G'day everyone,
I thought it we be good to have a thread where we can all make comments on Indonesian aviation without always focusing on a single operator.
One of the issues that I see impacting on safety is the inability of operators to build hangars on airports such as Halim which is in reality a TNI-AU air base. Pondok Cabe would be ideal but this seems to be a Pelita and Government only airfield. Some AMOs have secretly set up facilities working inside some of the military hangars at Pondok Cabe but news travels fast and Pelita had them kicked off the airfield.
Some operators at Halim that weren't close to the Soeharto family in the old days still don't have their own hangars after 30 yrs and work on aircraft in a shelter which doesn't provide protection from the weather.
Perhaps it's time that Jakarta had a general aviation / training airfield where operators and AMOs were allowed to develop their own hangars and other permanent facilities ?
ps Good to see some DGCA guys on the forum now
