PARIS: Regional French airline Brit Air, under pressure to
reduce its workforce, is asking pilots if they want to work temporarily
in Indonesia, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
"We are
consulting pilots to see if they are interested before possibly looking
into missions with Garuda," the Indonesian flag carrier, the spokeswoman
said. "We are still at the project stage."
Garuda, which is to
take delivery of 100-seat CRJ1000 regional aircraft built by the
Canadian company Bombardier, needs pilots trained to fly them and has
spoken with carriers that might be able to help.
Brit Air, which is owned by the Air France-KLM group, is one such airline.
The
parent group has launched a deep restructuring program and seeks to
eliminate 5,000 positions, including 450 pilots jobs, without firing
anyone if possible.
Indonesia is comprised of thousands of inhabited islands and its economy is growing, making for a marked increase in air travel.
But
the country is also rated category 2 on the International Aviation
Safety Assessments Program established by the US Federal Aviation
Administration, which means it does not meet standards set by the
International Civil Aviation Organization.
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