It's so scary to think that we are losing the best experienced pilots
I am not taking you on here, i just sincerely hope that you are not under the illusion that SAA have the best experiences pilots? They are not the best in the sky. To be frank, RSA is loosing all of its best pilots from all carriers (i suspect this is what you meant), and why not, if the big dogs out there start forking out the big money for pilots, why the ..... should they not take the best. Regardless of where they got their wings. Personally i think the 'best' experienced pilots are hanging around at NW, flying V's old machines under pressure, and having to deal with non - standard (call it SIM type) situations regularly.