Do Russian pilots have drinking problems?
I would be very interested to know if a similar programme of treatment exists in Russia, where vodka is part of the culture.
I can remember last several serious disasters with alcohol:
12.9.2012 An-28 Kamchatka - both pilots (!)(investigated also the grown crew)
20.6.2011 Tu-134 Petrozavodsk - navigator (short after that the company lost AOC)
14.9.2008 B737 Perm, CPT (Aeroflot ends the cooperation with the company and it was sold)
Despite this, there are very big differences in drinking in Russia. Cities x villages, educated x non educated, employed x unemployed, young x old etc. Vodka is not important part of culture for qualified and educated people with good job in cities like Moscow or S. Petersburg. I guess it is fully comparable with a rest of the world.