Streams on refineries work: Russian Lowcoster pilots complain about the lack of fuel

The pilots of the Russian "Victory" told about fear not to reach the strip because of fuel savings in the airline. The pilots of the famous Russian Lowcoster "Victory" complain of a critical shortage of fuel. One of them, under the anonymity, said that the flight service of the airline was demanding to fly with "minimal amount of fuel". What reduced the level of flight safety for the sake of economic indicators, for which every six months top executives receive huge bonuses.

The airline deny everything, and in the comments remind that the strikes on the refinery are getting more. The message appeared in the Telegram channel "Aviator region", which specializes in news and insider information of Russian aviation. According to the author of the complaint, at the parking lots at the airports of departure after refueling sometimes there are reports of lack or use of backup fuel, which is required to go to a reserve airfield.

In such cases, the pilots were asked to check all points in the onboard computer. In this case, the calculation is made according to the shortest schemes that are never used, and when introduced into the computer the standard scheme of the event for planting fuel is no longer enough, assures the pilot. He argues that the management counts on very direct routes that are unlikely and which air traffic controllers rarely allow.

In the summer, this is especially important, because pilots need to go around dangerous meteorological flows. The problem is deepened with incorrect wind data in the calculations - because of sanctions it is not possible to download the actual wind on the route. As a result, the fuel consumption in most cases does not coincide with the actual. Also, the pilot "Victory" complained that many commanders were afraid to invite extra fuel because of "hard pressing" for that.

In the case of changes from pilots, they require explanations. And for regular changes or failure to comply with the recommendation "fly strictly by calculations" they are called to the office, where they ask for knowledge of documents by heart. As a result, pilots prefer to remain silent and fly with a risk to life. "Because you do not know whether the fuel is enough today or not," the pilot said. "Any" carpet "mode will make the crews declare Mayday fuel, because the fuel is literally 30 minutes.

And where do you plant so many aircraft at the same time? I personally tried it for yourself," the author said. According to him, the pilots "victory" is constantly high the level of stress, which, of course, affects the quality of flights. He noted that many commanders have already been released, but other pilots are holding up for work, which became much less due to sanctions, and continue to fly.