When and with what honors do pilots retire?

General conditions for granting pensions to pilots

State structures authorized to issue pensions assign payments to pilots if they have 20 years (for females), 25 years (for males) of service. When becoming a pensioner, a citizen must have titles/positions confirming that he is associated with aviation.

The general list of conditions for assigning pensions to pilots is as follows:

• presence of Russian citizenship;
• availability of the necessary experience;
• availability of grounds for registration of a long-service pension;
• transfer to the reserve due to health problems;
• transfer to the reserve for other reasons that are considered valid in the Russian Federation.

The type of equipment on which the citizen performed his duties also matters.

Military pilots are people who flew:

• strategic bomber;
• military transport aircraft;
• fighter;
• by helicopter;
• tactical bomber.

Reference! If all the conditions for obtaining a pension are met, employees of the government agency calculate the amount of payments.

The procedure for obtaining state support for length of service

The amount of VL payments directly depends on the total period of professional activity. It includes the service:

• in civil aviation flight personnel;
• performing tasks outside the homeland as part of foreign aviation;
• time of study at a specialized educational institution;
• period of parental leave.

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Thus, the specific amount of state support is calculated based on the size of the social pension established for the period of dismissal of the test pilot. In this case, professional service experience exceeding the legal limit of 20 and 25 flying years is taken into account.

This payment is calculated using the following formula:

1. PL = (1000% x Sp - StP) 25% x Sp x Dst, where:
2. PL - the final amount of state support for length of service;
3. SP - insurance pension norm established by the Government of the Russian Federation;
4. StP - the amount of old-age insurance benefits determined in accordance with Federal Law No. 400;
5. Dst - an additional number of full years of service in excess of the norm.

Important: the size of the state pension for length of service is limited to 1500% of the insurance pension (StP in our formula).
You can apply for payments at any time after you become entitled to them. The application is submitted to the Pension Fund of Russia (PFR). This is allowed:

1. personally:
   at the Pension Fund branch;
2. in the multifunctional center;
3. through services:
   enterprises Russian Post (by letter);
4. authorized representative (if there is a corresponding document);
5. using the Internet:
   on the Pension Fund website;
6. on the government services portal.

To confirm your right to accrual, you must provide the following documents:

1. application in the prescribed form (original);
2. copies:
   passports;
3. SNILS;
4. military ID;
5. flight book;
6. identification number;
7. work book;
8. information (originals):
   about income;
9. about length of service;
10. about flight test experience;
11. if necessary:
    about dismissal for health reasons;
12. on the appointment of 1st flight class.

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Who are military pilots?

In accordance with the government decree, a list of positions that are subject to state pension provision for length of service has been approved:

1. Pilots . This includes pilots, flight engineers, test parachutists who are involved in aviation testing and are part of the regular crew.
2. Engineers who carry out testing, delivery and acceptance flights of aircraft, its systems, components, devices and equipment. This category of employees must have certificates that allow them to participate in aviation testing.
3. The employees who inspect pilots during testing administer the tests.

On the size of pensions for military pilots

55% and no more than 80% (reducing factor) of the salary during the period of service - this should be the pension of a military pilot according to the law.

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Group 1 or 2 disability must be confirmed by a decision of the medical commission. If, upon dismissal, the serviceman's service record exceeds that established by law, then a special coefficient is applied when calculating the pension - 3% is added for each additional year of service. The increase is possible no more than 85% in the end.

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In addition, pilots can count, like other pensioners, on periodic indexation of payments taking into account the level of inflation.

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The following factors influence the amount of pension benefits for military pilots:

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• Rank.
• Position at the time of transfer to the reserve.
• Longevity bonuses and other additional payments.
• Reduction factor.

All parameters are summed up and multiplied by a reduction factor. Also, when calculating, allowances and additional payments due by rank are taken into account. All these parameters are individual for each serviceman, and each personal file must be considered individually when calculating pension benefits.

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But this figure is averaged, and the pensioner will find out the final amount as a result of taking into account all available parameters: rank, position, awards, additional payments, allowances, etc., but the fact that the social status of military retirees has improved significantly is obvious.

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At the end of 2025, the average pension for military pilots will be 23,500 rubles.

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How much does a retired military pilot earn in Russia?

According to the current legislative norms, the pension provision of a military pilot is equal to 55-80 percent of the salary that he received when he served in aviation. An exception is people who become disabled while performing their official duties. They can receive an increased pension equal to 85 percent of their salary.

Disability of 1-2 categories must be confirmed by the conclusion of a medical commission. If, when a pilot leaves service, his length of service is greater than the minimum, a special coefficient is used.

For each additional year of work in aviation, a citizen is provided with an additional 3 percent of the salary (no more than 85 percent in total). Also, for pilots, as for other pension recipients, indexation is provided , aimed at leveling the impact of inflation.

What does the payment consist of?

The amount of pension provision for military pilots consists of the following factors:

• rank;
• the position in which the Russian left service;
• additional payments for length of service and other allowances;
• reduction factor.

An employee of a government agency calculating a pension takes into account the above factors. They differ for each pilot; personal files of citizens are considered individually.

According to the latest data from the Pension Fund of Russia, the amount of pension payments for aviation employees is 1.7 times greater than the amount of pensions of ordinary citizens. This indicator is an average; the citizen will be informed of the specific amount after taking into account his rank, position, and salary.

Attention! According to expert forecasts, by the end of 2025 the average amount of pension payments to military pilots will be 23.5 thousand rubles.

Comparison information

For comparison, let's look at the data on the provision of pensioners - former military personnel in the United States. According to their legislation, allowance is assigned after 20 years of service at 50% of the monthly salary. If there is excess length of service, 2.5% is charged for the next year.

With 40 years of service, the pension is equal to the salary. Alternatively, it is possible to calculate based on the highest average salary for any 3 years.

In America, a soldier who has served 20 years in the army in peacetime is considered a veteran.

Therefore, as veterans, they are entitled to numerous benefits: free travel around the country with their family, free medical care, unemployment benefits, lifetime use of stores and gas stations intended for military personnel.

Ukraine, in which pensions for military pilots for a long time were similar to Russian ones, today provides its military personnel in the following way:

1. With 20 years of service - 50% of allowance.
2. In case of dismissal due to health – 55%.
3. For each extra year of service, an additional payment of 3%, but not more than 65%.
4. For 25 years of experience - 50% of allowance.
5. Experience over 25 years – 1% annually.
6. The maximum pension amount is no more than 85% of allowance.
7. The minimum pension is equal to the subsistence level.
8. Service periods in particularly difficult conditions are counted in a ratio of 1:3 for participation in anti-terrorist operations and in the liquidation of the Chernobyl accident.

The initial parameters for calculating pension benefits are similar to Russian ones: position, rank, length of service.

If we rank the examples considered, the United States is confidently ahead of both Russia and Ukraine in terms of the level of military pensions. Given the high cost of living in America, the level of government care for military personnel deserves respect.

Pension reform and its impact on pilots' pension benefits

To get rest, you will need to work and serve in military or civil aviation. At the same time, the reform determines the entire procedure for leaving work and all subsequent payments. After all, such citizens are involved in activities where there is increased danger and other conditions that affect people’s lives. Yes, military pilots will have a slightly smaller pension, but this has more to do with wages and the benefits provided.

The concept of pension payments means providing the necessary amount of finances after reaching a certain age or length of service. For military personnel, it is enough to fly 70% of the required time. Disabled people or people with various health conditions will have early exit and preferential benefits.

For civil aviation, a flight crew member is calculated using a certain formula. It is generally available and approximate figures are given above. Yes, there will be a few more errors, but overall, everything is not bad. Benefits will include disability or other various factors of impairment. If these are not observed, then, provided all standards are observed, the pilot will have to fly in the order established for him. Namely: no more than 20 hours of work on an airplane are equivalent to a month at a regular enterprise.

How to make an additional payment

Old age comes suddenly. The astronaut loses his previous physical form. His only desire at this moment is to spend the rest of his days on Earth, with his family and friends.

To implement this plan, the following actions should be taken:

• Submit the appropriate package of documents to the MFC and the territorial department of the Pension Fund. Among them:
• application for cash payments;
• SNILS;
• a certificate stating that the applicant has worked as a test pilot for a long time;
• certificate of total length of service;
• health certificate (if you leave work early);
• an order from the last place of work confirming the fact of dismissal due to old age pension;
• a certificate from the last employer indicating that the position of astronaut or instructor has been filled.
• Wait for a message from the Pension Fund about the amount of the assigned pension.
• Select a pension delivery method:
• to your home by a specialized organization;
• to a bank account (card);
• at the post office.

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The service of retired former cosmonauts should be appreciated. They, as test pilots, risked their lives every day. Their working day lasted more than 8 hours. They did not notice how their children grew up and their parents aged. Therefore, the state guarantees them a decent life in old age. May every new earthly day of the former astronaut be filled with life's pleasures!

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When applying for an additional pension payment, a former civil servant goes through the same algorithm as for other reasons for additional payment. The list of documents that must be submitted to the Russian Pension Fund (local branch) contains:

• application requesting additional payment;
• a document confirming the length of service that provides the basis for the bonus (work book);
• a document that records the number of flight hours (flight book or certificate from the Federal Service for Supervision of Transport);
• a document recording the average salary for the last two years or any five consecutive years of work in a position giving grounds for a pension bonus.

Payments are made through contributions from the enterprises where the crew member works. This means that the airline, in addition to the unified social tax, pays 14% of the insurance contribution to the Russian Pension Fund. It turns out that if an enterprise (read airline) does not pay official contributions, then the Pension Fund is not able to implement supplements to pension payments.

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The difficult economic situation in the Russian Federation has also led to problems within the airlines themselves. Most of them have reduced the number of tourist flights, the cost of fuel has also increased, due to a fairly sharp increase in the exchange rate, costs have increased, a number of sanctions have been introduced against the Russian Federation, and in general, the purchasing power of citizens has decreased.

This also led to reductions in flight personnel. Domestic flights are not able to cover the material losses from the reduction in the number of international flights. The Russian government can zero out VAT on local flights to help airlines, because the unstable solvency of half of them inevitably affects the formation and payment of allowances to civil aviation flight crews.