Yep this is true for now, unless you have a letter of appointment then everything remains as is. SAA needs to trim the work force by about 3000 people it seems, and although the airline is currently short of crew it can hardly be seen to "try" and retrench 3000 employees and at the same time hire 80 or so pilots. So in the meanwhile recruitment has been put on hold.
As for loss making routes...????? Didn't know there was any...but as any consultants do when auditing or consulting for a company, everything is put on hold until such time as a plan is brought forward to try and stem some of the bleeding...........!!!!
Sadly i think its gonna be like all the rest, the 'fix' for SAA is gonna be so unpalettable that they all just go home after a yr, with a fat cheque
Hopefully this time it won't...........but it wouldn't be surprising in the least!!!!!