Oh but they take it several steps further. I have in front of me another denial from Jet. Here's the background:

• Flight lands, with cabin appearing as if in mid-flight.
• People, objects, beverages all go flying.
• Crew would rather paint nails (so much more fun than securing the cabin and ensuring passenger safety).
• Note sent to airline, including pictures taken of the cabin
• Jet's written response (paraphrasing here): Nothing of the sort happened. Eff off.

That's a good start, but not near enough.

Where's the punitive action against the airline? There also needs to be some criminal case, because that was a criminal action. A large fine must also be imposed. Because any absence of real action taken against violators will not lead to success in compliance.

Deliberately putting lives at risk is something that should not be tolerated at all, no matter how small the alleged risk is made out to be.

And that applies to all airlines operating out of India, in all situations. Whether it's Spice Jet or Singapore Airlines. And regardless of drunk pilot / fireman directed landing / skimping on spares / unauthorised operation of the aircraft / unsecured cabins / below minimum crew complement / shoddy maintenance / whatever.

It is imperative to demand both individual and collective responsibility.