Regarding Coleman Andrews statement about Sun Air's aircraft about to fall from the sky. He once again exhibits an uncanny ability to deviate from the truth.
What did happen is that with evidence of an underhand deal emerging which would result in the loss of jobs, the morale of the pilots at Sun Air was at a terrible low. The MD Sun Air wrote to Andrews informing him that the uncertain situation had led to a low morale amongst aircrew which seriously impinged on flight safety and that he (Borstlap) could not guarantee the continued safe operations of the airline. In this statment he was quite right, though his motives are uncertain. He told Andrews something to the effect that the deal between Rethabele, other shareholders and SAA should be conclude ASAP and operations should cease as they were unsafe under these conditions of uncertainty and low morale.
Some people have interpreted this as Borstlap being part of the plot to close the airline down, but it is more likely that it was just himself covering his butt. Something he seems most adept at doing. What can be read into this letter and other actions of Borstlap was that he was well aware that the terms of negociations between SAA and Sun shareholders would result in the closure of the airline, or at the very least severely curtailing operations and job losses.