SAA and what it is.
Think people have lost the plot some what.
SAA is a state controlled loss maker in a devolping african country.
Think the salaries should be comparied accordingly? Air Zim/Air Bots/Air Malawi etc
If the shareholders of United/Delta/American/Continental feel that their pilots and staff need to take a 40%, yes 40%, pay cut to stop the their airlines going broke, maybe time for the only shareholder of SAA, yes thats me the taxpayer, to do the same.
Time to cut the coat to fit the cloth friends. We gotta build roads, schools, hospital and get more police. Every cent wasted on keeping SAA in the air is money that is not spent on what the country, as a whole, needs.
Shape up or ship out. When SAA makes a REAL profit, the staff can think again.