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The Citizen reports that while Minister of Tourism Lindiwe Sisulu has expressed concern over the grounding of all Comair flights indefinitely, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has announced that it will stage a picket outside the carrier’s office demanding the removal of CEO Glenn Orsmond.
At the weekend, the SA Civil Aviation Authority (Sacaa) announced the suspension of Comair’s Air Operation Certificate (AOC) as a result of a number of incident-related occurrences, and later said that it was suspending it indefinitely. Comair operates budget airline Kulula.com and the local British Airways. “This comes at a bad time as families are preparing for school holidays and holidaymakers are planning for Easter holiday getaways,” said Susulu. She urged both Comair and Sacaa to find common ground. Meanwhile, Numsa has demanded that Comair CEO Glenn Orsmond be removed from his position. The union said in a statement: “Osmond’s drastic cost cutting measures have created an over-worked and poorly paid workforce, and as a result the safety standards have also been compromised. If Orsmond is allowed to continue in his role there will be no airline left to defend and at least 1,300 workers will lose their jobs. We demand his removal so that the airline has a chance of survival.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Siyanda Ndlovu at The Citizen
- Lees ook, Numsa eis Comair-hoof se kop, by Maroela Media
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