Source:
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/plane-crashes-off-coast-of-bali/story-fnizu68q-1226619817622
An air crash would certainly create PR pressure, harming a company’s reputation and costs financial lost too. However what it was interesting was near the end of the article. This low cost carrier signed a contract for 234 new Airbus, creating a historical record of aircraft sold in one order in Airbus history. A low cost carrier usually have a focus strategy in low cost, usually by providing lower service onboard, maximising number of seats on a flight.
It is rather unusual how a low cost carrier would have such liquidity (oxygen) to make such an order, where business ethics comes into a play. Did the airline cut-corner in maintence? Or did they cut the training cost? or promoting in-experience 2nd officers as captain? Another low cost carrier in Indonesia was forced to cease operation by government due to its poor quality of pilot training and maintence discovered as a result of this aircrash investigation.
It is reasonable to suspect that due to the low oxygen, current ratio, that the airline may have taken short-cuts to reduce their cost while maximising their revenue.
However, the government is also to blame for not enforcing the regulation strictly.