Southeast Asian countries need 5,000 pilots by 2013

By Xinhua,

Jakarta : The Southeast Asian countries need 5,000 new pilots for the next five years to fulfill the demands from airline companies in the region, an Indonesian official was quoted as saying by the Indonesian Business Daily on Monday.

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“It shows a growing demand of around 1,000 new pilots every year, which is based on the numbers of airplanes ordered by these companies,” said Yurlis Hasibuan, director for airplanes operation under the Indonesian Transport Ministry.

300 new pilots graduate from the local flying school currently every year, while commercial and non commercial airlines need 400 new pilots.

Therefore, the ministry plans to open the market and introduce in a Malaysia-based school to train more pilots.