Exactly my point! I dont like the idea of this aircraft flying in RSA airspace (or any other for that matter) while being maintained by un trained Russian mechanics. I dont believe its allowed to just strip out the aircraft willy nilly with out some sort of STC to cover that work. The removal of the forward galley is a structural mod. I wonder if it will occour to them to do a re- weight and re-calculated W&B. I would doubt it, if they are stupid enough to work with un qualified mechanics. The rumor is that they will be doing flights for the SANDF to DRC!