Lion Management been reported as making crew exceed FDT's due to:
Cant get enough pilots to crew all the new Aircraft coming in.
This has been the story with Lion for years. I know a guy who flew with them for two years on a PTF scheme, and he kept two different logbooks. One for the DCA and one for himself. He said this is quite common amongst the PTF guys.
There are lots of experienced FO's and Capt's out there, but you have to
PAY them to come to Indonesia, and you would have to give up at least part of the PTF scheme, which is a huge money-maker for the airline. Nothing is going to change because of this crash. At least the CC's are getting really good at evac's at Lion and the other Indonesian carriers.
Anyone want to give me the over/under on how many incidents (rwy excurisons, etc.)/accidents we have there this year??