Questionable ruling whips up further headwinds for SAA pilots
Judge dismisses challenge by pilots’ association against business rescue practitioners’ lockout notice
The latest skirmish between the SAA Pilots’ Association and the airline’s business rescue practitioners (BRPs) in the labour court requires special scrutiny. It concerns the decision by the BRPs to lock out the pilots (without pay) in an attempt to force them to accept, among other things, changes to their regulating agreement.
The BRPs sent the lockout notice to the pilots on December 16 2020 (a public holiday). The pilots association challenged the legality of the move urgently, and the matter was heard by labour court judge Andre van Niekerk on the morning of December 29. The judge delivered his ruling at 4pm the same day, dismissing the challenge. The pilots then applied for leave to appeal, which was refused on March 4 by the same judge. ..
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