Stop flogging the dead horse

Can we just pull the plug on SAA, already?

- Richard Chemaly

South Africa is great. People want to come here. People will always want to come here. Tourism is lovely. I can promise you, there will always be flights to and from South Africa; flights that people who are better at the business of flying will provide.

This ego trip of having a national airline needs to stop. Either, it must be functional or we just don't need it. For the last couple of years and then some, it's not really been functional. Bail out after bail out after minister after parliamentary session after inquiry after CEO after CEO, the airline finally started showing a profit. Time to show some stability, right? Wrong! Move over corruption and incompetence, the pilots want a bigger cut now.