The BCAA states that it cannot guarantee that the Russian aircraft it has certified are fit for flight

Announcing the decision to no longer be able to insure the suitability of these aircraft for navigation, the BCAA has specified that international sanctions to the aviation sector have had a significant impact on the ability to make cargo of security surveillance of registered aircraft in the Bermuda Aircraft Registry which are operated by Russia. A following this, the GAEC announced that starting with the midnight on Saturday temporarily suspended all certificates of airworthiness of these aircraft in accordance with Article 83a of the Agreement between Bermuda and the Federation Russian, suspension that took effect immediately after landing.

But the question of the airworthiness of the air fleet Russian is not limited to its certification. On the Russian side there is the problem of a fleet that is formed must also be addressed largely from aircraft produced by the American Boeing and from the European Airbus. The problem has been raised, although with all the necessary precautions since it was a meeting with the President of Russia, by some airline pilots Russians on the occasion of a visit by Vladimir Putin to the center of Aeroflot aeronautical training in Moscow on the 5th March.

From the note to the press on the outcome of the visit released by the The Kremlin must certainly select the propaganda part from the real issues that worry aviation workers Russian commercial. It is therefore necessary to postpone many questions posts to Putin and many of his answers, starting with the first formulated by Maria Kotova, a co-pilot of an Airbus A320 of the Aeroflot, which asked a question about the situation in Ukraine. In anywhere in the world a worker or manager of an enterprise he would certainly have asked for clarification on a war crisis like this dramatic, but Kotova did it starting like this: "We support all your actions, we support the conduct of the operation special that is currently taking place there. And, of course, the most important question that lately each of us, in one way or another, you are posing: because it is started this special operation and could it really be avoided? With reason we absolutely understand and support your actions, but our heart as women (sic, ed) is worried about relatives, loved ones, those who are remained in Ukraine. We know that the civilian population is not suffering (sic, ed). But nevertheless we would like you to reassure: what awaits us at the end of this journey? What should the military operation in Ukraine end?"

Thrown the ball, Putin responded with a river of words reiterating all the accusations made in recent weeks to Ukraine and the West, mentioning the events in Crimea and in the Donbass and the possible and invoked accession of Ukraine to NATO. But leaving aside this and other issues, such as those on the claim will to denazify Ukraine and the like, it is also talked about the concrete difficulties of the sector of Russian civil aviation started with the Covid-19 pandemic and now with the closure of the skies of many nations to Russian aircraft: "What are we going to do now?" Putin replied. "Of course we will increase domestic transport and operate to foreign destinations where they will remain open, and we will try to change the situation. You know - added the Russian president - in this case there are also disadvantages, of course, because there are inconveniences for people, but - Putin specified - there are also advantages in terms of development of our infrastructure. We will develop the our aviation, we will build new aircraft such as the MS-21, the 114-300, the Baikal and so on. We will further develop the airport network. We have a complete program for development of the airport network. I think it includes 57 airports and 60 other initiatives. What is it? It is a question of developing the infrastructure in all its aspects, building new tracks and so on one after another. This is called "territorial connectivity" of the country". It's a lot of work, but it's yet another impetus for development, including industry and infrastructure, such as we have done in the past paying particular attention to the development of agriculture'.

As for the question of aircraft - serious problem, given that the Russian fleet consists largely of Boeing and Airbus aircraft - to ask the question was Yulia Valilevskaya, Aeroflot pilot, with a premise of the series "putting your hands forward does not hurt" necessary probably since your question was about a difficulty real, serious and imminent. "I'll start the question mentioning the well-known MS-21 aircraft," he began. Valilevskaya referring to the new twin-reactor that should become operational this year and which was developed by the Russian Irkut Corporation in collaboration, however, with foreign partners who provided key components of the aircraft. "The plane - Valilevskaya pointed out - it is definitely good, because as for technique and all other characteristics it is not inferior to foreign correspondents. But, at the same time, ours company will not be able to change boeing and airbus overnight. As an Airbus pilot - he said without means terms - I am concerned about the future of our fleet. A I have the following question: how does the industry aeronautics will operate in the near future when companies Will they want to resume our aircraft? And how it will come made the purchase of the most important spare parts for the timely maintenance and repair of the aircraft of the our fleet?"

"You noted - was Putin's response - that the MS-21 is not inferior to Western competitors. It is better in many respects, really better: its fuselage is wider, it is more comfortable to sit between the seats, there is more space for luggage. It is certainly better». The Russian president has however accused that the Russia's competitors for behaving shamefully including in the sanctions materials and components "that nothing they have to do with the defence industry, under the pretext that are dual-use'. That among the different strategies of Putin for defend Russia from the West there is also the autarkic one seems to be confirmed by these and numerous other statements of the Russian president: "when circumstances force us to do something - Putin said - we do it and we get it. It is the same with the MS-21, which has a PD-14 engine (which is manufactured from the Russian United Engine Corporation, ed), which not only does not is inferior, but is actually better under many aspects. Yes, it will still take some time, a few months, and the aircraft will be powered by engines produced in Russia. The aircraft will be completely ours, modern and Russian-made'. Russia, evidently, according to Putin it must not only protect itself militarily from the West, but must be completely autonomous even in the industrial field and economic.