What I heard and know.. Lion will always be short of qualified pilots, Captains and First Officers.. most resign after a few years.. most are sick and tired of flying 110+hrs working 6 days on and 1 day off with a min rest period of 9hrs with 12 office days annual leave, NO ID travel, no social life and fighting chronic fatigue etc.
Except for some expats and the malaysian pilots have the golden salary package..
9000usd nett for 90+hrs 12weeks on, 2 weeks off with ID travel etc.
Pilots tell me...that the worst thing is that Lion are happy to let you work pass 110+hrs. Most pilots are happy to work pass 110+hrs because of the "so-called OT pay" i heard that over 110+hrs the increase in pay is 120% of flt pay, after 115hrs -130% , 120hrs -140%... if you get call to fly on your day off.. 100usd for captain and 77usd for FO the inconvenience.
What I learnt is that Batik Air pilots are from Lion.. they resign from Lion and join Batik..hopefully with better pay..