One of the South East Asia issue is that the new applicants for a position of First Officer have been poorly selected and trained. The reservoir of New Pilots seems very important, flooding... but in fact only few have been correctly selected and trained and
are at the standard that Airlines request.
It is understandable... because the cheapest price of training is the criteria of choice for most students. The results are:
- extra costs of training have to be supported by the Airlines, (For example First Officers who need to be retrained in Europe because a Manufacturer has found them far below standards) and as a consequence a trend to underpay those new first Officer to cover those extra costs
- we can predict that, in few years, the affected Airlines will have huge difficulties in promoting those Low Standard Pilots in Commanding positions. I know an Airlines in which this issue is becoming very corrosive: the local 'poorly selected and trained" first officers becoming an important mass and the Management refusing to give them the responsability of an Airliner in spite of political pressures....
- Safety is affected as more and more Aircraft Commanders have the feeling to be "alone"
The issue is not between expat and local pilots. The issue is that the new incomings must be at the "Standard" in order to be respected.
The fact of flooding the market fuels the trend to underpay.
Indian students must choose more carefully the training institutions which should be chosen on Quality base criteria and not only on costs.
A regulatory system (selection) must be set to avoid the flooding.
We can predict - as an important percentage of new pilots will not succeed to get a job- that Banks will stop fundings at some time due to difficulties of mortgage payment.
Do not accuse the expats, the situation is a consequence of your behavior.