What does it take to sell a Russian jet to a Russian airline? A cockpit that doesn’t need a three-person crew, but the Tu-214‘s manufacturer can’t promise that.

Meduza reports a deal between S7 Airlines and Russia's State Transport Leasing Company for up to one hundred Tu-214 jets could collapse or be scaled back. The sticking point: the aircraft requires a three-person cockpit crew, and the manufacturer can't promise to change that.

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