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Forum: African Aviation
6th Jun 2012, 05:53
Replies: 98
Views: 15,697
Posted By cavortingcheetah

I don't know about BA/SAA but the other day it...

I don't know about BA/SAA but the other day it was cheaper to route JNB/AMS/SYD on KLM than it was to go direct JNB/SYD on SAA.
In November it is very considerably cheaper to route SYD/SIN/JNB on...
Forum: African Aviation
8th Apr 2012, 06:05
Replies: 98
Views: 15,697
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Time indeed to fly away on a higher quality lower...

Time indeed to fly away on a higher quality lower cost carrier.
Forum: African Aviation
8th Apr 2012, 03:43
Replies: 98
Views: 15,697
Posted By cavortingcheetah

But SAA is not solvent is it and so there can be...

But SAA is not solvent is it and so there can be no imperative to keep it so.
No company is solvent when its financial base is funded from public funds at tax payers' expense. Pubic money is being...
Forum: African Aviation
7th Apr 2012, 17:44
Replies: 98
Views: 15,697
Posted By cavortingcheetah

After a certain amount of time spent under the...

After a certain amount of time spent under the tutelage of the man in the left hand seat, the buckaroo first officer will, if he has any grip on that over bloated concept known as CRM coupled with an...
Forum: African Aviation
6th Apr 2012, 21:36
Replies: 98
Views: 15,697
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Contrary to what many provincial pilots or...

Contrary to what many provincial pilots or aspirant flyers might think, South African Airways is not now nor ever has been the ne plus ultra of airlines. That is most unfortunate for certain human...
Forum: African Aviation
6th Apr 2012, 09:59
Replies: 98
Views: 15,697
Posted By cavortingcheetah

SAA is a slave of the South African government...

SAA is a slave of the South African government and so of course every South African has an absolute constitutional right to slag the thing off every time they might want to. It's a freedom charter...
Forum: African Aviation
5th Apr 2012, 16:57
Replies: 98
Views: 15,697
Posted By cavortingcheetah

As was evidenced in the recent trip to the USA by...

As was evidenced in the recent trip to the USA by the ever humble and frugally public spirited Jacob Zuma, the South African Air Force has shown itself incapable of providing the equipment necessary...
Forum: African Aviation
21st Feb 2012, 03:21
Replies: 98
Views: 15,697
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Can't quite imagine who in their right minds...

Can't quite imagine who in their right minds would want to walk, or slither and slide, along a dark wintery country road in Britain? They're always either wet or icy and full of pot holes. Perhaps...
Forum: African Aviation
18th Feb 2012, 14:56
Replies: 98
Views: 15,697
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Mind you though, one has to feel dreadfully sorry...

Mind you though, one has to feel dreadfully sorry for the SAA company ethos. Jacob Zuma, the President of South Africa, was so unimpressed with the standards of maintenance and quality control in the...
Forum: African Aviation
18th Feb 2012, 14:04
Replies: 98
Views: 15,697
Posted By cavortingcheetah

That's as I understand it from a recent dinner...

That's as I understand it from a recent dinner party conversation. Fleet renewal was the main reason behind the budget request as I recall and I thought it was a ten year re-equipment plan with the...
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