Fair point, though not many (if any?) large companies start up and make profits straight away!!
Spending money on proper maintenance and oversight/company structure...Management decisions though aren't they.
They have obviously sorted it out and the product is running better now, no?
No they weren't grounded soley for those matters, I believe they were made an example of, and a number of other airlines could have just as easily had a slap with a wet fish as Tiger was. There was more going on behind closed doors with CASA than will ever be revealed on these forums.