Originally Posted by
Capn Bloggs
Sounds like rubbish to me. Do you really think that a 5 minute weather diversion (or an orbit for that matter) would have any bearing on whether they could complete their 4 sectors? What would have happened had they been held at Singapore the first time? Our rules have always had allowable extensions; I'd be very surprised if the Indons don't have. Either that or there is a very dodgy mindset present here.
Flight and duty times in Indonesia are 14 hours duty time (with up to 3 hours extension) and 9 hours flight time. Abit more than in most countries, but you'll find that flying four sectors a day is the norm these days (even at Lion apparently, since the Bali Kuta beach landing).