News?
Maybe.
Some pilots, with more than 2000 hours, have received visas. These are pilots who have been online for some time, but have been grounded as a result of this mess.
Some pilots with less than 2000 hours have received letters which authorize them to fly without a visa, and are supposed to be able to get their actual visa in the very near future. These are pilots who have been online for some time, but were grounded as a result of this mess.
No-one knows if ALL online pilots will get their visas.
No-one knows, or is even willing to guess, whether or not visas will be issued for new pilots who have not already been online.
The first two test cases are at Scenic Air. But they were "hired" before the 2000 TT policy was implemented.
We'll see if any new hires will get visas. However, this is probably the last year for foreign pilots in Namibia because the government is stepping up it's training program for Namibian citizens. And if they understand the outcome of the meeting, then they recognize they must train new pilots to 300 hours, not 200 as they have been doing. But, this is Africa, so who knows?
At this point, all the operators are saying basically the same thing - we don't know if we'll be able to get visas for any new pilots, and besides we've had three bad years, so we're not pressed to hire pilots at this time.