SAA Strike to Disrupt Flights !
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Heathrow has got people (1500+ i'm told) in hotels for 2/3/4 nights. Disrupting booked passengers whos flights have arrived at lhr and putting them in hotels. Seems to be a compounding problem, put 3 flights (2xJNB 1 x Cape Town) worth (1000)into hotels for a couple of nights and fly out 3 flights worth of delayed passengers. Net result, weeks to clear the back log and increase the work of the administrators in dealing with all the claims. Nice plan?
seems they have a jet parked up tonight going no where at LHR ?
seems they have a jet parked up tonight going no where at LHR ?
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Alec Erwin, the minister of public enterprises, insists that Khaya Ngqula, the South African Airways (SAA) chief executive, is not being protected despite allegations of arrogance and the airline's much-criticised handling of last week's strike.
"Management handled the strike correctly and did not engage in a press war," he said on Friday. The strike, which lasted nearly a week and left thousands of passengers stranded, ended on Thursday with the signing of a six-percent pay deal.
"I would not have accepted it if [SAA's management] had accepted eight percent," said Erwin.
"Khaya told a press briefing there were problems and SAA management was prepared to work with the unions to resolve them," he added.
Both management and union leaders showed good maturity in resolving the strike, but now we've got to address the concerns of pilots; it would not be wise for them to strike," he said.
He said Ngqula had done a good job at SAA turning the airline around within a year to profitability. "SAA recorded its largest profit ever... Very few people would have turned the airline around from a disaster in one year to profitability in the next."
Regarding recent allegations in the media about Ngqula's use of a helicopter for travel around Gauteng and his exorbitant bills while staying in luxury hotels abroad, Erwin said: "Khaya was cleared by the board of any wrongdoing; he was not guilty; he's done nothing wrong and is not being protected."
The minister said the strike "was no disaster for the economy", although it would have created inconvenience and disruptions for thousands of travellers.
He said the government wanted SAA to remain a good airline and operate within a level of reasonable profit.
"Management handled the strike correctly and did not engage in a press war," he said on Friday. The strike, which lasted nearly a week and left thousands of passengers stranded, ended on Thursday with the signing of a six-percent pay deal.
"I would not have accepted it if [SAA's management] had accepted eight percent," said Erwin.
"Khaya told a press briefing there were problems and SAA management was prepared to work with the unions to resolve them," he added.
Both management and union leaders showed good maturity in resolving the strike, but now we've got to address the concerns of pilots; it would not be wise for them to strike," he said.
He said Ngqula had done a good job at SAA turning the airline around within a year to profitability. "SAA recorded its largest profit ever... Very few people would have turned the airline around from a disaster in one year to profitability in the next."
Regarding recent allegations in the media about Ngqula's use of a helicopter for travel around Gauteng and his exorbitant bills while staying in luxury hotels abroad, Erwin said: "Khaya was cleared by the board of any wrongdoing; he was not guilty; he's done nothing wrong and is not being protected."
The minister said the strike "was no disaster for the economy", although it would have created inconvenience and disruptions for thousands of travellers.
He said the government wanted SAA to remain a good airline and operate within a level of reasonable profit.
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james ozzie,
I´ve have no idea about South Africa, but in Germany part of the lost income will, in many cases, be compensated by the trade unions paying "strike pay" to their members.
they lost all their award in striking! Or am i missing something here?
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Chaos in London
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South African Airways now has to ferry about 2 000 extra passengers from London over the next few days as a result of last week's strike.
Sarah Uys, acting head of external communications at the airline, said that by Saturday there were still about 2 000 passengers stuck in London and that this was SAA's "biggest problem".
Three flights from London were set to arrive on Monday morning. Two were due in Johannesburg and the other in Cape Town.
Uys said one of these flights, the first of its kind, was accommodating passengers who had been stranded.
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Meanwhile, Onkgopotse Tabane, SAA's general manager of communications and customer services, said: "We remain resolved to normalise our flight schedule and to win our passengers back. Our recovery plan over the next few days will ensure that all stranded passengers can be brought home soon."
Sarah Uys, acting head of external communications at the airline, said that by Saturday there were still about 2 000 passengers stuck in London and that this was SAA's "biggest problem".
Three flights from London were set to arrive on Monday morning. Two were due in Johannesburg and the other in Cape Town.
Uys said one of these flights, the first of its kind, was accommodating passengers who had been stranded.
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Meanwhile, Onkgopotse Tabane, SAA's general manager of communications and customer services, said: "We remain resolved to normalise our flight schedule and to win our passengers back.
Our recovery plan over the next few days will ensure that all stranded passengers can be brought home soon."
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The Hotel Bills ...
A friend told me last night at the Wine Festival that he was stranded in Jhb and he and his partner was taken to the Sandton Towers for the night.
His room was R2,5k and his partner's R3,5k.
They had crayfish and all the most expensive stuff on the menu including ALL drinks ... he said he was so pi$$ed the next morning he can not remember what he signed for but it was a lot and he remembered hiding his credit card in case he let them swipe it.
I just wonder what the REAL loss is / was ...
2 000 stranded in the UK ... eischhh ...
His room was R2,5k and his partner's R3,5k.
They had crayfish and all the most expensive stuff on the menu including ALL drinks ... he said he was so pi$$ed the next morning he can not remember what he signed for but it was a lot and he remembered hiding his credit card in case he let them swipe it.
I just wonder what the REAL loss is / was ...
2 000 stranded in the UK ... eischhh ...
