Hopefully this gets sorted out- SAA paid ZAR500 mil for their CEO's arrogance, I wounder what contingency plans
VB making?As far as has been reoprted here its just the ground staff or are the cabin crew involved too? Recent experience has proved that no cabin crew= no ops!
This is a very dangerous game both sides are playing- there is plenty capacity in the market at the moment so the other airlines will gladly take the passengers- probably under the same terms as Nationwide took the stranded SAA passengers (Nationwide charged SAA their full economy fare for each passenger they took- irrespective of what the fare the passenger paid- Im not critisizing here as I would have done the same!) this additional cost doubles the financial impact of the strike. He also wont be able to avoid paying the other airlines as if he refuses he will be kicked out of the IATA clearing house thus ending any interline deals he has with overseas and the local carriers.
Seems like a critial time ahead for the Nationwide guys and gals- hopefully sanity on both sides prevails