Yes that's true. A lesson in flexibility I would say.
We had big issues about CDT when I was there and 'they' relented . . . just a little bit, as we had a CP with cojones. Quite soon afterwards he left and went to an airline.
If I were a cynic, I would probably say dispensation from the ZCAA is directly proportional to the size of the brown paper package he's clutching - rumour was that it contained his lunch . . . he was probably very hungry.
But since I'm not a cynic, I won't.
