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Jun 23, 2015 (newstodate): Russia has overcome its deficiency in the provision of flight captains and pilots that led to recruiting pilots from foreign countries.
In an amendment to the law in summer 2014, Russia for the first time allowed Russian carriers to hire up to a total of 200 foreign pilots and captains per year, and Aeroflot alone received more than 800 applications from pilots, primarily in the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Spain.
The first western pilot to steer a Russian aircraft was a German pilot, Klaus Dieter Rohlfs in the captain's seat on a flight from Moscow to Prague on September 24, 2014.
But due to the deepening crisis, demand for air travel has decreased in the Russian market, and Aeroflot no longer needs foreign pilots in their aircraft.
Today, only 14 foreign pilots are left in Aeroflot while the other successful applicants have already left, mostly due to the steep depreciation of the Russian currency that now makes the jobs unattractive.
In an amendment to the law in summer 2014, Russia for the first time allowed Russian carriers to hire up to a total of 200 foreign pilots and captains per year, and Aeroflot alone received more than 800 applications from pilots, primarily in the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Spain.
The first western pilot to steer a Russian aircraft was a German pilot, Klaus Dieter Rohlfs in the captain's seat on a flight from Moscow to Prague on September 24, 2014.
But due to the deepening crisis, demand for air travel has decreased in the Russian market, and Aeroflot no longer needs foreign pilots in their aircraft.
Today, only 14 foreign pilots are left in Aeroflot while the other successful applicants have already left, mostly due to the steep depreciation of the Russian currency that now makes the jobs unattractive.