Originally Posted by
Right20deg
While back, I had the task of training some Russian pilots on a UK Boeing course. Basic handling skills were there to a degree, but their attitudes and behaviours, CRM, not pretty to watch. Then the audacity to ask for my help in getting a job in europe. Unable, unwilling.
I’ve met a few Russian naval officers and we got on fairly well. They have to act like one-armed paper hangers on board their ships owing to the poor skill sets (and over dependence on vodka) of their more junior ranks but at least their government is paying them again these days.