having spend more than 40 segments in/around FSU last year, I need to give me 2 cents on this topic:
Surely the old Tupolev machines look quite "unusual" for someone, who is used to "western" gear, but I normally don't have any fear sitting in those airplanes (Ok, let's not talk about old Yaks...
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As it has been pointed out here before, the security record of the Tupolevs is not worse than comparable Boeings. In fact quite a few number of the lost TU154 have been simply shut down...
Anyway, Aeroflot is phasing out the old gear (heard the last route will be SVO-KRR - one of my favorite) and on the more popular routes, like SVO-LED you only have Boeings/Airbus anyway.
Maybe the most important thing is: the technicians at the local airports have been servicing those systems since decades and know every bit and bold on these airplanes.
What really makes me scared: not Aeroflot, but the small cheap airlines in FSU, which bought el-cheapo 2nd hand Boeings/Airbuses... I don't want to know, how well they know these systems.
So from a security standpoint I don't have a problem here, comfort - maybe, but I'm not much bothered when the flight is <3 hours...
Aeroflot biggest problem is rather the customer service: rude, inefficient and aggressive let even Alitalia look like a customers heaven
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