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Thursday, March 08, 2007 How Indonesia became aviation's Wild West By FlyingNews @ 9:04 AM :: 333 Views :: 0 Comments :: Commercial Airlines, Flying Accidents   Indonesia's air safety regime is not only minimal, but constantly degraded by high levels of recruitment of its more experienced pilots by the rich and rapidly expanding carriers of the Middle East. This sees pilots being promoted to captain in jets the size of the 737 that crashed and burned at Yogjakarta many years sooner, and with considerably less first officer experience, than in most parts of the world.

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