Worst company to work for as a pilot! - Captain Susi Air Employee Review

1.0
3 May 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I am afraid they are NO pros in this company. Go to another company if you want to fly in Indonesia and build hours

Cons

The management is not making the correct decisions at Susi Air, they rules the company with an iron hand and he doesn't listen to any advice. They are very rude to his employees so he is not liked by them and even less by his pilots. Here I wrote some lines for future aviators who want to join Susi Air after 2020: - THE MANAGEMENT IS ASKING CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES TO GIVE 5 STARS REVIEWS IN GLASSDOOR, SO DON'T TRUST ANY 5 STAR REVIEW AFTER 2020. ACTUALLY I WAS CONTACTED BY THE MANAGEMENT TO DO A 5 STAR REVIEW BUT I CONSIDERED UNFAIR AFTER ALL THAT IS GOING ON IN THE COMPANY. - The management is appointing relatives in the Susi Air administration. So be careful they have eyes and ears everywhere. - The Training department is upgrading pilots who stall airplanes in the simulator right after take off, even one new captain stalled an airplane in the ILS, the Training standards have lowered considerably since the new management took over the pilot training department. - You have to pay for all your caravan training, so is a Pay to fly scheme. the total cost is more than 8000 USD. - There is no maintenance for the airplanes, Susi Air is barely following the engine manufacture standards for engine maintenance. They force you to pass notes to maintenance in a separate paper instead of logging in the maintenance logbook. As well some of the maintenance stuff that they called themselves engineers doesn't have any license to work as an aircraft engineer. By the way they sometimes hire maintenance personnel from Facebook.... - The safety department is totally corrupted by the management. If you do a safety report you will be invited to leave the company immediately. - If you are not a friend of the administration your life as a pilot will be as hell. No holidays approval, random schedule changes during days off, and other types of nightmares. - One pilot resigned before starting his training and he was asked for his passport for "visa cancellation", but it was not true. The real story is he was forced to pay his training bond to recover his passport. - They are hiring pilots with doubtful logbooks from doggy countries. - If they give you an Indonesian pilot License you will be forced to give it back to the company. - They pay you in Indonesian rupiah at an unfair rate. The rate they pay you is 13,500 IDR while the correct rate is 16,240 IDR. - no health insurance - very shady work visa where you have to leave the country every year and need to give your passport to the "visas services guy" in a fast food restaurant. - All the pilots are leaving Susi Air to other aviation companies even a few resigned with no other job offer after suffering all I wrote before. - STAY AWAY FROM SUSI AIR !!!!

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1.0
22 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

No meaningful positives to highlight

Cons

Management shows a consistent lack of transparency, with commitments around contracts, career progression, and working conditions frequently not being honored. This has created a strong sense of distrust among staff. Decision-making appears highly subjective. Promotions, command upgrades, and role assignments do not follow clear merit-based criteria and seem influenced by personal relationships, which undermines confidence in the system. There is a broader culture of low respect toward employees, with limited consideration for operational feedback. Morale is low and turnover is high. Career progression lacks transparency, and there is a widespread perception that local pilots (Indonesian nationals) are at a disadvantage compared to others with similar qualifications. Significant concerns exist around maintenance standards, particularly under the current maintenance management. Decisions appear heavily cost-driven, with limited emphasis on long-term reliability, and this has resulted in recurring concerns among pilots about aircraft condition. In incident or defect discussions, the maintenance manager is perceived to attribute responsibility to flight crew without a consistently balanced technical assessment. This dynamic creates friction between departments and discourages open reporting, which weakens overall safety culture.

3.0
19 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good hour building and 2 week breaks (4 weeks on 2 weeks off)

Cons

Low Pay but expected with entry level job in Asia

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