Hong Kong, May 18 -- Spare a thought for Subhas Menon. When the 35-year veteran from Singapore Airlines (SIA) accepted the director generalship of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) he was not to know he would be taking charge in the midst of the worst crisis in aviation's history.
He is not even able to confront the challenges of his new job from the airline association's Kuala Lumpur headquarters. As a foreigner, Singaporean Menon had to leave Malaysia and return to Singapore where he is now working from home.
"It has been a baptism of fire. Nevertheless, I think sometimes you might as well jump in the deep end," he told Orient Aviation last month. "I would not say a crisis was good, but a crisis focuses the mind. Everybody...