Ah, Garuda Indonesia. Talk about an airline with great employees but awful leadership. One of Garuda Indonesia’s longest serving CEOs has just been sentenced to eight years in jail.
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Good, but small beer...one of his predecessors was complicit in the murder of a passenger ( SIN-AMS, arsenic poisoning in orange juice, in the J cabin, DOA).
Awful airline, always has been.
That’s been the standard for life in Indonesia for as long as I can remember, it goes from the very top to the bottom and will never change
Paolo lies u tell
That arsenic poison happened in Y class, on of pilot went to jail for that accion.
Guess ur hatref dor GA runs deep thaynu feel
You're a CEO of an airline. Is it really worth your career, legacy, possible jail time just to avoid import taxes on a two folding bikes and a motorcycle? And a Harley at that?!
@ aJ
Actually 3 people went to jail, including a former CEO. It hardly matters whether the poison was administered in Y or J ( there is still dispute about that, as he was upgraded). Certainly he died in the J cabin, as Garuda refused to make the emergency landing that would have saved his life, but rather continued on for a further 8 hours to Amsterdam, where he was D.O.A.
This latest episode of corruption is just a continuation of the GARUDA tradition: mired in corruption and characterised by incompetence, treachery and deceit.
I don’t hate it...but Indonesia deserves better than GARUDA. Sorry that I don’t have a high opinion of an airline that facilitates the murder of passengers.
Yet, the thing is - this guy was the one who turned garuda around from being one of the world's worst airlines into what was in 2014, a wonderful airline. He made Garuda an airline worthy of pride, worthy of bearing the title of Flag Carrier; a worthy replacement for the de-facto international airline for Indonesians - Singapore Airlines (lol).
6 years and 5 CEOs later, the airline is in shambles. inconsistent J product, increasing deteriorating domestic/regional Y product. Don't get me started on their recent, ridiculous publicity stunts.
Inflight concerts? really?? A full blown launch party just to unveil a new boarding pass design? really??? sounds like a money laundering operation in my opinion. it's all really fishy business...
If any Garuda CEO deserves to go to jail for 8 years, let it be Ari Askhara, spare Satar.