The government said it was concerned that pilots at troubled SAA were seeking benefits which were much higher than those of other employees.
JOHANNESBURG - The government said on Friday it was concerned that pilots at troubled national carrier SAA were seeking benefits which were much higher than those of other employees, and signalled it was not prepared to grant them.
On Friday the department said SAAPA had endorsed the voluntary severance packages but wanted benefits "far more costly, more lucrative and financially rewarding for the pilots than any other class of employees at SAA". SAAPA's proposals, the public enterprises department said on Friday, would reduce the number of retrenched employees from 3,647 to 1,548, excluding 664 on furlough, with the total budget dipping to R1.986 billion from R2.2 billion.
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