Is this the only argument you have? if the competition are as good as everybody seems to say they are then they nothing to worry about- if the market grows then its good for everyone- problem is they know their business models contain certain fundamental flaws- these would have been exposed in the long term in any event regardless of what SAA does. So what are they doing aside from planting stories in the Media about how much tax you pay.
As an aside…. everyone seems to be very forgetful of how, through SAA and therefore by default THE TAXPAYER, Comair got their first 737’s when the white paper on aviation came out in the early 90’s- SAA gave 3 aircraft to Comair for literally nothing and then agreed to maintain them as well as provide the pilots for the first 2 years. Without this handout I doubt Comair would have been able to take advantage of the advent of deregulation in the market so soon- if they had done it on their own it would have taken them much longer and cost them an absolute fortune. It’s a long way from operating clapped out old F27’s to SZK to a jet airline.
Facts are nasty things when they get out….much like Comair’s involvement in the demise of Sun Air- but lets leave that for another time shall we?