The film is about the specifics of the work of civil aviation pilots: high-paid, dusty and, in general, not so much that it is puzzlingly difficult - except for the risk of formation of a suddenly completely abnormal situation, from which it is necessary to immediately find the best way out (and not the fact that it will be saving, including for passengers - prone to a heap of rapid transition to a state of panic). The life of the crew is shown from two sides. The first series is family-household: one hero has a wife who is hysterical and a soul-thrower; another hero who relates to family values alternatively, in his spare time professionally seduces young Soviet citizens, inexperienced in foreign life, slides with photos of foreign countries ... in general, pilots are also people. Almost the entire second series is a feat: dedication and loyalty to duty against the background of a natural and man-made disaster with an unfolding earth and an avalanche of fire.
The success of the film after its appearance was huge - Soviet cinemas did not indulge in the genre of the disaster film. To date, minus a couple of memorable episodes, notable in this film, perhaps a little.