Shrike200 If you take the political issues out of the equation, because a lot of people are using the tax thing as a quick scape goat to have a go at a Salary that is higher than his.
What a lot of people do not take into account is that flying internationally around the world does bring on more challenges and different issues than flying around South Africa where your infrastructure is to 1st world standards and fairly easy.
For years pilots operating in deep dark Africa were getting paid more due to the danger of flying there, so it also right that SAA pilots get paid more for the type of operations they are doing?