Originally Posted by training wheels (Post 9999590)

Bwahahaha .. sorry, couldn't hold myself back. The policy in Indonesia is, why make things easier when you can make it so much harder?

I used to fly commercially in Indonesia for 6 years, and part of that time was as a GA flight instructor. Not once in that 6 years did I see a foreign PPL flying. We had one foreigner who was a long time resident in Indonesia who tried to convert his UK PPL. He took some flying lessons with us, but after 3 or 4 flights he gave up the idea. The DGCA there is not the easiest to deal with and they enforce restrictions on foreigners flying there such as security clearances that are only valid for 3 months at a time. You'll also be hard pressed to find any place that would hire you a light aircraft to fly completely on your own. They may allow you to fly with an instructor by your side, however, but even such 'joy flights' will be out of the scope of a flight school's AOC.

If you wish to do private flying in the region, then Malaysia is more accommodating.