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Loosely referred to as the Karnal Club, it is a mafia of sorts within the aviation regulator, allegedly allowing India’s flying schools to get away with malpractices in return for bribes.

Nearly four years after the unsavoury incident that created a national furore, the alleged offender’s life has come undone. He has been defeated by a system that does not deem him worthy of transparency or a chance at finding closure.
Despite enough warnings, no alarm bells were rung. The buck now stops with Rahul Bhatia, the promoter and managing director of India’s largest airline that is facing its biggest crisis ever.
A crew crunch, new regulatory norms and simmering discontent push India’s biggest airline into its biggest crisis yet, one that could seriously dent its reputation for reliability.