sorry to hear that, hope the airlines could negotiate that to permit pilots arrive to Indonesia.
detik Finance : Ini Syarat Baru Pilot Asing di Maskapai Penerbangan Lokal
Monday, 21/01/2013 10:45 PM
Jakarta - domestic airlines now can not fool around hiring foreign pilots. Section, Ministry of Transport (MoT) to tighten regulation on the use of foreign pilots by the national carrier.
MoT confirmed, the move was made in order to improve aviation safety, in particular to prevent a number of serious incidents and incidents involving aircraft of foreign pilots.
"Foreign pilots must have experience flying the type of aircraft flown, particularly at 121 and 135 air carriers," said Transport Ministry was quoted as saying on the official website on Monday (1/21/2013).
To that end, the Ministry of Transport in this case requires DGCA foreign pilot license to use Indonesia or will validate the license must have a minimum of 250 hours of flying experience on the type of aircraft to be flown.
MoT added to airline operators who will hire foreign pilots, must meet all requirements including minimum experience requirement at the time of filing foreign pilots flying for validation or endorsement to the Directorate General of Transportation.
"The provisions come into force starting from January 10, 2013 in accordance DGCA letter dated January 10 AU.403/1/1/DJPU.DKUPPU/2013 number on the Use of Foreign Pilot," wrote the statement.
Currently the Ministry of Transportation records, there are about 600 foreign pilots working in the national airlines such as Lion Air, Citilink, Garuda Indonesia, Wings Air and Sriwijaya Air.