A deal between South African Airways and the SAA Pilots Association (SAAPA) has finally been sealed. This follows the in-principle agreement earlier in July, with a 94.9 percent majority vote in its favour. According to the terms of the agreement, SAAPA members will be retrenched based on their current salaries. Overall, this is still below what they would be entitled to under the regulating agreement.
SAA Pilots Association chairperson Grant Back says that the deal is the best under the circumstances.
“We haven’t been paid in 16 months. We’ve been locked out since 18 December and we’ve been on strike since 1 April. Since the onset the company had adopted starting us out, not having paid us what they owed us in 2019,” Back said.
“Not delivering on many promises regarding moneys owed in the past and then, of course, the lockout happened in December, so 16 months is a long time to go without a salary and I think for us, this is about the best deal we could get with the amount of time we feel we had left for our membership. Back said the association’s suggestions for saving pilots’ jobs were not heeded.
In other news – Nomsa Buthelezi-Shezi is in Mourning
Nomsa Buthelezi -Shezi is currently going through a very hard time. The Gomora Diva opened up on Instagram today and said, “I took time to post this because I didn’t have words to describe my pain. The truth is guys I’m broken, I’m shattered. I have tried a lot of things to hide my pain.
Our family lost a son I have lost a brother💔💔 We are left to pick up the pieces. Rest in Peace Lebo we will miss your Smile😭Kubuhlungu ukuba yimi ngoba nobody checks up on me. Learn more
Source: eNCA
