DGCA stationing officials at IndiGo HQ to audit fleet, pilots, crew use is extraordinary. The aviation watchdog is effectively running daily operations—IndiGo got extra hands at no cost. The government’s job was to ensure responsible transition to long-pending FDTL norms. It’s now micromanaging, pretending crisis came out of nowhere.
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