Feb 4th, 2009 at 9:30AM: Last month, two passengers heading through airport security thought a pilot was drunk and called the authorities. Last May, a pilot was found drunk and naked in the woods. In this latest what-is-wrong-with-the-pilot episode, more than 100 passengers on a Boeing 767 jet bound for New York from Moscow signed a paper saying they thought the pilot was three sheets to the wind.
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Passengers revolt and refuse to fly without a new pilot
Feb 4th, 2009 at 9:30AM: Last month, two passengers heading through airport security thought a pilot was drunk and called the authorities. Last May, a pilot was found drunk and naked in the woods. In this latest what-is-wrong-with-the-pilot episode, more than 100 passengers on a Boeing 767 jet bound for New York from Moscow signed a paper saying they thought the pilot was three sheets to the wind.
This happened after the ...Russian man has a few too many, dies on airplane
May 1st, 2008 at 8:00PM: Last month, Iva told us about a Russian man who was too drunk to notice he'd been stabbed in the back with a knife. Now, add this one to the list of bad things that happen to Russians when they booze: A Russian man on an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Toronto didn't quite make it, dying before the plane touched down yesterday. Passengers say he had been drinking heavily and had picked fights with ...Happy Birthday Aeroflot -- Russian nostalgia revisited
Feb 15th, 2008 at 2:00PM: Aeroflot (SU) turns 85 this month and has come a long, long way. Not long ago, the thought of flying on Russia's national carrier meant the fear of flying on ancient, broken down Tupolev aircraft, crummy inflight service and questionable schedules. Now, the airline is up in the ranks of any ol' international carrier and with numerous flights departing from New York every day we don't give a second ...Why Everyone Should Fly Aeroflot Once in Their Life
Oct 1st, 2007 at 8:30AM: Russia's national carrier, Aeroflot, has made a lot of progress in the last few years. Once abhorred by the general public as a "dangerous" carrier (although their record is no more tarnished than any domestic airline), a few new Airbus aircraft, superjets and an international advertising campaign have surged the company into the present. Now you too can enjoy the paltry legroom in coach, ...Russia's Own Superjet Unveiled
Sep 28th, 2007 at 12:57PM: It seems that everyone who has flown Aeroflot, the Russian airline, has some sort of crazy story, either from takeoff (pilot sitting on a crate of beers), landing (wheels falling off), or mid-air (the doors not being completely closed causing the cabin to get freezing cold). Those could all be urban legends, but the truth is, their planes tend to be old. All this could change very soon.
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