Is one to take from all this that India has an ample and adequate supply of FOs to meet the needs of the growing airline industry there and the only need is for experienced captains ?
I can see why the country wants their own citizens to gain experience as quickly as possible and fill the captain spots. But with the airline industry being an economic entity, allowing airplanes to go unflown for lack of pilots would compel companies to take expat FOs if that's what it took to make the system work.
Just curious...