Why ? Only ask as I've been to Australia and back with them and survived. Admittedly it was 30+ years ago.
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[Albion] Garuda Select vs Brighton & Hove Albion
- Thread starter Slum_Wolf
- Start date
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
Poor safety standards of Indonesian airlines apparently
AZ Gull
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Photo from the last time the teams played each other (April 2 2019). Five of these Albion players are still with us.
Hove Lagoonery
Well-known member
- Dec 16, 2008
- 1,039
Are you referring to Archie Peligo?
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,380
- My wife's in Indonesia at the moment
- Jakarta?
- No, she went by plane
- Jakarta?
- No, she went by plane
HastingsSeagull
Well-known member
Got massively excited thinking we were going to play a game in Asia until I saw the date. Was ready to book a couple hours flight with some dodgy, yet cheap airline to Indonesia as a good excuse for a holiday.
HastingsSeagull
Well-known member
From reading about the company on this thread, I’d be worried incase our boys Bali make it back alive.
Robinjakarta
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Following comments about Garuda with interest. They're actually a decent airline these days and have been for many years now. They're actually one of only ten airlines in the world rated 5-Star by Skytrax, the highly respected air transport rating organisation. Quite how they made it into the world's top ten is a mystery to me, but they have their ways in Indonesia. Anyway, they used to have a crappy reputation even though not all their crashes were their fault. There were also and still are some Indonesian airlines whose planes I'd never set foot in. All Indonesian airlines were banned from Europe for many years, but this ban was lifted in 2018. Garuda have a safety record up with the best nowadays, a modern fleet and are the airline of choice for domestic and many international routes. Whilst in my opinion not in the same class as Singapore Airlines or Thai (who aren't in the top ten), I wouldn't think twice about using them nowadays, and nor would anyone else I know.
Hove Lagoonery
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- Dec 16, 2008
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Mine reluctantly went to the West Indies last week....- My wife's in Indonesia at the moment
- Jakarta?
- No, she went by plane
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,380
She didn't go of her own accord then...
Arbroath beat them 36-0
thedonkeycentrehalf
Moved back to wear the gloves (again)
- Jul 7, 2003
- 9,362
Mine said she preferred Bournemouth...