Mmmmmmmmmmm.
I like Shrike200's forthrightness, it's easier to understand than all the code.
I have read the SAA feed and it's sensible. The problem I have is that frequently used terms like "long term" and "over a period of time" etc. etc. are code for doing nothing now. Long term and action are strange bedfellows. It will take years and more years before a change is even vaguely visible and yes, I mean black crews. The objective of BEE is clearly about black advancement, it is about more racial balance.
So, for example if a black Zimbabwean with many thousand hours on a Boeing 737 applies to SAA, should we rather select a young white South African who has much less experience? Is that what Cathay Pacific do, other lines? How do we start at least showing that aviation in South Africa is not the exclusive domain of those who were once rich kids or military fighter/bomber pilots? I am struggling........