"Are you seriously telling me that with this same Tiger aircraft as an example, one of the 4 Flight Attendants goes sick, still 3 on board, and there are ONLY 3 paying pax on board, the flight can NOT go because of CASA."
Yeah. Even if one pax was on board, that would still be the case. It's not just about the Pax:Crew Ratio... It is as mentioned before to do with the primary exits as well which have to be manned for take-off and landing whether there is 1 or 100 pax.
But then again, it all comes down to the CASA approved SOP's for each airline.
It may defy your logic, but that is the way it is. I do understand where ur coming from though
