From BG47's post (06:41, 6th Jan):
"After that, pilots will make their flight plan then submit it to FOOs for second thoughts or suggestions. Later, the FOOs will submit the discussed flight plan to the appointed air traffic control," she said. She added that the transportation ministry must deploy more inspectors to ensure that the policy would be implemented seriously by airlines in the field.Indonesia's transport ministry has now made FOO briefings mandatory before take-off. "(The briefing is) not only about weather. The FOO should also detect if a pilot is not in good health," said Mr Djoko Murjatmodjo, acting director-general of aviation in the ministry. The absence of FOO briefings to pilots is not the only problem found in Indonesia AirAsia. The airline is facing increased scrutiny after the transport ministry said flight QZ8501 was on an unauthorised schedule...."
FFS, so now briefers must be aeromedical officers too? What a load of bullcrap knee-jerkism.