Exactly. And if the lounge had remained open, then the press would have jumped on AC for trying to curry favour with the PM and cabinet ministers. Or if the cancelled flight had gone out with just them on board, similar stories. By the way, the reported kept on calling it the First Class Lounge. When will these turkeys get it right?

As noted, this is only the first of several measures from the government, and covers the couple of days all airlines were grounded. As for a "private sector solution", dream on...