Today in Vladivostok, in the conference hall of RIA "Interfax-Far

Today in Vladivostok, in the conference hall of RIA "Interfax-Far East" held a press conference of the initiative group of employees of JSC "Vladivostok Avia" under the leadership of Chairman of the BoardVladimir Hitriheeva shop stewards. At a press conference attended by the flight instructor Tu-204-300 Nikolai Titov, flight attendant instructor Natalia Derbeneva, the commander of the aircraft Tu-204-300 Alexander Markov. The opening remarks addressed the gathering of trade union committees chairman of the board of JSC "Vladivostok Avia" Vladimir Hitriheev, focusing attention to the fact that air transportation in particular - is priceless cargo transportation, passenger transportation. Set the direction of Vladimir G.conference and answered all the questions and clarified the current state of airline "Vladivostok Avia". On the first of August of this year the current change management. Director General was Igor K. Pazyuk. Yesterday, he signed an order to close the sale of tickets for all flights "Vladivostok Avia", including on charter flights. It is unpopular in the workplace airline staff decision was considered as a harbinger of futurethe company's bankruptcy was the reason of today's meeting with the press. August 9 in the city of Artem scheduled another press conference, which invited 14 officials. The purpose of these events - to draw public attention to the situation of mass reduction of the number of employees of JSC "Vladivostok Avia" and the possible process of forced bankruptcy of the company. Flight instructor Tu-204-300 Nikolai Titov informed the audience of their applicationsaircraft Tupolev-204 given the technical characteristics of this type of aircraft, and explained to journalists present consequences of decommissioning 6 ships of this type, which now account for half of the company's aircraft fleet. For Nicholas Mikhailovich is the second experience of the fall of the Far Eastern airline. The first was the airline "Dalavia" witness which he was a bankruptcy in the past. The presence of journalists, curious fate of winged machinesasked a series of questions about the future tactics. Flight instructor explained that in such cases, the fate of the aircraft is obvious. They are aircraft debris and live his life on the edge of the platform or go for scrap. Recall that the Tupolev, which "Vladivostok Avia" received in 2005 have not yet developed its aviation resource. Each bead is equipped with two engines PS 90. Price of one engine reaches $ 10 million. By the way, the PS 90 is reliable: thus, the engines of this modificationequipped with a presidential board number 1. A series of questions was given a flight attendant instructor Natalia Derbeneva. She spoke about the extent of reduction of flight attendants (cabin crew) and the impact of this reduction. Joined his colleagues and the aircraft commander Alexander Markov, focusing on the geography of flights of aircraft Tu-204-300 personal experience of operating this type of aircraft and its reliability. The company, working on an optimized plan with the parkaircraft Tu-204-300 and Airbus 320 has for the 1st half of 2013 a positive financial result. At a press conference sounded another interesting thought it sounded Vladimir Hitriheev. "A country that buys foreign aircraft assembly and spare parts for them, vulnerable and dependent in the event of major international conflicts." "We need to maintain and develop the domestic aircraft." "Russia has accumulated a wealth of valuable experience and domestic passenger aviation industry:"Tupolev", "Ilyushin", "Yakovlev", "Antonov", "dry" - not the whole list of major design offices known to the whole world of the multinational. Today's story took the start in December 2011 when the Board of Directors of JSC "Aeroflot" approved the plan for the integration of "Vladivostok Avia" group of companies "Aeroflot" and "VladAvia" as the company comes under the commercial management of "Aeroflot". The plan called for the decommissioning of wide-bodied "Entourage» Airbus 330 (A-330), Yak -40 performingintraregional air travel, being a link between the capital and the north of Primorsky Krai. The Mi-8 has also been taken out of service. At that time, the airline "Vladivostok Avia" was the only company of the Ural Mountains, which has been successfully exploited in its long-haul fleet, widebody A-330. Pilots, flight attendants and engineering group were trained in foreign airlines the world level. The first group ofbortprovonikov-instuktorov trained in Toulouse. Pilots constantly interned in France, Germany, Switzerland, the Baltic States and Canada. Lineups flight attendants annually perepodtverzhdal their skills and consequently the certificates of conformity to the world-class company «Asiana» in Seoul (South Korea). Certificates that were issued cabin crew, were given the right to work in any airlines in the world, which was the operator of this type of aircraft. A group of Germantechnicians carried out daily inspection, maintenance and support of the entire family of Airbus "Vladivostok Avia". At that time the company had in its fleet are two types of Airbus: A-330 and A-320 - part-time analog Russian Tupolev-204. Winged giant A-330 had three! Highly qualified flight personnel of world-class (since all examinations for a certificate shall be in the English language) to perform regular long-haul transport. Board A-330 serves 2pilots and crew of 8 flight attendants. One day the team could make a cascade of flights Vladivostok-Moscow-Hurghada-Moscow, and the next day, the same crew flying from Moscow to Khabarovsk. Geography of flights was extensive. The aircraft were leased and operated in the non-stop. Think about the profitability of long-haul air travel, adding to the same treasury of regular direct flights of "Vladivostok Avia" in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Bangkok, Hanoi and other major airports of the worldplus a wide range of charter flights. Multimillion taxes replenish the budget Artem and Primorsky Krai. Aviation Company was the town-Artem and one of the largest in the Primorye Territory. In addition to the squadron in the Airbus fleet businesses were new and reliable long-range Tupolev 204-300 obtained in 2005 there were 6. Also consisted of a fleet of aircraft Yak-40 (Yakovlev-40) and Mi-8.Odin of the Yak-40 was the aircraft-cabin, that is, has been completely remodeled and has long served the VIP-persons. Two words - the company has evolved, roam the air with jet speed and bring the littoral income, not having analogues in the region. And suddenly - "Stop the machine!" The first wave of cuts was gaining momentum. Decommissioning of the Airbus 330 stripped of 127 highly qualified flight attendants. Flight crews also had to look for jobs in Moscow. Closer does not exist companies that have had at their fleet, "Airbus' 330. The number of companies was reduced from 2400 to 1550 people. Abbreviations were two flight attendants. They were experienced and senior cabin crew cabin crew crew with several thousand hours of flight time and flight attendants who could not "at his own expense" to move to the city of Khabarovsk. Have also been reduced and dismissed experienced cabin crew instructors who organized the service attendants "Vladivostok Avia". Was "buried" whole school training for cabin crews of aircraft. Many experienced pilots and chief pilot Squadron Airbus, Alexander V. Sichkar were forced to leave the Primorye and move to Moscow. The deficit flight crew became even more obvious. The Directorate has missed the company CEO and Deputy CEO. The airline was forced to pay nearly $ 20 million for the forced return of 330 jumbo jets under a lease agreement and a further 3.8 billion rubles lost during the preflight preparation of the aircraft on their return to the new owners. The transfer of ships was premature. Flight catering, which brought the share of revenue to the airline became a separate legal entity. Just took the fateful transfer of controlling interest in airline "Vladivostok Avia" "SAT Airlines" for a nominal fee - 1 ruble. "Supermarket attached to the tray" - this phrase uttered then fire employees airlines. In total there were 850. The figure is impressive. How to be a pilot, who by the age criteria can not be retrained for a different type of aircraft? How to live on a lonely flight attendant who has no money for the education of their only child, because it does not take on the same age criterion to another airline, thereby violating industry standards? She was 39 years old, it is suitable for medical reasons, but its address is flying, "Stary you to fly." "We recruit professionals under 30" - "Excuse me " In case of bankruptcy of the other Far East "Dalavia" were even cases of suicide. People were thrown out of the windows on the 8th floor, realizing that they have no money to pay the bills. What awaits the laid-off employees of JSC "Vladivostok Avia"? These issues are concerned participants and initiators of today's press conference. The fate of their company, their fate is decided. The tension in the workplace "Vladivostok Avia" is growing, as in the winter flight schedule airlines from October 272013 JSC "Aeroflot" provides decommissioning of six Tu-204-300 and that's half of the fleet of the company at this time. Lose their jobs, not only the flight and cabin crew, but also engineers and technicians, experts terrestrial services. According to the new target structures were completely eliminated some units, reduced staff commercial service center settlement, service ticket sales, closed offices and airlines offices in Russia and abroad. Held June 18 meeting of the trade union committee and the Board of Veterans considered a developing situation and proposed management of JSC "Aeroflot" to prevent the loss of jobs due to the continued operation of the Tu-204-300 under the commercial management of JSC "Aeroflot". The corresponding number for the Resolution 192 of 18062013 was sent to JSC "Aeroflot", JSC "SAT" (majority shareholder with 2203. 2013), the Governor of the Primorsky Territory, the Central Committee of the Russian union of aviation workers. Response from the JSC "Aeroflot" not yet. Real support to airline staff have not yet received. PS: While preparing this material, the editors called the stewardess serving the branch number 2 "Vladivostok Avia" in the city of Khabarovsk and reported that the cost of "flight" hours of cabin crew is reduced to 200 rubles. That's another one "final" touch, perfectly illustrating the position

Eugene Zhitnikova, RIA «VladNews»