@ghostrider88jinetedelfanta31]

@@misham6547 Yes the Soviet Union was independent, but Ukraine, Georgia & others, were also part of it. Plus they could draw on the Former Warsaw Pact, which a couple had decent aviation industries themselves. Russia alone probably doesn't have the whole spectrum of industries needed. Also you need the electronic parts. Most IC chips are only made in a few countries. You would have to design it from from scratch, if you went back to discrete components, like transistors, caps, resistors, etc.

[@philtheairplanemechanic]

Am I a dweeb for the fact that seeing the AN-225 in its current state makes me actually tear up? Seeing it genuinely causes me a visceral reaction.

[@symbionese2348]

No, you are not. For people of normal intelligence to see a work of such beauty, complexity and size as the AN-225 be the victim of such barbarity gives them horror so bad as to impede response by rhetoric. It is unspeakable; it leaves us quivering within as from a profound injury to our bodies. Human intelligence and co-operation reside in concentrated form in beautiful things like airplanes, pipe organs, large water-handling systems like sewers or well made clocks. Brutish damage to them is like cursing God.

[@newttella1043]

No. I've only seen the smaller Antonov 124 and was left in awe of it's size and cargo capabilities. It is very heart breaking to know I will never see the 225.

[@mdsx01]

@@newttella1043 Antonov has stated that they will rebuild the aircraft. They have a partially completed airframe to work with.

[@johnstudd4245]

@@mdsx01 There are a number of reasons that will probably never happen. However they would do it, it would cost a huge amount of money, and it would not be an economically viable project. But, if one of the eccentric billionaires get involved, you never know.

[@mdsx01]

@@johnstudd4245 the AN-225 has crossed into national pride territory. People are far more willing to dump stupid amounts of money into pride projects.

[@glasmannschaefer]

Thank you so much for your analysis - and the undoubtedly long research that went into it. I really do appreciate these videos.

[@MultiSciGeek]

This might be an odd request, but can you cover the aviation scene of Iran please? Seeing how they've been under sanctions for a while now... I'm wondering how they're coping.

[@shlomster6256]

Thanks for all you're doing. Your analyzes of the Ukrainian Invasion and its consequences are very enlightening.

[@TheRealStus]

It's not a conflict, it's a war. Please, do not downplay it.

[@Kirillissimus]

Neither Russia nor Ukraine have officially declared war so technically it is not a war just like "the cold war" wasn't really a war. Maybe some experts out there can tell when exactly did we have the last official war and which government declared it but I guess it was at least 70 years ago if you exclude technical states of war like they have between South and North Koreas.

[@TheRealStus]

@@Kirillissimus Oh, really? By this logic Japan didn't declare war on the US. It was just a surprise party at Pearl Harbor at 8:00 am.

[@Kirillissimus]

@@TheRealStus Exactly. They only officially declared war on the USA 8 hours later after they attacked Pearl Harbor. It was obvious where it is all going and it would be embarassing if americans declared it first.

[@spogeo45]

Well done, Petter. I learned a lot!

[@MentourNow]

Awesome to hear! See you over on Patreon in the next hangout.

[@jw3885]

Buddy flew zip air recently from nrt to lax- nothing but good things to say apparently. Much cheaper than others but it’s doable. Use own tablet for IE and buy stuff to eat before boarding etc

[@rolandalfonso6954]

This was wonderful, start to finish, word for word! Thank you!

[@zapfanzapfan]

And now Russian aviation is asked to not use the brakes too much because of the lack of spares. How about the wear on the engines using thrust reversers more? Can that be an issue?

[@virkony]

Thank you for your support and keeping Ukraine in focus!

[@liliya_aseeva]

There aren't any problems for aero passengers in the Union. Flew Kazakhstan to Russia in september on a brand-new SSJ. All is fine.

[@Dennis-vh8tz]

Doesn't ICAO prohibit re-registering an aircraft without permission from the previous country of registration, and aren't China and all other ICAO required to enforce these rules? Demanding ownership information allows China to comply without outright banning Russian aircraft and airlines.

[@tgg1765]

welcome back comrade Il62...

[@Speedbird9A]

Excellent work on the video really love it very informative keep up the good work

[@MentourNow]

Thank you! Glad you liked it.

[@AlexandarHullRichter]

A bit off topic, but I always enjoy seeing Boeing showing off what their airplanes can do, like at 12:37-12:57

[@olegplatonenko1550]

Thank you very much for one more great and very important video!

[@youtubeuk5387]

Losing Mriya hurt me personally :(

[@dannydaw59]

Who's that?

[@TheFirebird123456]

The world's largest cargo plane by lift capacity.

[@davidwillims2004]

those systems are also very very complicated. wont be creating them over night (or at least onces that wont cause lots of headaches. testing in production is a bad way to do this, especially when one mistake or defect could lead to deaths

[@mikemashburn155]

Interesting, really appreciate your coverage of this issue.

[@BohdanLevchuk]

With a great respect to you and your channel 🖤Please don’t call it a conflict. It’s a War when Russia tries to occupy Ukraine in the bloodiest war of 21st century.

[@DaveNeve]

My request would be not to call it an invasion but a liberation

[@BohdanLevchuk]

@@DaveNeve I hope one day someone comes to you city, destroy neighborhoods, r@pe people you love and then you’ll call it liberation. And you’ll be free. Free of your house, your loved once and maybe even your life

[@misterflibble9799]

@@DaveNeve how much does russian hitler pay you for your trolling?

[@rolandl.4062]

@@DaveNeve 😂🤣🤣😂🤣

[@dannydaw59]

So planes will be crashing more often in Russia because they lowered their quality standards for parts I take it.

[@Victorromain]

I've flown Aeroflot and the now (defunct) Transaero Airlines - UK-Moscow routes many times, when I was living in Moscow and I have to say that the pilots and cabin crews, on both carriers, were 2nd to none - as were the aircraft! Thank you so much for this informative glimpse of the state of Russian aviation industry as it is now, and as a result of the sanctions! I thoroughly enjoyed it! Also, one never thinks of how all of these sanctions are affecting livelihoods of Russian pilots! At least I wasn't until having just watched this video blog!

[@gordonwallin2368]

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

[@ericb9426]

General aviation in Ukraine is also severely affected. Flight Design and others who source parts and assemblies from Ukraine are scrambling to support their fleets and deliver new aircraft.

[@m2heavyindustries378]

No sh*t sherlock, general aviation in a war zone, with active use of anti-air systems and runways that look like the moon, is limited. What insights will you give us next?

[@Kirillissimus]

Last time I checked NOTAM websites there was a single huge no-flight zone across the whole Ukraine and all nearby territories for hundreds of kilometers so I don't believe ukrainian aviation can even operate at all. The companies will have to sell or lease their planes to some european companies to just stay afloat. They just don't even have a use for a new airplane right now. As for the airplane parts manufacturers - they face its own set of issues as their facilities are generally used in a way that makes them not only justified but quite valuable targets for drone and missile strikes so I don't see them working on anything designed for civil aviation anytime soon.

[@roselynthomas7969]

Great video..of how you demonstrated..love watching it

[@AzovAzza]

New video from Petter… LOVE IT!! Always look forward to your videos and love the coverage. There is just something about the way you break things down and deliver the information. You’re amazing, my friend. Keep it up! Best to you and your family from Rena and I! ☺️✈️

[@MentourNow]

Thank you! I try my best. 💕

[@AzovAzza]

@@MentourNow Well, as I’ve explained to you on email… Just a mere few MONTHS ago I was terrified to fly. YOU are solely responsible for changing my understanding. You’ve changed my life and given my wife and I… Freedom. I’d say you do amazingly! ☺️✈️

[@frankpinmtl]

That $7 billion which was spent since 2004ish, is probably worth about $14 billion, today...

[@rexwave4624]

Very informative. In Russia, I have looked at Soviet technology in my field, developed because of isolation at the time. Very creative! But, I also saw that workmanship was poor. Another engineer in my family reported that, when the USSR fell, locals cannibalized industrial machinery. I don’t see the effort to develop a native high technology mass production capacity going very well. Despite the Russian engineers being every bit as clever as engineers elsewhere. A great societal shift will be necessary.

[@KJ-in4gz]

“Hey Ivan, I just drank a fifth of vodka. Dare me to fly?”

[@DeclanMBrennan]

Poor little Zipair. However Russia does not own the letter Z. It's not even in the Cyrillic alphabet. I think it would have been better to leave it alone and donate the rebranding costs to a Ukrainian charity.

[@Hellsong89]

I agree on part of leaving it alone. How much people.. or more off msm is looking into symbols and going full retard on how everything is hate symbol etc is just dumb. For donating rebranding costs to charity... for those to first 80% being wasted on organizational costs of the charity ie executives salaries and benefits and rest being wasted on corruption in Ukraine side, just like was supplies that were donated.. clothes were dumped on ground into huge piles and necessities were sold to people leaving, but that is the ex soviet block way of the corruption. If they wanted to do charity work, do charter flight to West Ukraine to pick up flight of refugees, but then again nation in war needs everyone, so its rather stupid that when 90% of the nation is still intact everyone and their cat is fleeing. Of course beard children were the first ones to leave to gain social benefits from other countries dumb enough to let them in.

[@allangibson2408]

The previous user could object but the 4th SS Panzer Division is no longer in business…

[@nightowldickson]

4:41 BOC Aviation (BOC stands for Bank of China) has around 17 aircraft leased to Russian airlines that are affected.

[@jdaniel3068]

With the history of the Superjet and the MC never-ending delays well before the invasion, Russia's future is beyond bleak in aviation.

[@YouTubeTV-rx4ck]

Europe got more important things to worry about, such as the upcoming winter.

[@nooboftheyear7170]

14.5bn will be 240bn after graft kicks in...

[@MentourNow]

Very possible

[@salkasalka]

You should do live stream with Ukrainian 737 pilot Denys Davydov. Just to check aviation industry state for Ukraine, you don't need to discuss politics. How they are staying current with training, etc. I would love to see that. 🙏👍

[@Angelika-uj6cd]

Hi Peter! Thank you for yet one interesting video. I got a question (not really related to the topic of the current video). So now after covid, things in airports got a bit tense. I mean shortage of workers, problems with logistic, cancelled or delayed flights. It all makes me feel a bit nervous when I think of flying somewhere. Is it still safe enough to fly? Thank you!

[@mikoto7693]

So, standard disclaimer that I’m not a pilot or an engineer but I work in the ground crews that support the planes. Technically I’m an aircraft cleaner but I’ve gradually expanded training to driving and operating the trucks that supply aircraft with water and drain the septic tanks between flights. (They are separate vehicles don’t worry.) And then I expanded into most of the ramp tasks such as marshalling, pushbacks and driving various baggage vehicles although I don’t actually handle the baggage. So, based on being on the airfield of a mid sized UK airport almost every day, my answer is a very confident YES flying commercially is absolutely as safe as it was before the pandemic. The engineers still visit and carefully examine every aircraft between every flight. They still do much more throurough checks overnight. They still recalibrate the flight computer. There are still enough flight attendants meet legal numbers to ensure that the the aircraft is properly stocked with things like life vests, medical supplies and whatnot between every flight. And one of the pilots, usually the captain, still gets off the plane he’s about to fly and inspect it for himself to make sure that he’s happy the plane is fit for him to fly, even though the engineer checked it not ten minutes ago. All of this I’ve witnessed with my own eyes. I can confidently assume that the planes are still taken in for the routine maintenance or repair to meet legal demands of aircraft safety. Though I haven’t seen this myself since I don’t have security clearance to look in the hangars. Safety is the absolute priority of everyone in the aviation industry. We know doing it wrong could very well kill hundreds of people so we do everything we can to help make sure everyone who flies is safe.

[@drsnova7313]

The Ukraine International Airlines tail markings look weirdly similar to German Lufthansa ones. Blue background, yellow circle with some kind of bird flying forward. But no connection that could explain it as far as I can tell.

[@petrkubena]

Russia was limiting it's populations ability to leave the country in most areas long before the invasion. If you wanted to leave Russia, you had to effectively ask for a permission. And if you were a state employee (that includes teachers, doctors etc.), you would most likely be denied. But more importantly even requesting this permission would mean high probability of you losing your job. I have it only second hand - my colleague has a wife from Russia and he is telling a lot of stories from his visits there (before the war) and how dramatically it changed in the last decade. From ability to freely criticize the regime to stopping such conversations even in a family circle.

[@todortodorov940]

Back to Soviet times.

[@dmitryreznikov1570]

That's not true. On the contrary, currently Putin's regime encourages people to leave, often starting a 'legal' case against them right after they do (Andrey Pivovarov is the only example I can think of to the contrary). In fact, Germany had the same policy back in 1930s. You don't have to ask permission - 'exit visas' died together with the USSR. Military and police - yes, they must surrender their travel passports to their superiors and ask for permission, but they're mostly totally on Putin's side.

[@kmdsummon]

You are such a lier. Perfect brainwashed example of wester propaganda. Not only no request is required to leave the country (except asking the country of visit for visa) but a lot of teachers, doctors, scientists and other state employees are (and were) constantly travelling to foreign countries for vacations.

[@todortodorov940]

@@dmitryreznikov1570 If a pilot cannot get his papers legalized, it may not technically be an exit-visa, but it is a barrier, albeit not physical, to keep people in the country. In Communist times, we had exit visas, Berlin walls, you name it. Now, they simply keep you in the country by not legalizing essential documents you need to work.

[@petrkubena]

@@dmitryreznikov1570 Exit visa are a thing of a past, but if you want visa to enter other countries, you have to ask for it through russian office. And not so long ago that office was only in Moscow (I'm told that now it should be in all capital cities of russian provinces/states).

[@jamespseaman4136]

A commercial inside a commercial, you must be kidding me!

[@eniangekpenyong2459]

Hi Petter, with regards to recent fuel price hikes at the pumps, I'm curious as to how the airlines have been affected. Did they feel it as much as vehicle owners did or with some of them having fixed price deals with suppliers, would they have been unaffected as much?

[@Dr_PeeWee]

I may not be Peter, however at my local FBO fuel is : 100LL AvGas: $7.36 usd / gal ($1.95 usd / Liter) for self pump. $7.62 usd / gal ($2.01 usd / liter) for fuel truck service. JetA: $7.19 usd / gal ($1.90 usd / liter) for JetA. (Only available by fuel truck.) This is quite a bit higher than even 5 months ago when I started flight training it was around $5.50 usd / gallon ($1.45 usd / liter) for 100LL AvGas. Most if not all of the smaller airlines have stopped their services here as its only a regional airport for my area. Its a small airport.

[@eniangekpenyong2459]

@@Dr_PeeWee Thanks for your input, I did imagine aviation would be affected but I just didn't know the scale at which they'd be affected by.

[@Dr_PeeWee]

@@eniangekpenyong2459 no problem! Its been quite suprising to see the impact. Something like what we are all going through was unprecedented I think.

[@BeTeK11]

I think airlines usually buy AvGas with futures so they have fixed prices for set time period. Common time frame is one year and after that they renegotiate prices for next year. So I'm guessing that gas price will effect the ticket prices next year when new prices are set.

[@Dr_PeeWee]

@@BeTeK11 actually that would make sense, its like taking an "average" of your costs and you pay that average for X amount of time.

[@ariochiv]

Strange that none of these parties seem interested in using the Stratolaunch for aircraft-launched rockets, especially since that is what it was specifically designed for.

[@BogeyTheBear]

Most likely these parties are trying develop _competition_ for Stratolaunch.

[@ariochiv]

@@BogeyTheBear Since Stratolaunch doesn't seem to have any customers, that's not too hard. :D

[@rogerelliott1546]

If they let their pilots go they will never get them back after having real jobs and pay!

[@stevemawer848]

Wwould the pilots want to go back if the Russian authorities knew they'd been "naighty"?

[@rsjenterprises7726]

Hahaha, a commercial interrupting your commercial

[@commerce-usa]

One man's unbelievably bad decision to invade its neighbor has brought down so much trouble for his country and their people. Tragic choice.

[@MentourNow]

Indeed

[@tomgnyc]

Also a terrible choice to continuously expand NATO.

[@PippetWhippet]

@@tomgnyc Why? It’s a mutual defence pact at its very core, why would you oppose countries making it known very publicly that they will defend each other… unless you had plans to invade those countries of course. NATO is going to continue to expand as countries which have known peace, and prosperity and a western quality of life wish to secure those things for its people. There are countries out there that would take them away simply because they don’t want your country to lead a western lifestyle, they want you to lead a fundamental or a Soviet or a Chinese lifestyle and if you don’t, they will attempt to conquer or destroy you. NATO exist because those thin skinned eggshell princes exist. Take away the losers from power and nato doesn’t need to exist. It was losing power and influence throughout the world right up until February, now it’s stronger and better funded than at any time in history, because those weak pathetic little men have proven they will still throw a temper tantrum if you dare suggest that their way isn’t the best way, as demonstrated by how bad life in their country is compared to what you have in yours. If you have a problem with nato expansion, then get a weapon and the rest of your country and go hang the miserable midget cowering in the Urals.

[@rolandl.4062]

@@tomgnyc it’s the free choice of free countries

[@AGBuzz182]

@@rolandl.4062 As it happens, "terrible choice" and "free choice" aren't actually mutually exclusive. Are you willing to stand behind the implication of your comment, that the conscious escalation of tensions that could potentially spark something as bad as a third world war is a good decision, just because "it's the free choice of free countries"? Besides, and I can't speak about the details in any other country, but in my country the decision to join NATO was made unilaterally by the government, without any kind of referendum or election to gain for the mandate of the people.

[@Paul1958R]

Petter/Mentour, Great video - thank you! Paul (in MA USA)

[@barbarae-b507]

The second car I bought was a Lada. People used to complain to me that “ every Lada sold would allow me Russians to build another tank. I used to reply, “ If they build their tanks the way they build their cars, we have no problem “. I did a lot of reading about Russia and discovered the way that they tend to do things is not very conducive to success. My brand new car spent more time in the repair shop than on the road. I felt like I was driving a tank because that was how it handled. I would be very concerned if I had to fly in a Russian built airplane. The reputation of anything Russian built isn’t good and they deserve that perception. Absolutely.

[@gregbrogan9061]

May I ask, why did you want a Lada in the first place?

[@oldnepalihippie]

It's true, but this vehicle may be the exception: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAZ-469 - i'd buy one here in Nepal in a minute (but only one from a Ukrainian or other factory).

[@gregbrogan9061]

@@oldnepalihippie - That is a cool looking vehicle.

[@YouTubeTV-rx4ck]

"anything Russian built isn’t good and they deserve that perception." Yeah, sure Barbara.

[@barbarae-b507]

@@KZbinTV-rx4ck Have you owed a Russian car? I got in trouble because I didn’t take it in for the six months check up. I told the guy that it has been here in your shop more than it’s been on the road. It has only 2000 or so kilometres on it.

[@thisisafact9181]

Update : 1 year later So called isolation of Russia didn't worked Russians always find ways to smuggle sanctioned goods such as spareparts as they want even it become little bit more expensive And this forced Russians to revive their lost aircrafts industry . Of course people can say who's gonna buy Russian aircrafts? But i am sure they are more concerned about replacing current fleet rather than mass production

[@j.f.fisher5318]

The part about how much Russia is having to spend to support the building of planes without international resources reminds me of Perun's video about Defence Economics. Having to (re)build an industry is hard, expensive, and takes a long time.

[@zeitgeistx5239]

Lol @ the guy citing a video KZbinr channel.

[@anthonydelrosario1718]

I can't see how Aeroplop is still flying their air busses and Boeing planes. All planes need maintenance at some point.

[@GamerRafay12]

Please do flydubai flight 981 on Mentour Pilot

[@micahleamer2704]

There was a youtube add in the middle of your add.

[@RubyS.1]

Curiousity stream has some really good content. I like to learn new things so I can argue with people :)

[@Jesusismykin]

Love everyone of your videos 😊❤🇺🇸

[@CallieMasters5000]

It's = contraction for "it is" Its = possessive You don't need the apostrophe in the title. Great video, though!

[@hardtackbeans9790]

Not sure how well it translate to English. But it is a perfect idiom for the situation in this video . . . Все дети в деревне могут бросать камешки в колодец, загадывая желания. Только русский простак бросает валун в надежде увидеть, смогут ли его сдвинуть 100 мудрецов.

[@augustgnarly]

The reason for the $14.5B budget is that a significant percentage has to go to oligarchs to enrich themselves.

[@DaveNeve]

As opposed to capitalist pigs and greedy shareholders ???

[@rolandl.4062]

@@DaveNeve 🤦🏼‍♂️ OMG. He really believes it

[@misterflibble9799]

@@rolandl.4062 russian hitler probably pays him to troll.

[@JLSMaytham]

@@misterflibble9799 who pays you? Or is it just intellectual laziness?

[@WowIndescribable]

This is a fascinating story, Petter. Please keep bringing us updates as you see fit. Really incredible.

[@trenwilson6613]

Too bad ZipAir didn't study European Medieval Heraldry, they would have realized that they didn't need to change their tail design, there was enough difference between the Russian Zed and the ZipAir Zed that the two would not be confused. Make me think that the decision was political, didn't want to be associated with Russia.

[@Jehty_]

Of course they didn't want to be associated with Russia. But how is that political? They didn't want bad press or lose customers. Nothing political about that.

[@trenwilson6613]

@@Jehty_ Their playing it safe when they don't need to. The point I was also making is the the two symbols only had one thing in common, they both had the letter Z, that's it.

[@janchovanec8624]

Wrong, Japanese swastika looks different and serves different purpose than the one used by a Funny Moustache guy and yet millions of tourists get triggered every time they see it, so they are changing a literal sign of their temples to accommodate to Karens.

[@beeble2003]

@@trenwilson6613 "the two symbols only had one thing in common, they both had the letter Z, that's it." No, that's not it. The Russian Z symbol isn't a typographically defined logo. The letter Z itself is associated with the Russian invasion. The font is irrelevant, because the Russian use of the symbol isn't tied to any specific font. And even if it was, that wouldn't help. You can't call your burger restaurant McDonald's, write it in a different font and claim that nobody's confused.

[@soapbar88]

we need to pray for peace !!!

[@DiRECs]

Unfortunately, with the rise in natural gas prices and huge profits Russia has made on its sale in the past few months, the $14.5B is just a small percentage of that. However, by alienating a huge trade partner/customer such as the EU, and driving it even more to renewable energy sources and also to other natural gas suppliers, it should at some point, hopefully soon, begin to see its natural gas prices and profits plummet and never return to the same levels. Then they'll feel the pain.

[@rolandl.4062]

I think we will get rid of Russia latest in two years ( with exception of Hungary)

[@kurtilein3]

Russia is hit on SO MANY levels. Its not just that 14.5 billion, that is just one of many issues in one of many industries. Russia Today has shown with narrated video walkthroughs what happened to prices and supply in a regular russian supermarket. Everything is more expensive. The rubel price is artificial, as it is no longer traded freely.

[@JLSMaytham]

this is wishful thinking as EU, UK and USA start to feel real pain

[@rolandl.4062]

@@JLSMaytham yes. Now. The ask is how long. It’s not a 100 m run, it‘s a marathon.

[@janchovanec8624]

That 14.5 billion is meant to be paid in years, not in a single instalment. Don't worry about Russia's finances, unfortunately us Europeans aren't willing and, or able to stop giving them hundreds of billions of $.

[@moehoward01]

"ZED"!!! Thank you!

[@sohamkadam4952]

Captain have you heard about technical snags happening in indian airlines' aircraft and also with GA aircraft? We would like to know your thoughts on this

[@tnightwolf]

Gotta be honest, i'm fine with modifications on motorcycles (Cafe-Racer style) and cars... but when it comes to something like an "airplane tuning" i would not really feel comfortable traveling in one that wasn't certified or legally approved by the company that made the airplane itself + a well renowned and independent regulatory entity... the stakes are just completely different!

[@satutoivonen9679]

The Zipair story reminds me of the early noughties when several beauty companies and a chocolate company deeply regretted naming themselves after a certain ancient egyptian goddess. A perfectly good company name became nothing but a huge expence in a couple of weeks. The goddess? Yeah, that was Isis.

[@Admiral_Jezza]

From the swastika originally being a Buddhist symbol, to the Z being, well, a letter, to a chocolate company name, people should not just abandon the ACTUAL meaning of a symbol or name just because it gets used by bad actors.

[@kittytrail]

@@Admiral_Jezza "originally" being found all around the world in archeological artefacts from almost all civilisations. don't reduce it as a buddhist symbol please. 😏

[@653j521]

@@Admiral_Jezza Abandon the actual meaning? How does that apply to Z?

[@h8GW]

Cries in Archer animated series.

[@katelatte24]

To be honest, the Russian aviation industry is in the deep ass now. The local companies are still operating within the Russia and between Russia and "Rus-friendly countries" like Armenia, Kazakhstan and so on. The aircraft maintenance leaves much to be desired, we do not have parts, part of the aircraft fleet will be launched or has already been launched for dismantling aircraft for parts and components. Its disgusting. I think the safety of flights on aircraft now owned by Russian airlines will be a big question somewhere in 6 months. Most likely, we are waiting for numerous disasters and incidents. About the crew: although this is not covered anywhere in the news in Russian airlines, a fairly large percentage of layoffs and staff cuts, both flight and ground. The Russian aviation authority does not provide verification letters to russian license holders, so pilots who lost their jobs can not find another job in other countries. Some pilots who are keeping foreign licenses and worked for russian companies also in the suck situation. Cos some european countries do not provide verifications for working in Russia and the job search abroad is also complicated due to the political situation.

[@kittytrail]

wait 'til Winter and you'll see how quick europoors send parts to not die of exposure. 😬 thanks to all those harebrained sanctions that only impact negatively Europe. 😤

[@MrBizteck]

I operate into Turkey often .... always makes me cringe when I see Russian Boeings with suspicious new registrations on the tail.

[@13699111]

Thank you for posting your informative interesting video's

[@tailsorange2872]

Question for Mentour pilot: Do you think that the MC-21 and by extension, the Comac C919 be a viable and VALID alternative to the Boeing 737 MAX and the Airbus A320neo for military/ CIV-MIL operations to/from/within East Asia?

[@MentourNow]

If it lives up to its promised potential I think it could rival the old NG on some routes but probably not the MAX or the NEO.

[@tailsorange2872]

@@MentourNow Interesting point that maybe can be brought up is the amount of mechanical/ Aerospace Engineering advancements coming up in the next few years like the CJ-1000 Turbofan engines that are currently being tested for the Xian Y-20 - Maybe the avionics of the MC-21-310 can be brought over to the C919 and the CJ-1000 could be used as MC-310's engines..... In that sense, one could theorize that the MC-21-310 - if done correctly, could be like the Airbus A320neo.... but not exactly like the A320neo.... with the long range and everything.

[@tailsorange2872]

@@MentourNow But for now, we'll have to see whether all of the aforementioned advances come to pass.

[@L11nX]

@@tailsorange2872 MC21-310 is model with PD-14 engines. MC21-300 used to be with P&W engines. And CJ-1000 got almost the same specifications as PD-14 with a little bit more bypass ratio but less thrust.

[@tailsorange2872]

@@L11nX "MC21-310 is model with PD-14 engines. MC21-300 used to be with P&W engines. And CJ-1000 got almost the same specifications as PD-14 with a little bit more bypass ratio but less thrust." so...... what are you saying.... exactly? I can;t make sense of what you're saying.

[@tnightwolf]

I do hope that sooner or later we'll be able to see the Antonov-225 fly again. It is such an iconic piece of history!

[@Winda25]

I agree! It was beautiful. However keep in mind that Russian constructor had designed it and USSR has built it, just decided to place a plant in uranian Soviet republic land - other than that Ukraine itself has nothing to do with this plant and aircraft.

[@vimmentors6747]

Considering how many planes Russia has essentially stolen, its hard to imagine any Russian company being able to buy or lease any aircraft going forward. I can see certification of Russian aircraft internationally and the provision of any landing slots to them being conditional on Russian making the leasing companies whole financially.

[@biglee13m]

It will be a very long time before Russia earns back the confidence from others.

[@johnsmith-ce2tq]

so the EU and the USA seize all the assets of Russians and that was ok ??

[@vimmentors6747]

@@johnsmith-ce2tq Or is it Ivan Smitov? Yes, its perfectly fine to freeze the assets of war criminals.

[@skylineXpert]

Always get a physical copy of records just in case. personally i got SQ351 in october and it used to cross into southern russia. For now Its routed down through turkey

[@nooboftheyear7170]

Am I correct in thinking that I heard that russia aviation ministry had recently publicly advised the cannibalisation of aircraft for parts and also that russia is now asking to be able to return their stolen aircraft?

[@dsvechnikov]

I heard something like it's russian _airlines_ are asking _the government_ to allow them to return stolen aircrafts but government says no to that. But I don't have any proofs

[@johnsmith-ce2tq]

how can they return them they can not fly out side Russia to Europe?? so how have they stole them

[@nooboftheyear7170]

@@johnsmith-ce2tq at the beginning of the war putin nade a decree saying that all planes flown by russian airlines now belong to russia, and that included all the leased planes. They had time to return them but they thought that they could get away with it. Mentour now did a whole video on what was going on at the time and all the implications surrounding it.

[@johnsmith-ce2tq]

@@nooboftheyear7170 SO the rest of Europe and the USA can steel and freeze Russian assets and thats ok and to all Russians are war criminals is a lie,

[@tom31ditz]

@@nooboftheyear7170 The lessors could have retrieved them but chose not to, possibly because of the sanctions imposed by their own gov't.

[@billpennock8585]

All I can think of is the quality of products made 100% in the old USSR. It was horrible. I can't imagine getting on a plane 100% Russian made. They will pick who makes the parts for political reasons at least as much as quality reasons.

[@ZeusEKR]

The demonizing of the letter Z reminds me of the swastika. Before the Nazi's, it was a perfectly fine symbol with a good meaning. Now it means something completely different and horrible.

[@MentourNow]

Yep, that’s an accurate comparison.

[@change_your_oil_regularly4287]

Both of which only have the power we allow them to have. They shouldn't have changed their livery IMO 🤷‍♂️

[@tomgnyc]

How is the Z anything close to the swastika. The Ukrainian army is straight up using wolf's angel and black sun patches. Literally nazi symbols.

[@rolandl.4062]

It’s a statement to change it. I support it strongly

[@653j521]

@@change_your_oil_regularly4287 They chose that to be popular in their market. They changed it to stay popular. It's simply a business decision so their profits won't be adversely affected. They really don't care what you think because you aren't the target audience.

[@piabader4106]

I want to ask a question: if There was no war could the MC-21 compete with Boeing and Airbus jet as it was planned?

[@dmitryreznikov1570]

No. It was mostly dead even before Feb 24. The people initially behind it were excellent engineers, but they overestimated the current manufacturing possibilities, thus even with all the international collaboration they had lots of problems with, say, the body of the aircraft (they wanted it to be 100% composite which is just impossible right now). Then they had to go to the Russian government for _additional_ funding, and the corruption crept in. After that, it became a money laundering scheme with no intention of completion, and that was years ago. Just like most of other projects in here, the so-called 'superjet' no exception.

[@piabader4106]

@@dmitryreznikov1570 thank you for that Information, I thought it went this way

[@JackdeDuCoeur]

Maybe a term like Russian Aircraft will come to mean an unmaintained device with an otherwise good appearance, not unlike Potemkin Village.

[@michaellastname4922]

Thanks!

[@MentourNow]

Thank you so much! Its hugely appreciated!

[@bobik_ua]

Hi Petter, I noticed that Crimea was part of russia in your previous video regarding destroyed AN-225 "Mriya" as russia invaded Ukraine and asked you to show Crimea as part of Ukraine in future. Now, in current video I can see that Crimea IS part of Ukraine and HUGE thank to you that you are showing it right to whole world. That is very important to ukrainians who currently is suffering and dying now form unprovoced aggressino and horrendous war russia against Ukraine. Peace to all and SLAVA UKRAINI!

[@zvakanaka2000]

Oh, poor ukrainian filling up their pocket selling their weapons on the dark net under the direction of the cocaïne addicted clown Olodymir Elensky ! Time has come to clean that cloaca maxima.

[@L11nX]

Historically Crimea is part of Russian Empire and never was Ukrainian. Historically population of Crimea is mostly from Russian tribes that comes to Crimea approx. in 10 century. According to the 2001 Ukrainian population census, 58.3% of the population of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea are ethnic Russians, 24.3% are ethnic Ukrainians and 12% are Crimean Tatars. In Sevastopol, 71.6% are ethnic Russians and 22.4% are ethnic Ukrainians. 77% of Crimea's and 94% of Sevastopol's population are native speakers of Russian. Before 1954 Crimea was part of Crimean oblast that in 1954 was transferred to Ukrainian SSR. 2014 Crimean status referendum 83% of population 96.77% vote for integration with Russia (aka come home). @Mentour Now! For russian viewers pictures in current video didn't hurt our feelings. We understand that in EU there're some narrative according to our country.

[@misterflibble9799]

@@L11nX russia signed the Budapest Memorandum. Now nazi russia have decided to ignore it and illegally invade and occupy Ukraine.

[@einarbolstad8150]

@@L11nX Well, Båhuslen (called Bohuslän now) used to be Norwegian, but now it's Swedish. That change happened a very long time ago, but I was wondering what is the cut-off time for these things? According to your own numbers, Crimea has been Ukrainian since 1954. That's 68 years ago. Can we still claim back Båhuslen, or did we only have 68 years to do it? Ukraine became fully independent 31 years ago, is perhaps 31 years the limit? We really want to know how long one can go on pretending that something that is not yours anymore, still is. For us, we lost Båhuslen 364 years ago. Is that too long, or can we still go in to prevent Swedish abuse of the population? The Russians seem to be the experts in calculating these things, so please help. Also, please hurry as Sweden might join NATO soon, thanks to Putin's kind invitation, and it would be weird to do this after we're allies, even if it would just be a "special military operation" (wink wink).

[@bobik_ua]

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, 15 independent states were formed including Ukraine and Russia. The relevant agreement on the damarkat border between Ukraine and Russia was signed in 2003 and ratified in 2004 by Ukraine and Russia. In accordance with this Treaty, Crimea is an autonomous part of Ukraine. These are facts claying documents. All other historical manipulations for the membership of the Crimea are not eligible for existence.

[@stephengrimmer35]

In perspective, $14.5B is 25% of Russia's defense spending, nukes, airforce, navy, subs, Armata tank and Su57 development the lot, plus of course the war! It is 1% of GDP for cripes sake!

[@AkmalBafoev]

i will not drop even one teardrop for them

[@soeren72]

No, cancel all RU VISA

[@PippetWhippet]

@@soeren72 I disagree. Russia has a problem with its best leaving for other countries. Let it’s best leave and give their talents to a country that deserves them. Leave Russia to the fate that it deserves, to be diminished in every competition; be it business, science, engineering or sport. Let Russians spend a generation where not even they believe they are quality people and attitudes in Russia might change.

[@101jtag]

@@PippetWhippet maybe, but even (especially?) those best most likely supported (and still do support) Putin and his nationalism. They voted Putin to power and kept fueling his megalomania, year after year. Why should they get any opportunity to grab a better life while their heroes are still killing women and children, daily ? I will refuse to fly anything that has a Russian crew, and so should you.

[@gcorriveau6864]

In the days of the Cold War, Soviet-controlled airlines operated their flight crews in such a way as to make their skills almost useless outside of the USSR. For example, only the dedicated radio operator spoke English. A Navigator operated the (ancient) navigation equipment. On top of these overly-speicialized roles, compared to western methods, the crews also included a Communist Party loyalist/KGB operative to block possible defections during international operations. I hope the world does not return to such a state as it was in the Cold War era. (Note to democracies everywhere - choose your leaders carefully!)

[@NSResponder]

All of the young people who have left Russia since the first invasion of Ukraine are gone for good. Russia's economy is fucked, even if they give Pewtin the Ceausecu treatment that he deserves. Anyone with money to invest would have to be a moron to risk it in Russia.

[@paul756uk2]

I don't think you have got a clue about geo politics. It's the economies of western countries that are screwed. Why do you think we're seeing the kind of inflation that's been going on? The Russians have been demanding their oil and gas is paid in rubles and that in itself has strengthened the currency. Who do you think relies heavily on their oil and gas and what do you think is happening in those countries? I'd also suggest you look at what's been going on for years in Ukraine that mist people have either forgotten or who know nothing about. Here's a tip. Turn off your TV and start doing your own research. The truth is very different to what you're being told and more importantly, not told. Too many normies haven't got any idea what's going on in the world and where we're heading.

[@rolandl.4062]

@@paul756uk2 The truth is out there and not hidden in Telegram

[@paul756uk2]

@@rolandl.4062 That's why I use it extensively. It amazes though in some ways doesn't surprise me how people just parrot the single narrative of the mainstream media which is 99% propaganda and lies.

[@rolandl.4062]

@@paul756uk2 you talk about Telegram. Good luck in this bog of desinformation.

[@JLSMaytham]

@@rolandl.4062 Ah! Clever, Abuse the uncontrolled source of information!