The fact that SAA has the majority of pilots of "colour" is a simple case of supply and demand...if you can understand that. The less of an available resource, the more one needs to pay...hence more PD pilots will migrate to Airways because of the more attractive salaries.
AA is alive and well in every sphere of business in SA today, like it or not. "White" pilots in SA however, are marginally affected , as, when SAA require 100 pilots only 5 slots can be filled by appropriate AA candidates, so how in the world can a white pilot argue that his spot was taken by affirmative action, when there's 95 spots available to him?? that I find perplexing.
Also, the entire flight operations at SAA is still run by so called white males...whom, are in their current positions of power simply because they can do the job and have the ability to actually comprehend certain policies and principles of transformation (which is a swear word at BA Comair). The colour of their skin has nothing to do with it, only the fact that they are probably the best and most open-minded people in the SA aviation industry to do the required job.
This is why SAA will never close down...as much as certain people would love to see.
I have flown with many pilots of colour at SAA. Not one has a chip on his/her shoulder. Simply going about their day-to-day business like any other pilot here. Many are highly educated/qualified individuals (degrees etc) who deserve their place in the airline. Those who misinterpret the principles of AA simply undermine the quality of these individuals who find themselves in these positions, which is really unfair!