I posted previously, and stand by it, that I will NEVER sit as pax on a VT registered aircraft. That IS NOT to say all pilots under that reg are poor, but the likelihood (percentage wise) that part of the crew (pilots and FA's) that are well below par is overwhelming. This is from my personal experience at AI as a 777 TRE/TRI.
Corruption exists in many aviation sectors and countries. We / the traveling public need to use common sense to decide which aircraft they will fly on and which they won't. Through no fault of their own it is the unscrupulous public in such countries that need protection.
In this example of kids with 22 hours creating a log book to show 200 hrs seems to pass internal license checks. If true then, WOW! We have a true aviation savant! Or, perhaps that/those TRE/TRI's need to be stripped of their damn licenses as well.
The FAA, JAA, etc have been sent numerous reports about what goes on at, for example, Air India yet they seem to choose to do nothing. Who or what is the real evil then?