SAA is stuck in a desperate catch-22. Does it have any options left?

15 November 2019 - 06:11 By JEFF WICKS
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SAA workers have downed tools following the state-owned companies announcement to retrench close to 1000 employees.
SAA workers have downed tools following the state-owned companies announcement to retrench close to 1000 employees.
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SA Airways is heading for collapse as it tries to become unstuck from a desperate catch-22 situation, where it will be damned if it does and damned if it doesn’t.

While Friday’s strike may cripple a perpetually nosediving SAA, a failure to shed could too be the death knell.

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