No doubt Russians have some of the best pilots in the world and this cpt was probably one of their best ,so why is this happening?
I used to fly for a major EU airline for more than 30yrs in various positions, e.g. FE, FO, SFO and as a CPT (all without further duties). When the **** hit the fan, most of the time it wasn't a standard crew compostion. Managing CPTs, additional crew member in the cockpit, two CPTs (no FO) and so on.
Too bad there are no statistics about that
phenomenon.
Harbsheim (AF), Wien (Hapag Lloyd), Warsaw (LH), Perpignan (XL) and many others come to my mind...