L'entraînement au vol en avion des cosmonautes pourrait être externalisé

11/23/2012 Flight training astronauts can outsource

Cosmonaut Training Center (CTC) is considering the transfer of the cosmonaut training flight training for outsourcing. "We are now looking possible, not only to fly their planes, and maybe use some outsourcing, hiring a private company to provide flight training," - "Interfax-AVN" Chief Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev Thursday. He said that he is familiar with the preparation of the astronauts of the European Space Agency. "They are in front of all their astronauts are aiming to get a flight license. They pay a flying club, and he is preparing astronauts" - said S.Krikalev. Currently, its fleet consists of CPC training aircraft L-39, Tu-134 passenger aircraft, and for training in weightless IL-76.