I have lots of issues with Firebomb but overall it seems the least obnoxious of the 3 browsers (FireFox, IE, Chrome) on my PC. The airline web sites that I use regularly (WN, CO, DL, NW, UA) all seem to work as well or better on FireFox.

It might be a good idea for the poster to uninstall/reinstall both FireFox & his Java engine if he has ongoing issues.