SAA is technically bankrupt. The demise of SAA was engineered by Conman Andrews, which is a pity. What makes it worse, is the fact that the then Minister of Trade & Industry, Alec Erwin, supported his appointment, and his R220 million "golden handshake" a coupla years short of the expiration of his contract. R220 million???? One can only but wonder if the extra R20m was'nt couriered to a Cayman Island Bank for some high profile SAA Executive??????
Real sad state of affairs. The newly appointed CEO of SAA has personal problems of his own, just got divorced, and jettd off to the South of France with his "new piece", a young, former beauty queen, so you can just imagine that he won't be thinking of SAA's problems for the next coupla months.
SAA has great potential, but the stubborness of the ANC has dumped it into a huge pit.
Why for crying out loud, can't they just appoint someone who knows aviation, and forget about the political appointments? Beats me!