@soryang by whatever administration takes power after Biden goes away (probably in a year and a half) to "catch up" with China in the manufacture of all of the cheap stuff we currently get from China through WalMart, Target, and so on. It will fail because the strategy currently preferred by Congress involves printing lots of money and handing it to rich people, who will use that money to pursue stock buy-backs instead of for producing anything.

Thanks Cassiodorus for posting this video. Hadn't seen it before. I think the discussion was very informative. Unlearning the Russian style aircraft checklists, instrumentation, mechanics etc., presenting a greater training challenge than starting with a junior pilot with a "clean slate."

Will there be a temptation to simply introduce NATO pilots?

I've always considered military aviation a "culture," where one training experience relies on the preceding one, and even more significantly the greater reliance on the training and operational experiences of the senior pilots who become the trainers qualifying the younger pilots. In a sense, the culture of training pilots relies upon the older generation of pilots training the younger. It applies to maintenance and ground crews as well.

I have yet to hear the impact of the language barrier on such training. Do most Ukrainian pilots or pilot trainees already speak English? Additionally, the level of expertise in a language, requires the highest comprehension levels in specific technical or professional fields like aviation.

I thought the Cedric Durand piece was illuminating, and his reference to Adam Tooze was helpful. I consider the notion of meritocracy and the number of STEM graduates in China to give them an advantage as well. One wonders how this longer term advantage will be overcome.