SAA’s joint business rescue practitioners (BRPs) have sent a lockout notice to the airline’s pilots warning they will be excluded from the workplace from Friday until they agree to the terms of a proposed agreement aimed at bringing the cash-strapped national carrier back to profitability.

The SA Airways Pilots Association (Saapa), which represents all 383 affected pilots, has accused the practitioners, Siviwe Dongwana and Les Matuson, of being on a power trip, saying they are consulting their lawyers on the matter...

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