are we all whipping it up into a safety case again?
If you're talking about the emergency lighting, no need to 'whip up' anything with that one. The photos speak for themselves. Would you repair your Datsun 180B or whatever it is you drive in such a manner?
Sounds like the aircraft "flew" fine.
Yep, I agree. Just like the aircraft fly fine without an IFE. But how many customers in either case will be back to fly Qantas/Jetstar again? Wouldn't the company be better off if they .. just taking a wild stab in the dark here .. carried out the correct maintenance on the aircraft? Then we won't end up with empty flights that "flew fine".