Given the financial circumstances of SAA and the fact that SA taxpayers in effect subsidise the airline, the present stance of the recognised unions is irrational and absurd.
Since SAA is technically insolvent the unions should not be seeking to increase its debt by making impossible and unrealistic demands, it should be engaging with management to provide support for an action plan to save SAA as a viable company. ..
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