Originally Posted by
SpringHeeledJack
Did that happen often ? If so, what were the consequences of descending to lower altitudes without ATC clearance ?
I don't know, but I'd be amazed if there had been any repercussions.
My only contact with Aeroflot at LHR was limited to climbing wobbly steps to put engine blanks in nightstopping Il-62s, and trying out my pidgin Russian on bemused crews. But if the Station Manager was anything to go by, you couldn't get the Russians to do anything they didn't want to do.
