Having witnessed the outcome of the training for Air Asia first hand it should be considered lucky they they have expat captains. Logging 200hrs and flying 670 does not put out a pilot who can find their way even VFR around Malaysia, someone getting lost barely 15nm north of Ipoh when they have spent the last two hours looking out the plane window is rather tragic, especially if they have are they to provide some form of first officer role in the jets when the **** hits the fan. (there are currently I believe 950 FO's like this in waiting, cpl in hand and itching to get into the red craft)
On a side note, is it possible and practical to fly the a320 single pilot in the event of crew incapacitation/incompetency?