However from my experience, they were always curteous, pleasant & sincere.
With respect that is'nt going to stop your aircraft from becoming a burning crater in the ground with smoke coming out (if you had fuel onboard!)
But on the other hand I don't think we can blame the pilots, after all we don't know them. If there is a problem with standards then they should have better training and support. After all we are all as good as our training (to an extent)
Indonesia has a far inferior setup in cases such as Airlines but much more severe in cases such as terrain, weather, ATC, and communications issues compared to here. There is definitely an issue there because the rate of accidents is unacceptable. I think the issue lies in the administration of the Airlines.
As a side note, I found it quite distressing that this latest accident received such high media coverage (because some Australians were onboard) whereas the loss of a whole aircraft with everyone onboard (Adam Air incident recently) was not really reported as such in the mainstream media.
