South African Airways board chairperson Dudu Myeni has agreed to‚ within seven days‚ provide parliament with reasons why she should not resign‚ given the horrendous state of the national airline. During a joint sitting yesterday of the parliamentary portfolio committees on finance and public enterprises‚ Myeni was hounded by the DA's David Maynier and the EFF's Floyd Shivambu.Six weeks ago‚ Myeni‚ her board and the SAA management were sent a list of questions to reply to by the portfolio committee on finance. They answered all the questions yesterday except one - submitted by Maynier - why she should not resign.When Maynier put the question again yesterday‚ Myeni claimed never to have received it‚ but committee chair and senior ANC MP Yunus Carrim proved to her that it had been sent with the rest of the questions.She then said she needed another seven days to respond. Maynier asked why‚ given that she had already been given six weeks to do so‚ and Carrim backed him up.Myeni‚ who had already been told by Shivambu that she merely owes her position to her close relationship with President Jacob Zuma‚ again promised to provide the reasons for her non-resignation to the committee within seven days.The parlous state of SAA was on clear display yesterday.While its pilots passed a vote of no confidence in Myeni and may start striking soon‚ its cabin crews and its technicians are also unhappy‚ citing racism.The airline is in huge financial difficulties. It has requested another R5 billion bail-out from national treasury‚ has not been able to table an annual report in parliament this year‚ and appointed yet another acting chief executive this week.It also admitted that the institution of a loss-making route between Johannesburg and Abu Dhabi‚ and that it will not‚ according to its current turn-around plan‚ be profitable in the next five years.Carrim gave the SAA until 15 January to table its annual report‚ and until 15 December to give the committee an update on its progress.-TMG Digital/TMG Parliamentary Bureau..