Slight drift...... does anyone know if the Indian HF operators are actual controllers or "radio operators"? Either way i would love to know why they want aircraft to make position report calls each 10 minutes! (Calls actually at reporting points, but works out to be 10 mins or so apart).
Used VCBI earlier in the week, nice area, good ATC, easy approach, excellent ground services, less than 30 mins for each turn around, and the passengers didnt have to get off to clear immigration. (Unlike the UK). From there to Indonesia was about 4 hours with excellent ATC along the way, even if some of it was HF. Indonesia itself, or at least the airport we landed in, was a pain, took about 90 minutes to stamp crew passports. But we were told that WIII was much better, or even Halim.
Mutt