Mailbox: Employees are not to blame for SAA mess, blame bosses – employee’s plight
The situation at SAA and SA Express was not caused by employees but by past Executive Officers and Board Members, which were all ANC deployees, says pilot.
The situation at SAA and SA Express was not caused by employees but by past Executive Officers and Board Members, which were all ANC deployees, says pilot.
As South Africa enters its 55th day in lockdown, government has announced plans to open schools in June, starting with grades 7 and 12.
Most former executives involved in South African Airways and SA Express will in light of the financial difficulties of the two companies not easily be given accolades for good performance.
The All Share Index plummeted by 7.15% on the JSE with the top 15 Financial companies losing 12.43% of their value; resources were down 8.54%.
South Africa stepped up travel bans as the coronavirus continued to spread at an alarming pace and the country confirmed its first instances of local transmission.
SAA, which entered a form of bankruptcy protection in December, will scale back some of its domestic and international routes from the end of February.
Former pilot turned airline founder Miles van der Molen personifies the courage and persistence of a blue blooded entrepreneur.
Despite winning six-love in court, Cemair still isn’t flying. Because those same bad actors in the CAA are dragging their heels in renewing the airline’s licence.
Another government entity is at the centre of a money scandal – this time SA Express, which has sucked up more than R1.5bn in taxpayers’ funds to cover losses.
Every passenger on every SA Express flight is obscenely subsidised with money diverted from poverty relief and tax payers by approximately R3,850 (R7,700 return).