It seems once again apparent that African Airlines are refusing to follow the status quo set by other International Carriers to prohibit such potentially dangerous activity. There are numerous reasons why 'Moonlighting' should not be allowed to occur, none of which include the monetary aspect as highlighted by Jetway. Airlines worldwide have established for the reasons of safety and security foremost to ban their pilots from engaging in this activity. The possibility exists naturally of exceeding flight or duty time, injury or accident whilst 'moonlighting', delayed return causing cancellation of your real flight - plus others. When you join any large company (as pilot or CEO) you sign a contract which prevents you in engaging in any activity which could either damage or potentially harm the earning potential of your employer. In doing so you are in fact preventing yourself from working outside of the company if the possibility exists to break this clause. ie 'Moonlighting' would be included in this pretext. If in fact SAA pilots are engaging in this activity, then they risk possible action by their employer and will have little recourse either legally or from their union.
Think about it - is it worth the risk???????
