«Где вы были?! Проспали гражданскую авиацию». Экс-конструктор Ту-204 задал вопрос ответственным за авиапром

Alasheev called for the appointment of only industry insiders as leaders

Former designer of Tu-204 and its modifications, one of the former heads of PJSC Tupolev, Oleg Alasheev, asked uncomfortable questions to the former and current responsible persons in the domestic civil aviation industry. According to him, the industry simply «overslept».

Construction of MC-21
Construction of MC-21
Where have you been?! You slept and overslept the entire civil aviation.
Oleg Alasheev, former Tu-204 designer

Alasheev also admitted that he cannot single out any of the current functionaries in the aviation industry in a positive way.

Aircraft should be built by aircraft builders - from the very bottom to the top. Now it seems that understanding is emerging, for example, Alexander Bobryshev was returned to Tupolev, although I have a poor idea of how it is possible to combine the management of an aircraft manufacturing company and a huge amount of work on military aviation in the UAC.
Oleg Alasheev, former Tu-204 designer

The former designer also stated that the Russian aviation industry is now not in the best condition, despite large-scale projects for the construction of SJ-100, MC-21, Il-114-300, LMS-901 Baikal and other aircraft. According to him, many competencies have to be restored almost from scratch.

Earlier www1.ru reported that «Superjet» with PD-8 engines passed a rigorous test in Zhukovsky.

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