The Chairman of Center for Public Communication Bambang S. Ervan stated, The Opportunities still open after receiving suggestion regarding navigation expert need into CATT membership. “We will accommodate the suggestion about the navigation expert “ said Bambang on Friday (28/11).

Bambang also expressed, MoT will remind the fundament of figuration The CATT Membership. Was it possible or not the navigation expert sent in ? Never though Bambang reaffirmed, MoT will discus with others international expert who have in CATT membership

In the beginning, CATT was performed as a response for problems occurred in airline, aircraft and regulator. CATT also established to help regulator for actualized good governance, but if  in the future, CATT need another expertise, it might be evaluated, said Bambang.

MoT established CATT through Kepmenhub No. KP360/2008. consist of expert from US Federal Aviation Administration  (FAA), Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Locals expert also be involved which are Indonesia Pilot Association (IPA/FPI), Indonesian National Air Carriers Association (INACA) and Association of Garuda’s Pilot (AGP),  but not for Indonesian Air Traffic Controllers Association (IATCA). IATCA also deplored why navigation expert was not engaged into CATT membership.

 “ CATT membership only for flight operator and regulator but nothing for representation of navigation and airport authority “ said Adrie Gunawan Wibisono IATCA’s President on Thursday (27/11). According to Adrie, MoT should involve all of stakeholders into CATT membership in order to better the whole flight industries.

Before that Minister of  MoT, Jusman Syafii Djamal stated,  CATT was a team which would  give suggestion and recommendation so that capacity of Indonesia regulator could be upgraded, he also said “ CATT was Indonesia’s  initiative for improvement DGAT (Directorate General of Air Transportation) “ 

CATT was MOU follow up between MoT and ICAO’s president Roberto Kobeh Gonzales on Declaration of Safety Flight in Bali last year.  The declaration also accommodates ICA commitment for supporting Indonesia to increase flight safety and coordinate cooperation to rise up flight safety.