Mind you though, one has to feel dreadfully sorry for the SAA company ethos. Jacob Zuma, the President of South Africa, was so unimpressed with the standards of maintenance and quality control in the airline recently that he felt it necessary on a flight to the USA last month to have two back up aircraft along for the ride. This was a gross traducement by applied innuendo of the high standards of SAA and Mr Zuma has done nothing other than to make himself appear ridiculous whilst demeaning the national flag carrier in the process.
Cavortingcheetah, great post considering that the SAAF chartered an SAA A340 as one of the backup aircraft and his family travelled on SAA to New York. Zuma travelled in the SAAF BBJ.
So lets hear it from all the 'proud' SAA pilots. Why not tell us how we are all just jealous because we aren't part of your statefunded cool-kids-club.. Seems your standard line when your thieving management is standing at SARS with the well used begging bowl.
Fuzzy, you must be mates with JG1. Did you guys meet at the same "South African pilots who were rejected by SAA" support group meeting?
Thanks for being Proudly South African
