Russian educational institutions for pilot training do not have simulators for key models MC-21 and Superjet-100, said Oleg Panteleev, executive director of the Aviaport agency, an aviation expert.
He explained that aircraft commanders are formed from among co-pilots, and it is on improving their qualifications that emphasis should be placed.
The process of training such personnel requires not only time, but also significant resources: simulators, instructors and retraining programs. Almost none of this is currently available.
Honored Pilot of Russia and test pilot Vadim Bazykin explained that in the initial stages, training is conducted on small aircraft such as Cessna or Daimler, which do not carry passengers.
To retrain a pilot on modern airliners, it takes about $50,000 to invest in each one, and this happens on European simulators.
Sanctions have seriously aggravated the situation - Russia has lost access to Western simulators, and domestic educational institutions do not have simulators for key models MC-21 and Superjet-100.
Bazykin added that due to the small fleet of aircraft produced, such simulators were simply not manufactured.
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