Don’t blame the unions for SAA’s demise, blame the executive
Politics attracts neither the brightest nor the best, so it is little wonder that government ministers have failed to appoint ‘real’ directors to SAA
04 December 2019 - 05:05
The grounding of SAA aircraft from November 15 due to strike action will probably result in a fatal stall for the airline, which has burned through a reported R28bn in National Treasury bail-outs since 2007.
If the current acting chair of SAA is to be believed, the crisis now faced by the airline is the fault of unions, which by their actions “are responsible for the death knell at SAA”. No doubt the board will attempt to sustain this narrative to muddy the water and provide the necessary cover for the real culprits of SAA’s demise...
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