If all's fair in love, war and aviation, how is it possible that Comair and kulula operate with a common pool of pilots. This is surely not two indipendant airlines, and must, to some degree be construed as anti competitive. I'm not complaining, as my belief is that the more pilots employed in SA by however many airlines the better.
As for salaries, I believe that the problem in SAA lies not with pilot remuneration, but with the fact that there must be a very high ratio of management positions within the airline to aircraft operated.