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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>SAA is gunning for its pilots who have a deal that the airline cannot make a number of operational and strategic commercial decisions without their agreement.<\/p>\n

SAA\u2019s business rescue practitioners (BRPs) Siviwe Dongwana and Les Matuson warned that the airline that will emerge from the national carrier\u2019s ruins will not succeed if the so-called regulating agreement with pilots remains in place.<\/p>\n

\u201dIt is for this reason the BRPs believe a restructured airline can only be successful should it not be encumbered by the onerous provisions of the regulating agreement,\u201d Dongwana and Matuson cautioned on Friday.<\/p>\n

SAA instituted litigation against the pilots to set aside the regulating agreement, signed in the 1990s, before the start of the business rescue process.<\/p>\n

The airline\u2019s lawsuit was suspended after it was placed under business rescue in December 2019 but the suspension was lifted in November last year.<\/p>\n

SAA pilots argue that the matter cannot proceed in court while the airline is under business rescue.<\/p>\n

According to Dongwana and Matuson, SAA is also embroiled in a number of other legal disputes including theft of over R13 million by its employees in Namibia.<\/p>\n

SAA accused the employees of stealing from the airline in a fraudulent scheme relating to baggage claims.<\/p>\n

Only R1.5m has been recovered so far after the implicated employees and their beneficiaries had their pension fund benefits appropriated by SAA.<\/p>\n

Dongwana and Matuson confirmed that SAA was likely to move out of business rescue after declaring there was substantial implementation of the plan to save the airline.<\/p>\n

SAA was placed under business rescue in December 2019.<\/p>\n

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