Although Lion Air have had "issues" and safety standards were a problem, feedback suggests they are cleaning their act up. They had a ban or "recruiting" foreign pilots, the local guys wanted foreign pilots to increase the level of experience following an overrun with a new 737 900, the government said NO. The agreement to train is likely to commence mid 2010 and EJ may also launch the Captain Program from Jakarta.
One issue to consider is the politics which can mean the agreement you get now could be worth Jack if the local position changes. Probably EJ will sell this line time, if it drops through, then I guess you end up in a queue for another line program like RAM. Speaking of RAM, some guys have been trying to get the DAG permit for the NG with only 4 hrs NG sim...NO you need 8, and a record of it, not 4 real plus 4 "Parker hours", the time to find out is not after you submit the applications. In other words, that cheap NG diffs could be the most expensive one you ever do!
