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Online license prevents aviation manpower backlog: Ministry
The Transportation Ministry has launched an online licensing application system for pilots, flight attendants and flight operation officers to anticipate the increasing demand for human resources in the aviation industry.
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A flight operations officer checks the data of Batik Air passengers after their flight was cancelled following a collision with a Transnusa Air plane at Halim Perdanakusuma airport, in Jakarta, on April 4. (ANTARA FOTO/Sigid Kurniawan)
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he Transportation Ministry has launched an online licensing application system for pilots, flight attendants and flight operations officers to anticipate the increasing demand for human resources in the aviation industry.
Transportation Minister Igantius Jonan said the online system would save aviation personnel time in getting their applications processed, as well as helping organize the flights system.
“The air crew no longer need to come here [to the Ministry’s office] to register because the new system allows them to do it anywhere at any time,” he said after the launch in Jakarta on Wednesday.
The ministry’s air transportation director general, Suprasetyo, said flight personnel could obtain their first license two days after applications were submitted and in one day for renewals. The previous service drew complaints as it took weeks, even months, to process the licenses.
Suprasetyo said that in the past, officials had to sort through mountains of documents just to find the right ones. He promised convenience and easier ways for flight personnel to check how far their applications had been processed.
Tiara Whitforb, 19, a Garuda flight attendant who has been waiting two months for her application for a license, hailed the new online system hoping that it would improve the ministry’s service.
“An online system is always better than old conventional ones because it’s more time efficient,” she said.
The ministry’s statistics show Indonesia currently has 7,400 pilots, 8,400 cabin crew, 1,800 flight operation officers and 1,062 aircraft. (sha/ags)
