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TimesLIVE reports that SA Airways (SAA) aims to recall some of its former pilots as it expands its operations. In correspondence dated 4 August, pilots were informed that the state-owned carrier now has a number of A320 first officer positions available.
“SAA intends to comply with its obligations regarding preferential re-employment as provided for in the Settlement Agreement of July 16 2023 with the SAA Pilots Association. We hereby request that you indicate whether you will be interested to be recalled in one of these positions,” the letter reads. SAA confirmed the pilot recall drive on Thursday. It did not indicate how many pilots it aimed to recall, but according to industry insiders it was almost 60. SAA indicated that part of the agreement reached in 2021 included the need to have an employment equity plan as required by law. “SAA is working on honouring that, as well as being compliant with the laws of the country. The recruitment is ongoing and will end when the requisite numbers have been brought on board,” SAA indicated. The pilot recruitment drive is not the first this year. In March, SAA also sent out a request for the purposes of recalling pilots. Before it went into business rescue, SAA had about 620 pilots on its books. Projections made in the business rescue plan, foresaw the airline by now already operating almost 30 aircraft and employing more than 300 pilots. SAA presently has a fleet of about six aircraft and employs about 80 pilots.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Carin Smith at BusinessLive
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