Huge SAA flight cancellations

The_Librarian said:
Quantas = 32500 employees and 252 aircraft = 129 employees per aircraft

BA = 36832 employees and 238 aircraft = 154 employees per aircraft

SAA = 55500 employees and 58 aircraft = 957 employees per aircraft
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SAA numbers quoted here are wrong. The number per aircraft is not more than 240 per aircraft.
 
The_Librarian said:
Googling around gives 10071 employees and 50 aircraft = 201 employees per aircraft

Now I'm not sure which is correct or not.
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citizen.co.za

Stats about 'overstaffing' at SAA disputed on Twitter | The Citizen

Economist Mike Schussler has called one particularly 'horrifying stat' about the troubled national airline 'fake news'.
citizen.co.za citizen.co.za

"However, economist Mike Schussler said SAA only has about 10 500 employees, which would put it more in line with its competitors, at 181 employees per aircraft, if the stat about it only having 58 aeroplanes is true. "
 
The 2-day industrial action at SAA is definitely good for the competition:

I live on the approach path to Cape Town International airport and am seeing increased frequency overhead today of FlySafair and Comair (British and Kulula) as well as SAA-affiliated Mango, SA-Airlink and SA-Express flights today, and doubtless they have higher seat occupancy without the need to discount, so they are operating at optimum profitability.


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ToxicBunny said:
Reading this article :

www.fin24.com

SAA losing R52 million a day as unions and airline remain deadlocked | Business

'The unions are still sticking to their guns,' says SAA spokesperson Tlali Tlali.
www.fin24.com www.fin24.com

Its even more clear that the Unions are all fscking retarded... the strike is a success according to them. Wonder how they will feel if they push it to the point where SAA has to be dissolved.
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Someone should put up a big counter on the SAA website, "number of people we will need to retrench" and have it tick upwards as long as the strike goes on...
 
Cray said:
Someone should put up a big counter on the SAA website, "number of people we will need to retrench" and have it tick upwards as long as the strike goes on...
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What would you put the tick rate at though, it needs to be fast enough to scare them, but not so fast that it will empty the entire company in a few weeks.
 
ToxicBunny said:
What would you put the tick rate at though, it needs to be fast enough to scare them, but not so fast that it will empty the entire company in a few weeks.
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Would need to know what their debt ceiling, would be far more effective if based on hard numbers so that people can see that it's a reality and not just a scare tactic.
 
It was bound to happen sooner or later.

Now Govt is between a rock and a hard place. Had they (in the past) took firm action to curb wasteful expenditure and so on, then we would not be in this dire predicament.

But it is what it is. Now they have to pull finger like seriously and get things sorted out.

Somebody must've realized that "oh sh*t, SARS got a shortfall like serious, and we don't have money in the kitty"...
 
I’m loving the union fight back.. no, they need to give us what they want till they sort out corruption which causes the issue..

Same as Soweto, municipalities .. I must say OUTA must be so proud. I’m thinking it’s official now.. eToll defaulters are just as bad as union people.
 
The_Librarian said:
edited to add - the figure for SAA got fudged real bad. Look 3-4 posts ahead where we suss it out.

Quantas = 32500 employees and 252 aircraft = 129 employees per aircraft

BA = 36832 employees and 238 aircraft = 154 employees per aircraft

SAA = 55500 employees and 58 aircraft = 957 employees per aircraft
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That is the racist, Affirmative Action for you. Enjoy the ride.
 
Space said:
The 2-day industrial action at SAA is definitely good for the competition:

I live on the approach path to Cape Town International airport and am seeing increased frequency overhead today of FlySafair and Comair (British and Kulula) as well as SAA-affiliated Mango, SA-Airlink and SA-Express flights today, and doubtless they have higher seat occupancy without the need to discount, so they are operating at optimum profitability.


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Pic isn't real. They don't have three pieces of luggage each.
 
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