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Many People Relate To This Russian Pilot Who Had To Switch His Career To Become A Food Delivery Driver
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Many People Relate To This Russian Pilot Who Had To Switch His Career To Become A Food Delivery Driver

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Throughout history, work has been characterized as a central activity for human sociability and of course, for most, it was highly considered an essential part of life.

Therefore, for a lot of people, work culture has changed tremendously throughout the course of the worldwide pandemic. The jobs market is now flooded with people that have been made redundant and are looking for new jobs to settle in.

Roman Savin is a 23-year-old Russian airline pilot who currently lives in Lithuania, and unfortunately is no different from most of the people who were forced to look for another job.

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Roman has shared two of his photos on a Russian social media platform called Pikabu, which made him go viral

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One photo was taken in 2019, the other in 2020. Through them, Savin wanted to show and compare how his life changed before and after the start of the pandemic.

The first photo shows a very happy Roman posing in front of a mirror in an elevator, dressed in his pilot’s uniform

Image credits: rmnsvn

While this photo shows him in another elevator, now with a completely different profession too

Image credits: rmnsvn

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Of course, having seen the post, it was self-explanatory that the coronavirus pandemic made it impossible for him to work as a pilot, and that was the main cause of him having to change his job temporarily. But… well, not quite, as Roman explained to Bored Panda what was happening in his life.

“I’m a 23-year-old guy, and I worked as a pilot for the past 3 years. As you probably know, the pandemic has brought the aviation industry to historic minimums”

Image credits: rmnsvn

“Last year, I used to fly 90-100 hours a month during the high summer seasons and this year, I have a total of 140 hours for the whole year. I keep working as an airline pilot, as my company still has some flights, mostly charters, actually, and I average about 1 flight a month, meaning I have 30 more days to spare.”

Becoming a pilot at only 20 years old seems bizarre to some people, but Roman has already proven that one can achieve his dreams at a very young age by putting a lot of work into it.

“To become a pilot, I had 2–3 years of training. Actually, that was all that’s required. I started at the age of 17, finished training when I was 19, and got my first job at the age of 20.”

Roman assured us that not all was bad, even if he was forced to temporarily work different jobs

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Image credits: rmnsvn

“I started to work in the aviation spare parts shop as a sales agent (I work from home) and on weekends, I work as a food-delivery guy. Frankly, I quite like it.

After a week of work in front of your computer, you get to go around the city, see people, and listen to your favorite music while delivering food.”

According to Roman, his decision to start working as a delivery driver was mainly because the job had no set schedule like your usual full-time job.

“Being a courier doesn’t bring you any obligations. You don’t sign a contract, you don’t have a schedule. If you have time, you grab your bag and go work. Did you get tired? You just go home and chill. That was the main part for me when it came to choosing it, it required no schedule, and given that I’m still flying from time to time, it was perfect as my schedule is very unpredictable these days.”

Image credits: rmnsvn

Even if Roman doesn’t work much as a pilot nowadays, he still finds himself missing some things that were taken out of his usual work routine.

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“I miss some of the things, of course. If I had to name it, the most important one would probably be traveling. But there were other things too, such as living in the hotels, seeing the world, and having fun with my colleagues!”

We asked him what was his favorite thing about his job as a pilot.

“I’m passionate about flying, so my favorite part about my job is actually my job itself. Until we closed for quarantine, I used to fly frequently on the full flight simulators as an instructor for people coming for a joy ride, and on my free days, I was going to the airfield to fly a small airplane just for fun.”

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Peter Weir
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3 years ago

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Russian pilots are not really that good, training in below average and they will hire you if you have a heartbeat..pay sucks, and aircraft are unsafe

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Imma Letchoofinish
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is no shame in a man working to make ends meet...not matter what it is. This is the kind of guy I want my daughter to bring home.

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Tatjana Peskir
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

in my country the training also takes 2-3 years. our pilots are of such high quality that etihad bought our national airline mostly for the pilots. so, everyone, turn it down a notch .

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Jesse Hromcik
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pilots are delivery drivers; uniform and vehicles are different but that's about it.

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King Joffrey
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What I like about him is that he rolled up his sleeves and is making the best out of a bad situation. He's quite young to be a pilot though, my friend is a pilot and it took him a good few years (and a mountain of debt) to qualify.

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Eglė Bukauskaitė
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not that big of a story really. Many employees of shut down business transfer to jobs on demand currently (couriers/cashiers/warehouse workers). Some volunteer at hospitals or shelters. There are trade deals between businesses: shut down business lends employees to another, open, business.

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manon M
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

well done to him. In addition, he multiplies his experiences instead of complaining and waiting. If we could see this type of guy more often 👍

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HC
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good for him. We should all do what it takes to care for ourselves and our families.

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FloC
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I would have seen him in the plane, I would have thought that he was the kid doing the "go at work with the parent" day.

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guy greej
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

23 year old pilot. good god we're doing things slow over here in Africa.

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Peter Weir
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when this is all over then he will go back to normal work...like the rest of the world....Just wait for it..within the next 10-20 years there will be another pandemic that will make this one look like a day at Disney world... be prepared for it...its not a fantasy its a reality. Live within your means and plan for the what if's in life, like this lad has done

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Peter Weir
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3 years ago

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Russian pilots are not really that good, training in below average and they will hire you if you have a heartbeat..pay sucks, and aircraft are unsafe

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kenroberts avatar
Imma Letchoofinish
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is no shame in a man working to make ends meet...not matter what it is. This is the kind of guy I want my daughter to bring home.

tatjana_peskir avatar
Tatjana Peskir
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

in my country the training also takes 2-3 years. our pilots are of such high quality that etihad bought our national airline mostly for the pilots. so, everyone, turn it down a notch .

jessehromcik avatar
Jesse Hromcik
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pilots are delivery drivers; uniform and vehicles are different but that's about it.

jakeleehutch avatar
King Joffrey
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What I like about him is that he rolled up his sleeves and is making the best out of a bad situation. He's quite young to be a pilot though, my friend is a pilot and it took him a good few years (and a mountain of debt) to qualify.

eglbukauskait avatar
Eglė Bukauskaitė
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not that big of a story really. Many employees of shut down business transfer to jobs on demand currently (couriers/cashiers/warehouse workers). Some volunteer at hospitals or shelters. There are trade deals between businesses: shut down business lends employees to another, open, business.

manonm avatar
manon M
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

well done to him. In addition, he multiplies his experiences instead of complaining and waiting. If we could see this type of guy more often 👍

helencole avatar
HC
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good for him. We should all do what it takes to care for ourselves and our families.

florence-colomb avatar
FloC
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I would have seen him in the plane, I would have thought that he was the kid doing the "go at work with the parent" day.

guygreej avatar
guy greej
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

23 year old pilot. good god we're doing things slow over here in Africa.

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Peter Weir
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3 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

when this is all over then he will go back to normal work...like the rest of the world....Just wait for it..within the next 10-20 years there will be another pandemic that will make this one look like a day at Disney world... be prepared for it...its not a fantasy its a reality. Live within your means and plan for the what if's in life, like this lad has done

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