Here is the solution to SAA's woes.
Don't throw any more money at this chronically ailing cash crocodile.
Who flies faster and lower across the country than the minibus taxi people? Who delivers millions of people to destinations across the land? Whose wrecks litter ..., oops,sorry, that slipped in. Flying is already in the blood of our taxi drivers. It's just a matter of learning to take off and land. My twelve year old nephew does that daily on his flight simulation game.
Let the minibus taxi industry reach for the skies. Advantages are numerous.
Some taxis resemble veterans of world war two tank battles. Anyone who can keep those on the road will have no trouble with aircraft maintenance. Do away with expensive airport infrastructure and staff. A couple of queue marshalls will whip everybody into line (literally, if necessary).
Unencumbered by the JMPD and other traffic police, our pilots are bound to make record times. Away with cumbersome booking and payment systems. Take a leaf out of the Book Of Taxi. Passengers line up on the runways and give the appropriate signals. A thumbs up for Durban, two for Cape Town. Two fingers up for the Eastern Cape. A limp-wristed thumbs down for Limpopo etc. The passenger in the front seat collects and counts the money - efficient and egalitarian. Passengers will thrill to the genuine South African travel experience.
Flight plans - who needs them? Everyone knows where Durban is. Joe's magwinyas and skop (sheep's head) alongside Ocean Basket will provide the ultimate South African dining experience in the terminal. There is a hotel providing 'a township experience' at more than R1000 a night. So, don't think that this is a bizarre notion. On the contrary, it will serve to unite the two South Africas.
There we are: a simple South African solution, based on a working model.
Yours in the struggle for efficiency.
Richard
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