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The bbc�*s nafiseh kohnavard has been given access to nato footage showing extremely close encounters with the russian military in the skies of europe. heres her exclusive report. nato says this is the biggest threat since the end of the cold war. 50 jets testing allied air defences in eastern europe. the past is always present. russia remains the main threat. this check pilot is playing his part. ready for the camera, it looks like a top gun moving scene. but this is a serious business. this ...

Lot more fuel than you would at cruise altitude. the difference you would recover is going to be very different than you would at cruise altitude. >> this is for tom, from michael, the last communication from mh-370 was spoken by the pilot. were all previous communication from him as well? >> we dont know that. >> why dont they tell us? >> i dont know why. most people say it really doesnt make a difference. the captain runs the ship. he could have said to the co-pilot, why dont you take off, ill...

They dont choose pilots like we do in the united states based off experience. sometimes the positions are handed out because of who you know with the government. >> so is he a red flag for you first time in the cockpit without a train center. >> we want to see his training record. the thing is in terms of real-worth experience, he didnt have it. five or six trips with a training pilot. this was his first trip as a crew member without a check pilot in the left seat. so great training but no real ...

Experienced now than they might have been lets say 15 or 20 years ago. but they are very seriously trained. i mean, before they assume the flying duties in a new kind of aircraft, theyve done a lot of training on the ground in the simulators, then they fly along with the check pilot for a great while. even though they havent accumulated a whole lot of hours with hands on, they still have had a fair amount of experience in the cockpit. >> finally, we believe that one of the two teen-agers who so ...

That, that the public has a right to know it. i suspect theyre with fewer pilots because business had been slow until recently that the pilots tend to be more experienced now than they might have been lets say 15 or 20 years ago. but they are very seriously trained. i mean, before they assume the flying duties in a new kind of aircraft, theyve done a lot of training on the ground in the simulators, then they fly along with the check pilot for a great while. even though they havent accumulated a ...

But they are very seriously trained. i mean, before they assume the flying duties in a new kind of aircraft, theyve done a lot of training on the ground in the simulators, then they fly along with the check pilot for a great while. even though they havent accumulated a whole lot of hours with hands on, they still have had a fair amount of experience in the cockpit. >> finally, we believe that one of the two teen-agers who so sadly lost their lives may have been killed by being hit by a rescue ve...

Likely to happen. >> when you hear that a pilots had 43 hours of flight experience on a plane like this, never done it at this particular airport, does that raise any -- is 43 hours a lot? is it not a lot? >> its not a lot, however, this pilot obviously has 10,000 hours or something close to it, has been a pilot on another large airplane, the boeing 747. but there was a supervisory pilot, an instructor, check pilot, next to him supervising him. i during my career was a check airman, one of the m...

Experience on a plane like this, never done it at this particular airport, does that raise any -- is 43 hours a lot? is it n a lot? >> its not a lot, however, this pilot obviously has 10,000 hours or something close to it, has been a pilot on another large airplane, the boeing 747. but there was a supervisory pilot, an instructor, check pilot, next to him supervising him. i during my career was a check airman, one of the most enjoyable things i did was when we were hiring new pilots, to take the...