Russian airlines staff start to receive conscription notices

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

(Reuters) - Russian employees at airlines and airports have started to receive conscription notices after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial military mobilisation, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Friday citing sources.

Employees of at least five airlines, including Russian top carrier Aeroflot, and staff at more than 10 airports received notices within a day of Putin ordering the mobilisation, the paper reported.

According to sources in three companies, potentially 50-80% of the employees could be called up, with a source close to Aeroflot saying that over half of the staff at three of the group's airlines potentially could be drafted, Kommersant said.

Aeroflot declined to comment.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/russian-airlines-staff-start-receive-082404188.html

Guess Pooty figures it's one way to keep people from flying out of the country.

[PJMcK]

1. Putin is doubling down

He knows he’s lost but he won’t accept it.

This is very dangerous.

[Lovie777]

2. Who does that sound like.....

2020 election, although what Putin is doing at this point in time is far more violent and is attacking a unprovoked country that Putin is obsessed with.

[hedda_foil]

3. They need pilots and plane maintenance crew apparently.

[Irish_Dem]

5. That is what I think, flight crew and aircraft maintenance.

Also others are pointing out, what better way to make sure men cannot flee the country by
shutting down the airlines?

[2naSalit]

4. They're gonna...

Fly to other countries and defect!