I think the Lion Air pilot was an Indian and there was a recent story of how some Indian pilots paid to work at airlines in order to get experience. Yikes! The training of pilots for many Asian and African airlines is horrendous. Some years ago I worked on the IPO for what is now a very large Asian LCC. During some meetings the COO bragged about how they were low cost not just in fares, but in everything, including salaries. He then mentioned how great it was they could hire pilots from Cambodia and Laos and Vietnam because they worked for much less money. Needless to say I stuck with the more established carriers after that.