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Indonesia Transport Officials to Crack Down on Drug Use After Pilot Shock
Tri Listiyarini | January 27, 2012

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shytallnight
6:08pm Jan 27, 2012

Another knee-jerk reactions. This is the least of Indonesia's problems when it comes to aviation (and transport) safety.

komkris2000
4:57pm Jan 27, 2012

And what was done by LION Air ?

.......

Can one imagine...

yur pilot is stoned....fasten your seatbelts gentlemen !!!!


alpha19
3:27pm Jan 27, 2012

Perhaps it would be a good idea if they changed there name to HIGH ON AIR . I would prefer to stab myself in the eye with a red hot poker than step foot on a lying air flight.

DrDez
2:59pm Jan 27, 2012

we dismissed people last year for drugs, they were all 'reported' by their co workers and on investigation admitted the fact they were users**. Each one that has been dismissed has resulted in a deputisation from mosque man who as usual threatened us if we did not reinstate the employees - We have not but I am utterly disgusted that mosque man would even try to defend this illegal action

Drugs (mainly internally grown and supplied in my observation) are a growing issue and quite frankly our agencies are unable to do anything to combat it - they lack the will and the motivation -

** we referred the first 2 to rehab but it was useless and one of the guys said he had been offered a better deal on his 'stash' (his words)


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The Transportation Ministry will team up with the National Narcotics Agency to establish a task force to tackle drug use in the transportation industry, including air transport.

The move follows safety concerns after a Lion Air pilot was caught in a Makassar hotel room allegedly using crystal methamphetamine while off duty earlier this month.

A spokesman for the Transportation Ministry, Bambang Supriyadie Ervan, confirmed that the incident had provided the impetus for the announcement.

He said the task force would be established by a joint regulation to be signed today by Transportation Minister E.E. Mangindaan and the head of the narcotics agency, known as the BNN. The task force would begin work next month, he added.

“Via the Anti Drug Task Force, the Transportation Ministry and the National Narcotics Agency will work together to prevent and eradicate the misuse of drugs in the transport sector. The goal is to improve safety in trasportation,” Bambang said.

He added that the announcement was possible because of a memorandum of understanding between the two agencies, which was signed during the past couple of weeks.

The scope of the task force will go beyond ports and airports, Bambang said, and extend to checks on “human resources” at transport companies.

One of the first concrete activities of the task force would be to conduct routine and spot drug testing of transportation-related staff, Bambang said. That could include both physical searches for drugs and urine tests, the spokesman said.

Staff who may be subject to drug testing include pilots, navigators, air stewards and stewardesses, engineers, bus drivers and administrative staff.

Three other Lion Air pilots have been caught with drugs in the last year.