I stand corrected here......with the amounts being owed to the pilots (US$10k-US$120k
)say....l would think the only way such amounts change hands in Africa in general is when there is a "beast" being slaughtered, a whole village is invited, the local dance troupe breaks into the usual "we are happy" routine and everybody is wearing t-shirts with some fat guy's face printed on them..........or somebody is stealing the said amounts from govt. coffers/parastatal/food program/blah blah..since Air Zim pilots don't fall into such categories then it's very unlikely they will receive the amounts owed.
Or am trying to imagine the day when the management call each pilot to the office and hand then a "brick" of US$ in arrears......."Hello Peter....we are sorry we took long to pay you what we owed you....here take this brick of US$10k for now whilst you come to work and we talk later"
Not in this lifetime/galaxy
Apparently Mugabe earns (officially !) US$1200/m and Air Zim pilots want more than that......am sure you can see where this argument will end up.
Hand on heart, that money will never be paid and hard as it may be to leave your home, country, friends, mistresses, there is never a better time to walk away from Air Zim.