Personally, SAA pilot salaries (and indeed all of SAA's expenses of course) are of direct interest to me as a taxpayer actually. But I'm not going to attack anyone about that.
I'd rather pay less than more if it's all the same to you, taxwise that is. I don't get that much to start with, and seeing just under 30% disappear to tax is quite crippling. Any reduction on this sort of state expediture is good, and if it means seeing salaries at SAA reduced, you won't see me getting upset. It's nothing personal, I just don't enjoy paying tax unnecessarily.