An interesting thought. . .
Does the amount of P.A.Y.E. paid to SARS by SAA employees exceed its losses. After all, some airlines don't have the burden of P.A.Y.E.
I'm NOT suggesting that SAA is well run!
Also, if SAA were to disappear, most of the L/R capacity would be provided by airlines from the overseas; OR, Nationwide's B767 would be a very busy bee.
Thus a large percentage of the 10,000 odd jobs would be transferred elsewhere.(if only temporarily) Say 6,000 less homeowners, car owners, VAT payers, etc. would be lost to this economy.
How would this affect my TAX, not to mention the skills drain of tech engineers, aircrew, etc.?