Hi Frigate,
Exactly how much say do you expect FO's to have in a Merpati cockpit environment? If the Garuda (Merpati's bigger brother) Jogyakarta 2007 overrun report is anything to go by... very little. Sometimes (and I suspect frequently in this case) common practice contravenes common sense and you aren't the one making the call... so the only course of action may be to pucker those cheeks
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Are they offering a time-line for future upgrades to LHS?