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- Jan 27, 2020
Latest from Pilot Blog. All quiet in his part of Ukraine at the moment. He's staying put to look after his wife and family, but the Ukranian Army has taken a bunch of dudes from his village. Sounds like he could send his wife and family to Romania if/when SHTF in his part of the country, but he'll be staying on no matter how bad things get.
He also has a Telegram channel.
He also mentions a rumour that Boeing and Airbus want their their aircraft back from their Russian customers. I'm assuming these are aircraft that are leased from Boeing and Airbus respectively.
Even if this rumour is incorrect, Russia's civil aviation industry is going to have a bit of a rough time if this war drags out; no doubt Boeing, Airbus and Antonov have already stopped sending spare parts to Russia, along with the various Western jet engine manufacturers i.e. Rolls-Royce, GE etc.
The only Russian airlines that'll cope in the short term are the ones using Chinese airliners such as COMACs or Russian airliners such as UACs, along with older Sukhois and Tupolevs (and when I mean older I mean full-on Soviet-era Aeroflot spec).
Even if this rumour is incorrect, Russia's civil aviation industry is going to have a bit of a rough time if this war drags out; no doubt Boeing, Airbus and Antonov have already stopped sending spare parts to Russia, along with the various Western jet engine manufacturers i.e. Rolls-Royce, GE etc.
The only Russian airlines that'll cope in the short term are the ones using Chinese airliners such as COMACs or Russian airliners such as UACs, along with older Sukhois and Tupolevs (and when I mean older I mean full-on Soviet-era Aeroflot spec).
He also has a Telegram channel.