Indonesian pilots uneasy over prosecution

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Updated April 27, 2009 19:48:11

Pilots and avialtion workers in Indonesia are threatening to strike over the jailing of a Garuda pilot earlier this month for a crash in 2007 that left 21 people dead. They say the sentencing of Captain Marwoto Korma by a criminal court makes them uneasy in their jobs.

Presenter: Kanaha Sabapathy
Speakers:Leithan Francis, deputy Asia editor of Air Transport Intelligence ; Captain Stephanus Gerradus, president of the Garuda Pilot's Association; Capt Manotar Napitupulu, president Indonesian Pilots Federation

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