It's really sad when an airline goes under. All the staff and crew suddenly stand on the street. Except those that caught wind of the developing plans ahead of time and managed to get from one sinking ship onto hopefully something more stable.
I ended up getting stuck in CPT a few years ago when the first Sun Air went bang. It wasn't a total surprise and I flew with them, not wanting to support the big boys. Ended up being flown back to JNB with the big boys anyway.....
Here is a
link of defunct airlines . Amazing reading. Some of these guys seemed to have a lot of potential and suddenly they're gone....