Originally Posted by
porterhouse
If they pay decent world-wages I bet quite a few 'good' pilots would agree to work for them.
Two problems. One is that only biggest carriers pay good wages, but then again they already have good enough pilots. No fatal accidents at all for Transaero with huge number of flights, for example. The small carriers such as Tatarstan probably won't be able to afford good foreign pilots.
Another problem is that with all that crazy stuff going around in Russia, it would be pretty hard for a foreigner to work for a Russian airline. So they will have to pay more than an average worldwide good salary to get them to work in these conditions. Pilots will have a hard time fighting Russian mentality and trying to 'blend in' so to speak.