Adam Air has to have some of the nicest, most warm friendly people I have ever flown with. I’ve flown them a few times and flew SUB-CGK with them just a month ago. They always seat me in 1A and the FA's are always so nice and like to chat while seated for take off and landing so knowing how nice their people are ads a very human face to it. On landing at SUB a month ago and being surprised to see the new terminal open I ask the FA about it as we taxied and she was just bubbling and excited about it too since it was also her first flight into SUB since the new terminal had opened. I hope that lady was not flying out of SUB yesterday.

I'll reserve judgment as to cause. They are an Indonesian domestic airline....... There certainly could be maintenance issues and their planes did not look perfect to me. One of their pilots holds my personal record for scariest landing ever as well, with a 3 bounce on only the left wheels landing at CGK, although strong gusting crosswinds probably had allot to do with that and he did put it down safely. But when a plane disappears off of radar at 35,000 feet on New Years day in a country with a history if terror incidents and weak airport security, other causes come to mind as well. Add that there were three Americans on board which is probably uncharacteristic as well and would make a more tempting target for some I am sure. I am surprised the terror angle is not being thrown around more. I'll wait to find out. I flew Mandala out of SUB just a few days ago and while Adam Air's planes showed some wear and tear they certainly looked much better to me than the very decrepit 737-200 Mandala offered. I'll wait and see, but in the mean time I would still fly Adam Air and mainly just feel sad for there people and the families of those who were lost.