Garuda have a shocking record, and are lauded.
Compared to what we're used to in terms of safety, yes. Compared to its local environment, the best option without debate. I believe they're state owned too. Also mind that the Yogayakarta incident, although the report is yet due, appears to have been a pilot error from what I've gathered - in my opinion less attributable to corrupt management culture, cash diverting and safety cutting than, say the mx bully practices and cargo overloading as we've heard on this forum from PK-KAR about Adam Air and other carriers elsewhere.
But yeah I agree, a country corrupt to the core, left right center top to bottom. Got a friend living there, heard horrors
. I wonder if Adam Air have been smacked too, anyone have info?