Pilots of airline s7. An hour before the flight. How pilots and planes prepare. Have Perm residents mastered the new A320 simulator?

Euromag magazine spoke with Andrey Mabo, senior pilot-instructor of the Airbus A320 of S7 Airlines, and found out what it takes to become a pilot, how the preparation before the flight goes, and whether the pilots themselves turn off the phone.
- Andrey, when and how did you realize that you wanted to become a pilot?
- In early childhood, I looked at my grandfather, a pilot who worked in Vnukovo. He was first a bomber pilot, then moved to civil aviation.
My father, a designer in the aerospace industry, also played a role in the choice to some extent. So by the age of 7 I had an accurate idea of ​​my future profession. Subsequently, at the age of 14, I entered the Yeysk Special Flight School, then there was the Balashov Military School, service in the Russian Air Force, and then, 10 years ago, I came to work at S7 Airlines.
In general, dynasties are really present in our profession. Very often, pilots come from aviation families. To become a pilot, you still need a certain state of mind. There are no random people among us, if such people get in, they leave within a year. It's too hard work, you need to really love it.
- And what is this state of mind?
- The pilots compare it with a childhood illness - if you get sick once, then forever (laughs). This is love for the sky, airplanes, lifestyle in general.
Personally, when I come to work, I catch myself thinking that I really get great pleasure from it.
- What are the requirements for pilots?
- First of all, it is, of course, a state of health. Any young person, coming to a flight school, first of all undergoes a rather serious medical examination and a psychological examination.
Also, the flight school at admission makes serious demands on general subjects. Well, certain aspirations are also necessary.
- Tell us, what are the actions of a flight school graduate?
- After graduation, he comes to the airline and undergoes retraining on the planes of this airline. In S7, this takes about six months. The training includes a theoretical part, simulators, ground work with instructors, trainee flights and an exam.
After that, he already leaves as a working co-pilot. In our airline, the pilot immediately sits on the Airbus 319 and 320, after 500 hours of flight, which is about 8-9 months, he is trained to pilot the Airbus 321 - this is a more complex and heavy aircraft.
- How often do you fly?
- The average pilot usually flies about five days a week. Personally, I make about 3-4 flights, since I also teach at the airline's training center. The norm for pilots is 80 flying hours per month, 800 per year. The maximum is 90 hours per month.
- Do you have divisions into international and domestic flights?
- Oh sure. When a pilot comes to work for an airline, he flies domestic flights. After successful flights with instructors and passing qualification checks, he undergoes special training and receives admission to international flights.
- How is the flight schedule compiled? Can you make wishes?
- There is a special crew planning department that makes the schedule. Of course, pilots can leave their wishes for flights. That is, of course, not like that, where I want, I fly there. But if there's a reason to fly to a particular location, the department will take that into account. For example, if the family is flying on vacation, to the sea, and the pilot himself wants to fly this flight, why not?
In most cases, these applications are taken into account. Also, pilots have the opportunity to pre-book a weekend. We have a special program in which we can send an application for certain dates in a month.
The same is true with holidays. Pilots leave their vacation wishes in the same program. We have 70 days of vacation per year, of which 50 we can choose on our preferred dates. And the airline provides 20 days as needed for the flight crew: that is, in winter, the workload is lower - therefore, vacations will be given more willingly.
Vacation is usually planned in September-October for the next calendar year. In fact, it is very convenient, for example, I planned my June vacation back in January, when everything was much cheaper.
- Do pilots have preferences in buying tickets?
- Yes, we have discounted corporate tickets. Once a year I can get tickets for myself, my wife and children with a guaranteed seat. Also, I, my family, my parents and my wife's parents can take tickets without a seat guarantee, that is, according to the availability of seats. If there are empty seats, they will be taken on a flight. The cost of such tickets, of course, is much lower than usual.
- Do you stay in other cities or fly back immediately?
- There are so-called relay flights, when pilots perform a flight and stay in the city to rest until the next flight, usually from one to three days. We have flights to Bratsk, Ulan-Ude and Alicante. But a greater number of turning flights - when we arrive in the city and fly back in 40-50 minutes.
- What do you usually do in your free time during relay races?
- In Alicante, for example, there are excellent beaches, even in winter you can have a good time under the sun. Beautiful city you can take a walk. When my children were just born, I liked to sleep more (smiles).

How rigorous is the medical examination for the crew? What is a flight mission? How is an aircraft checked? The other day I was lucky enough to visit places where ordinary visitors to Domodedovo Airport usually fail to get and look at the process of preparing pilots and other crew members of S7 Airlines for the upcoming air journey.

1. Meet - from left to right the pilot " S7 Airlines Tatarov Maxim Vyacheslavovich, aircraft captain Omelyanenko Vladimir Nikolaevich and press secretary of the airline Anna Bazhina.

2. Airport staff just like passengers pass pre-flight screening, only in a separate room specially designated for this. We take off the cap and forward through the frame. Everything is as strict as for mere mortals.

3. If you are physically sick, and even more so mentally, you won’t get on the flight. Here, the pilots are waiting for a whole medical board of several doctors.

4. Who's next? Measurement of pressure and temperature is only part of the medical "check-up" before the rest of the pre-flight preparation can be done.

5. After that, the crew goes to a large room, called the "briefing room". Check-in for the flight takes place here, each pilot checks in at the electronic terminal by entering his ID and password.

6. The flight task is printed out, documents on board ( technical description aircraft of the previous team and technicians), all this is carefully studied and discussed.

7. The flight task also includes familiarization with the airports of departure, arrival and possible alternate airfields on the route.

8. This "bible" contains all the information about airfields and more.

9. To a person from the outside, all this seems incredibly complicated and confusing.

10. Just look at this card. The head will spin.

11. Also in the briefing room there is a meeting with the senior flight attendant (often these are acquaintances, since the crews are constantly changing). The chief flight attendant reports on the readiness for departure and the number of cabin crew on the flight.

12. When this whole story is over, we put on special vests and forward to the aircraft. Oh yes, how is the weather there? Previously, a summary (wind direction and strength, precipitation and thunderstorm risks) was received in a separate room. Now all the information is provided to the crews in the briefing room.

13. Here it is our handsome man - Airbus A-319, almost ready to go on flight 19 Moscow - St. Petersburg.

14. Let's take a closer look at him. Here is one of the engines.

15. Front chassis.

16. Place of attachment to the fuselage.

17. And this is what the insides of the rear chassis look like.

18. From this small window, a hellish stream of air - almost blew it away!

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20. When else will you take such a selfie!

21. Meanwhile, it would be nice to feed our liner.

22. Loading luggage.

23. Well, it's time to go inside. For bloggers, as well as for staff, the entrance to the TV ladder is on the side along a special ladder.

24. Teletrap control.

25. Well, well, everything is already in place.

26. The most interesting thing is, of course, the cockpit and cockpit.

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29. Do you know how easy it is to distinguish an Airbus cockpit from a Boeing cockpit, for example?

30. Initially, the co-pilot inspects the aircraft, and the PIC prepares the cockpit. Then they change places. Systems are being prepared and checked, documents are being filled out, and the route and features of the departure and arrival airfields are once again checked.

31. Flight attendant S7.

32. And at the bottom, in the meantime, a tugboat had already taxied. This means that the liner is almost ready for takeoff.

33. We cling.

34. By the way, picking him up is not such an easy task as it seems at first glance.

35. That's it, you can move in the direction of the take-off.

36. Goodbye, dear friend. Although you look strict on the outside, you are kind on the inside. Hope we meet again.

37. Acceleration. Or right, it seems - run.

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39. Breakaway. Although English is considered poorer in some sense, it sounds more interesting in this case - Take off the ground.

40. Bye, green!

Like this. Many thanks to the guys from S7 and the airport management for an interesting event!

S7 Airlines (Siberia Airlines) is a Russian airline based at Moscow Domodedovo Airport, one of the largest in terms of the number of passengers carried. At the time of its 20th anniversary, S7 Airlines has 146 destinations of its own route network in 26 countries of the world. The company, founded in the center of the continent, today operates flights to the most extreme points of Eurasia, many thousands of kilometers away from each other.

The history of Siberia Airlines begins in 1957, when the first civilian flight was made from a military airfield in the Novosibirsk Region (future Tolmachevo Airport). It was on the basis of the Tolmachevsky squadron that Siberia Airlines was formed in 1992.

Tu-154
This aircraft is an integral part of the history of the national civil aviation. For a long time, the Tu-154 was the basis of the fleet of the a / c "Siberia". In 2012, for the 20th anniversary of S7 Airlines, a memorial aircraft Tu-154 with tail number RA-85628 was installed on a pedestal near the entrance to Tolmachevo Airport, which made a huge number of flights with the airline.

Novosibirsk International Airport (Tolmachevo) is the largest transit hub beyond the Urals on key routes between Europe and Asia.

For a long time, the airport was the base for S7 Airlines, and today it remains the main hub in the eastern part of the country.

The rapid development of the airline has led to the need to go beyond the Siberian region.

Since 2001, the company has begun an active expansion of the route network, opening new flights from Moscow and other cities of Russia

Moscow Domodedovo Airport is the largest in terms of passenger traffic in Russia, one of the largest air hubs in Europe.

Today Domodedovo is the main and key airport for S7 Airlines

The company has the most modern and one of the "youngest" aircraft fleets on the Russian air transportation market.
All flights are carried out only on liners of foreign production of Airbus and Boeing companies.

The airline's fleet includes 20 Airbus A319s, 17 Airbus A320s, four Airbus A321s and two long-haul Boeing 767-300s.

S7 Airlines planes have a bright green color scheme, which makes them visible at almost any airport in the world.

The company, founded in the center of the continent, today operates flights to the most extreme points of Eurasia, many thousands of kilometers away from each other. Every day, S7 aircraft make 197 flights to 146 destinations in 26 countries.

Here are some extreme points of the airline's route network:

Westernmost point - Dublin (Ireland)
Ireland is traditionally associated with Guinness beer, whiskey and the famous national dance.

Hong Kong Airport (Chek Lap Kok) is one of the busiest in the world. This is one of the southernmost points in the S7 Airlines international route network.

Easternmost point - Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
From the east, Kamchatka is washed by the Pacific Ocean, and in summer the sun rises on the peninsula at the moment when people in Moscow have not yet gone to bed
- the difference in time is as much as 8 hours.

Kamchatka has no land connection with the mainland of Russia, so you can only get here by plane.

Northernmost point - Norilsk

Norilsk is located beyond the Arctic Circle in the north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The city has an extremely harsh climate, winter here lasts at least 8 months, and the historical minimum recorded in Norilsk is -64.7 degrees!

Westernmost continental point - Madrid (Spain)

Self check-in

luggage tape

While passengers are waiting to board their flight in the airport lounges, ground services are busy preparing the aircraft for departure.
They are faced with a difficult task - to carry out routine procedures in a short time, refuel the aircraft with fuel, water, load luggage and do everything necessary to make the upcoming flight safe and comfortable.

The minimum standard for aircraft ground handling time is approximately 37 minutes.

The crew of the aircraft receives power, checks the operability of the on-board systems and the readiness of the aircraft for departure. Airport services clean the cabin, and flight attendants check the readiness of each seat

Before each flight, the pilots perform an external inspection of the aircraft: they check the units and components of the aircraft for damage, the engines - for icing in the winter

Airport shuttles bring passengers to the aircraft.
The average daily passenger flow of S7 airlines is 22600

If the aircraft takes off in weather conditions that predispose to the formation of ice on the surfaces of the aircraft, it must be treated with a special anti-icing fluid.

All checks have been made and the plane is ready to take off. The crew has already conducted a pre-flight briefing, and the tractor is towing the liner onto the taxiway. The pilots start the engines and proceed to the starting point on the runway.

- Tolmachevo - start, Siberia-174 on the executive, let me take off? - Siberia-174, takeoff is allowed!

The engines of the aircraft are slowly filled with thrust, a pleasant rumble is heard throughout the cabin, and the liner rapidly begins its movement along the runway.

Separation

Landing at Vladivostok airport.

Reverse

Vladivostok Airport "Knevichi" is a large regional hub of the company in the east of the country.
The city is more than 9,000 km away from Moscow: traveling here by train will take a whole week!

Khabarovsk

Since 2010 S7 Airlines has been a full member of the global aviation alliance oneworld.

The alliance includes the world's largest airlines: AirBerlin, AmericanAirlines, BritishAirways, CathayPacific, Finnair, Iberia, JapanAirlines, LAN, MalaysiaAirlines, Qantas, RoyalJordanian, QatarAirways, as well as more than 20 affiliated carrier partners

S7 Group office

mission control center
The technologies implemented in the S7 Airlines Flight Control Center allow real-time control of the aircraft movement, ground handling process, obtaining data on payload, the state of the liner’s resources, as well as taking measures to comply with the vessel’s traffic schedule and perform scheduled flights.

On the control screens of employees, the schedule of aircraft movement for the current day with airports of departure and arrival is reflected.

Aviation Training Center "S7 Training" is the largest pilot and crew training center in Russia and Eastern Europe.

The center has several integrated flight simulators (Full Flight Simulator).

They are designed to train pilots for Airbus aircraft A320 and Boeing-737 families

Water rescue training in a specially equipped pool.

The training complex for conducting emergency rescue training allows you to simulate various types of emergency situations that occur on board an aircraft

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Hello! My name is Margarita. I really want to be a flight attendant in your company s7 Airlines.
I love civil aviation and everything related to flights. I am ready to give myself completely to work. Not at all afraid of the complexity and mode of the profession.
I'm 35, I look 20-25 years old. Height 166, weight 52, clothing size 44. Health is excellent. Not interested in the income of the profession, the main thing is the love of work. I want to learn
work smart and serve people.
I have two higher educations: economics, accountant; musical, conductor, teacher.
Extensive experience in working, helping and communicating with people, as well as volunteering to help those in need in difficult life situations. My target desire is my favorite job as a flight attendant.
I was born and live with a permanent residence permit in Domodedovo, near the airport. (I constantly admire the take-off turn over my house).
English pre-intermediate, Italian Elementary.
tel.8 916 105 23 83
Mail [email protected]
If you consider my candidacy, I will be a very diligent worker, very fond of my passengers, planes and work.

Here is my resume:

Position: flight attendant
Phone 8-916-105-23-83
Email: [email protected]
Domodedovo

Personal data
Danilkina Margarita Vladimirovna

Permanent residence address
Russia M.O. Domodedovo (Domodedovo district, village Konstantinovo, 78.)
Date of Birth
October 29, 1982
Family status
not married, no children.
Citizenship of the Russian Federation
Height 167
Weight 52
Clothing size 44
English Pre-Intermediate, Italian Elementary.

Education
2005-2010 Russian State University for the Humanities, Faculty of Economics, specialty Economist.
2016 Moscow State Institute of Culture, Faculty of Vocal Art, Specialty Conductor teacher.
Additional education
2006 Course PC user, certificate; 2007 Course "accounting (1C: accounting-7.7), certificate; 2007 Course "automation of warehouse and commodity accounting (1C: Trade and warehouse-7.7), certificate.

Professional skills
The ability to get along with people, quickly find contact, the ability to find an individual approach to people, attentiveness to others, the ability to smooth out any conflict situations, the ability to quickly make decisions in emergency situations, the ability to competently and politely communicate with people, knowledge of etiquette and behavior, service and help people, volunteer service – helping people in difficult situations.

additional information
no bad habits, excellent health, personal car, driver's license category B.

Personal qualities
Sociability, friendliness, stress resistance, purposefulness, ability to work in a team, quick learner, diligence, delicacy, accuracy, friendliness, desirability, ability to get along with people, desire to serve and help people.

work experience
2016 - present time. Religious organization "Krestovozdvidensky Jerusalem stauropegial convent", Domodedovo;
Church choir leader
Responsibilities
Management of various services and activities with people; professional performance of the parties of the team, management of the methodology and process in the service of worship; teaching adults and children in the field of musical and vocal knowledge.

2013 – 2016 LLC Lux Design-M, Domodedovo;
Accountant
Responsibilities
Accounting; settlements with suppliers and buyers; keeping books of purchases and sales, invoices of acts of reconciliations; accounting for the sale of products, the provision of services through the bank and cash desks; calculations with accountable persons; preparation of reports on income, expenses of the enterprise; enterprise costs, deferred expenses, settlements with various debtors and creditors; maintenance of non-operating income and expenses, control of settlement accounts, powers of attorney, advance reports; conducting inventories.

2012 - 2013 LLC Design and Production Association "Dom", Domodedovo;
senior engineer
Responsibilities
Ensuring trouble-free operation of all types of equipment; monitoring the correct operation of equipment, timely and high-quality repairs; exercising control and fulfilling duties for safety and security; compliance with established requirements, applicable norms, rules and standards.

2010 - 2011 GBUSO MO Domodedovo SRTSN "Family", Domodedovo;
Material warehouse manager
Responsibilities:
Managing the work of the warehouse for the receipt, storage and release of inventory items, their placement and accounting; facilitating and speeding up the search for the necessary materials, inventory, etc.; ensuring the safety of stored inventory items, compliance with storage regimes, rules for processing and submitting income and expenditure documents; control over the availability and serviceability of fire fighting equipment, the condition of premises, equipment and inventory and ensuring timely repairs; participation in the inventory of inventory items; control and accounting of warehouse operations; compliance with the rules and norms of safety, industrial sanitation and fire protection; maintaining cleanliness and order in the workplace.
Compilation date 07.10.2018

Thank you for reading my resume.
I really hope that I can become a flight attendant!

Exactly one year later, on March 5, 2008, new, more stringent requirements for the level of knowledge will come into force of English language pilots and air traffic controllers. This decision was made by the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO. This means that in order to serve international flights, all non-English-speaking countries of the world must provide personnel who speak conversational, and not just narrowly professional English - a simple knowledge of aviation phraseology will no longer be enough.

In order to timely prepare for the new requirements, starting from the summer of 2006, all flight personnel of S7 Airlines with a valid permit for international flights (international airlines) began to be tested to determine the level of knowledge of the English language. Those pilots who now know the language at a level below Intermediate will have to undergo training until they reach the required level.

The first groups of S7 Airlines pilots have already started training in February. Training up to the Pre-Intermediate level will take place on the basis of our own training center S7 Training, further preparation and passing the exam takes place in a training center that has the appropriate license. Classes are organized off-the-job according to the scheme: three weeks of training, a week break and another three weeks of training.

In parallel, those who do not need additional preparation will take exams. Based on the results of the exam, the level of knowledge of the language on the ICAO scale will be determined (from 1 to 6, those who show knowledge at the level of 4, 5 or 6 categories will receive admission to the MVL). S7 Airlines already has the first pilots who have successfully passed the exams.

"Knowledge of English allows the pilot to read special literature, better understand foreign instructors during retraining, adequately respond in the air to controllers' messages. Having a good auditory perception of the air, you can assess your position in relation to other sides, understand the commands given to the other side, and prepare accordingly their actions. Thus, a good knowledge of the language improves flight safety," says Oleg Vasiliev, director of S7 Training.

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