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Wonder what the geo-political consequences could be. What if Big Brother Putin now says all EU planes are banned from flying over Russia. Or what if Russian AT
by bellyfullofbac 5y ago
Wonder what the geo-political consequences could be. What if Big Brother Putin now says all EU planes are banned from flying over Russia.
Or what if Russian ATC are ordered to route planes flying from the east to Belarussian airspace. Of course there's probably a bit of freedom to choose routes by pilots, but if I were Putin I'd just say (or tell my ATC to say): "those routes are closed because of military training, your only available route is here through Belarussia"
- kilroy123 5y agoI think Russia charges a lot of money for planes to fly over their airspace to extract as much money as possible. I doubt they'll do this as they make a lot of money from this.
- peteretep 5y ago> What if Big Brother Putin now says all EU planes are banned from flying over Russia For what gain?
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoHe's been described as a very petty man. For the gain of maybe a move that inconveniences all the EU airlines enough that they'll lobby their governments to not implement this ban. An EU climbdown would be a delicious victory for him. But the way politics work, nobody ever climbs down anything.
- ratww 5y agoPutin has lots of issues, but he's way more pragmatic than that.
- gspr 5y ago> Wonder what the geo-political consequences could be. What if Big Brother Putin now says all EU planes are banned from flying over Russia. Well, who would really lose out if the EU and the US were to retaliate with the same action? Russia, or EU+US? I would wager the latter would revert to the transpolar routes of the cold war, while the former would be almost entirely shut out of its most lucrative markets. No way Putin would do this.