It will be interesting to hear about it all Gladiator. I know you have your critics on this forum but that's to be expected and in some cases encouraged provided that criticism is constructive. (None of this personal bashing stuff...)
In any case, I believe SIA like many airlines is not 'picture perfect' and has it's faults like others do. But I accept some of your points regarding safety violations in SIA and SilkAir.
Are you aware that about 3 years ago, nearly all of SilkAir's 737's were 'sabotaged' by someone who stole the turn and slip indicators? This was an MEL 'must have' item but the fleet continued to operate for a few days after until spares were found.
Also, after the MI 185 crash, why wasn't the fleet grounded until a precautionary check on the aircraft was at least made. Nobody knew for sure why the 737 concerned had crashed, yet the next day, operations resumed as normal!! (Albeit with saddened crew and ground staff.)
MEL items have in the past, been swapped from one aircraft to the next in an effort to extend the validity period.
You and a few others have listed the numerous flight and ground occurences SIA has been involved with, so I won't repeat these here.
Are these safety violation issues? I think so.
Has SilkAir and SIA learned anything from all of these problems? Qantas is in the limelight for problems they've had as well.Has Qantas learned anything? Maybe J. Strong has learned to comment with a little more tact and accuracy.
Provided these accusations of safety violations in SIA, SilkAir and Qantas are proven, and hopefully rectified, at the very least admitted...then I hope the industry as a whole will take heed of their experiences.
Forget this loss of face stuff. It occurs every where and not just asian airlines. I hope these 3 airlines, in particular SilkAir, own up to their responsibilities.
Hiding behind a veil of threatening law suits doesn't convince anyone....it just delays the inevitable.
CE