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Old 12th Dec 2007, 14:45
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TwoDeadDogs
 
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Hi there
I have had the opportunity to have a look around the inside of a few Russian aircraft over time and they all seem to have the same characteristics: an excess of persons, most of whom seem to be labourers/mechs;most smoke and will do so at every opportunity(and will profess not to understand when bidden to quench the fags!); the cleanliness of the aircraft and it's crew is in direct proportion to it's distance from the cargo apron,i.e, carry pax and it's reasonably clean and not too dented;carry cargo and it looks like a convention of winos running a tenth-grade tramp steamer.Often, only the pilots wear uniforms.Several times,I have seen security types accost Eastern european aircrew for non-wearing of yellow bibs.they usually get zero thanks for that!
Still, Russian aircraft are more interesting that Blandbuses.
regards
TDD
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