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SAA flights on major routes affected by pilots' wage strike

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saa thumb medium95 76Fin24 reports that SA Airways (SAA) flights on all major domestic and regional routes have been affected by a pilots' strike that kicked off on Thursday following deadlocked wage talks.

In a travel advisory, SAA said the strike would affect the flights it operated on the routes between Johannesburg to the following locations: Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Windhoek, and Mauritius. On social media, there were complaints of disruptions to other destinations, such as Lagos. It was also reported that SAA flights to both Perth and São Paulo had been cancelled. In its advisory, SAA said only flights operated by itself would be affected by the pilots’ strike, while flights operated on partner airlines would not be affected. Pilots picketed outside the SAA office at the OR Tambo International Airport on Thursday morning, demanding that the airline come back to the wage negotiating table. Against a demand for a salary increase of 15.7% from the SAA Pilots Association (SAAPA), SAA has offered an 8.46% pay increase backdated to April. The Aviation Professionals SA has referred the dispute to the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA), which will assist the SAA pilots in salary negotiations. In a letter to its members on Thursday, IFALPA’s Kevin Judkins said SAA was unwilling to engage in meaningful negotiations during a CCMA process, with seemingly no will to resolve matters fairly and collaboratively.

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lisa Steyn & Na'ilah Ebrahim at Fin24 (subscription or trial registration required)
  • Read too, SAA pilots’ strike leaves travellers stranded, at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)


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