I'm not sure if being rich has anything to do with it. I think it probably has more to do with the type of flying. Even though they talk about "airlines", the s

I'm not sure if being rich has anything to do with it. I think it probably has more to do with the type of flying. Even though they talk about "airlines", the stats are really just for "scheduled air services" as far as I can tell. Indonesia has a huge number of scheduled air taxi services compared to countries like the USA, Canada or Europe. So it would be more fair to compare the stats with the air taxi operators in rich countries, which have a much poorer safety record. There's a big difference between landing a two-crew 737 on a 2 mile runway with a Cat III ILS and SOPs, and a 250 hour wonder landing a bush plane on the side of a mountain. Look up "worst place to be a pilot" on youtube.