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Bryan Air
#294 Should South Africa Still Own An Airline? SAA Pay Staggered Again, Buyer Due By Feb
DESCRIPTION: SAA has staggered its October salaries for the second month running, and The Citizen reports that Treasury has given the airline until February to find a buyer. Two former airline pilots who have both had the message that pay will be late ask the question out loud: should South Africa still own an airline? Bryan Roseveare and Ryan Parrock are back together after a few weeks apart. In this one they cover the SAA pay crisis, the flydubai 1073 crew collecting their medals, the state of OR Tambo as a new chief executive arrives, and whether your child should become a pilot in South Africa right now. The SAA story first. TimesLIVE reported an internal memo that staggers October pay by staff group, with executives paid last, and September was staggered too. Treasury's R1 billion guarantee is a promise to a lender, not cash paid to the airline, and The Citizen reports it comes with conditions: name the assets for sale within 90 days, deliver a plan with independent valuations by 3 December, report every quarter on which routes make money, and find a buyer by February. Bryan and Ryan ask who would take on SAA's debt in a market where FlySafair, Airlink, Lift and CemAir are growing, and what a late payday does to a crew who still have to go to work and fly you safely. Then the flydubai 1073 crew, decorated in Dubai on Monday with the First Class Order of Zayed II for landing the aircraft after the 30 September cockpit incident. Nova News reports that one of the relief pilots who landed it in Tabuk is from Kimberley. Ryan and Bryan talk about what this does to simulator training, cockpit door rules, the crash axe, and the psychometric tests every pilot sits before a job. OR Tambo gets a new chief executive on Sunday. ACSA made a R1.2 billion profit last year, and Bryan, just back from Europe, describes the immigration queue and the state of the terminal that greeted him. He felt ashamed, and he says so. And the question parents ask Bryan more than any other: should my child become a pilot? Ryan's honest answer, the medical to do before you spend a cent on training, how long it took one young first officer to reach the airline, and the pilots who told Bryan they would not do it again. IN THIS EPISODE SAA staggers October salaries for a second month, and Parliament wants answers by Friday What the R1 billion Treasury guarantee is, and the conditions The Citizen reports come with it Who would buy SAA in a market where FlySafair, Airlink, Lift and CemAir are growing Crew stress when the pay message lands, and why the industry is behind the SAA crews The flydubai 1073 crew collect their medals, with a South African reportedly among them Cockpit doors, crash axes and pilot psychometric testing after flydubai 1073 OR Tambo gets a new chief executive, and Bryan's own walk through international arrivals Where ACSA's R1.2 billion profit went Should your child become a pilot in South Africa right now Do the aviation medical first, then choose your training Paying back the training loan, and ten years from licence to airline Lifestyle, burnout, luck and networking without LinkedIn Sports banter, the Superbrew standings, and an AI agent that lives inside WhatsApp I'm Bryan Roseveare. I was an airline captain. I still go to work on the flight deck. It's just a full flight simulator now, and the pilots I train are the ones who fly you around. SOURCES TimesLIVE, 22 October 2026: SAA salaries delayed again as cash flow crunch threatens national carrier → https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-10-22-saa-salaries-delayed-again-as-cash-flow-crunch-threatens-national-carrier/ Sunday Times, 24 October 2026: SAA's finances under fire as cash squeeze tightens → https://www.sundaytimes.timeslive.co.za/news/2026-10-24-saas-finances-under-fire-as-cash-squeeze-tightens/ The Citizen, 22 October 2026: SAA receives R1bn guarantee, further bailouts not ruled out → https://www.citizen.co.za/business/saa-receives-r1bn-guarantee-further-bailouts-not-ruled-out/ The Citizen, 29 October 2026: SAA given until February to find buyer → https://www.citizen.co.za/news/saa-given-until-february-to-find-buyer/ Gulf News, 27 October 2026: UAE President honours flydubai crew with First Class Order of Zayed II → https://gulfnews.com/uae/uae-president-awards-zayed-medal-to-flydubai-crew-for-bravery-1.500726129 Nova News, 28 October 2026: Northern Cape-born pilot among those receiving UAE medals (single source at time of writing) → https://novanews.co.za/watch-northern-cape-born-pilot-among-those-receiving-uae-medals-for-foiling-mid-air-terror-attack/ EWN, 9 September 2026: ACSA takes flight with bumper earnings as passenger numbers grow → https://www.ewn.co.za/acsa-takes-flight-with-bumper-earnings-as-passenger-numbers-grow/ Engineering News, 25 September 2026: ACSA asks former CFO Mthethwa to return and steer → https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/acsa-asks-former-cfo-mthethwa-to-return-and-steer-2026-09-25 SUPPORT THE SHOW Patreon is what keeps this channel producing. It helps massively, and it is the best way to support what I do. Support on Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/bryanair Every episode, the full back catalogue and everything we talk about on the show lives in one place. Bryan Air → https://bryanairpodcast.com/ THANK YOU TO OUR PATREON SUPPORTERS A warm welcome to our newest supporter, Ian Mark Gondwe. And thank you to the people who have been carrying the show, some of them for years: Dale Williams Duncan Gillespie Franziska Jaco Mike Mason Iain Findlay Caroline Koll ACE Catharine Alan Macaulay Craig Wood Imre Kurucz Kelvin Charman Gabedi Mosupukwa
Yesterday · 51 min· Video
Bryan Air
#294 Should South Africa Still Own An Airline? SAA Pay Staggered Again, Buyer Due By Feb
DESCRIPTION: SAA has staggered its October salaries for the second month running, and The Citizen reports that Treasury has given the airline until February to find a buyer. Two former airline pilots who have both had the message that pay will be late ask the question out loud: should South Africa still own an airline? Bryan Roseveare and Ryan Parrock are back together after a few weeks apart. In this one they cover the SAA pay crisis, the flydubai 1073 crew collecting their medals, the state of OR Tambo as a new chief executive arrives, and whether your child should become a pilot in South Africa right now. The SAA story first. TimesLIVE reported an internal memo that staggers October pay by staff group, with executives paid last, and September was staggered too. Treasury's R1 billion guarantee is a promise to a lender, not cash paid to the airline, and The Citizen reports it comes with conditions: name the assets for sale within 90 days, deliver a plan with independent valuations by 3 December, report every quarter on which routes make money, and find a buyer by February. Bryan and Ryan ask who would take on SAA's debt in a market where FlySafair, Airlink, Lift and CemAir are growing, and what a late payday does to a crew who still have to go to work and fly you safely. Then the flydubai 1073 crew, decorated in Dubai on Monday with the First Class Order of Zayed II for landing the aircraft after the 30 September cockpit incident. Nova News reports that one of the relief pilots who landed it in Tabuk is from Kimberley. Ryan and Bryan talk about what this does to simulator training, cockpit door rules, the crash axe, and the psychometric tests every pilot sits before a job. OR Tambo gets a new chief executive on Sunday. ACSA made a R1.2 billion profit last year, and Bryan, just back from Europe, describes the immigration queue and the state of the terminal that greeted him. He felt ashamed, and he says so. And the question parents ask Bryan more than any other: should my child become a pilot? Ryan's honest answer, the medical to do before you spend a cent on training, how long it took one young first officer to reach the airline, and the pilots who told Bryan they would not do it again. IN THIS EPISODE SAA staggers October salaries for a second month, and Parliament wants answers by Friday What the R1 billion Treasury guarantee is, and the conditions The Citizen reports come with it Who would buy SAA in a market where FlySafair, Airlink, Lift and CemAir are growing Crew stress when the pay message lands, and why the industry is behind the SAA crews The flydubai 1073 crew collect their medals, with a South African reportedly among them Cockpit doors, crash axes and pilot psychometric testing after flydubai 1073 OR Tambo gets a new chief executive, and Bryan's own walk through international arrivals Where ACSA's R1.2 billion profit went Should your child become a pilot in South Africa right now Do the aviation medical first, then choose your training Paying back the training loan, and ten years from licence to airline Lifestyle, burnout, luck and networking without LinkedIn Sports banter, the Superbrew standings, and an AI agent that lives inside WhatsApp I'm Bryan Roseveare. I was an airline captain. I still go to work on the flight deck. It's just a full flight simulator now, and the pilots I train are the ones who fly you around. SOURCES TimesLIVE, 22 October 2026: SAA salaries delayed again as cash flow crunch threatens national carrier → https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-10-22-saa-salaries-delayed-again-as-cash-flow-crunch-threatens-national-carrier/ Sunday Times, 24 October 2026: SAA's finances under fire as cash squeeze tightens → https://www.sundaytimes.timeslive.co.za/news/2026-10-24-saas-finances-under-fire-as-cash-squeeze-tightens/ The Citizen, 22 October 2026: SAA receives R1bn guarantee, further bailouts not ruled out → https://www.citizen.co.za/business/saa-receives-r1bn-guarantee-further-bailouts-not-ruled-out/ The Citizen, 29 October 2026: SAA given until February to find buyer → https://www.citizen.co.za/news/saa-given-until-february-to-find-buyer/ Gulf News, 27 October 2026: UAE President honours flydubai crew with First Class Order of Zayed II → https://gulfnews.com/uae/uae-president-awards-zayed-medal-to-flydubai-crew-for-bravery-1.500726129 Nova News, 28 October 2026: Northern Cape-born pilot among those receiving UAE medals (single source at time of writing) → https://novanews.co.za/watch-northern-cape-born-pilot-among-those-receiving-uae-medals-for-foiling-mid-air-terror-attack/ EWN, 9 September 2026: ACSA takes flight with bumper earnings as passenger numbers grow → https://www.ewn.co.za/acsa-takes-flight-with-bumper-earnings-as-passenger-numbers-grow/ Engineering News, 25 September 2026: ACSA asks former CFO Mthethwa to return and steer → https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/acsa-asks-former-cfo-mthethwa-to-return-and-steer-2026-09-25 SUPPORT THE SHOW Patreon is what keeps this channel producing. It helps massively, and it is the best way to support what I do. Support on Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/bryanair Every episode, the full back catalogue and everything we talk about on the show lives in one place. Bryan Air → https://bryanairpodcast.com/ THANK YOU TO OUR PATREON SUPPORTERS A warm welcome to our newest supporter, Ian Mark Gondwe. And thank you to the people who have been carrying the show, some of them for years: Dale Williams Duncan Gillespie Franziska Jaco Mike Mason Iain Findlay Caroline Koll ACE Catharine Alan Macaulay Craig Wood Imre Kurucz Kelvin Charman Gabedi Mosupukwa
Yesterday · 51 min· Video
Bryan Air
#293 A Pilot Explains: SAA's Salaries Are Late Again
South African Airways has told its staff that October salaries will be late for the second month in a row, Parliament wants an answer from the Transport Minister by Friday 30 October, and Treasury has disclosed a R1 billion guarantee for the airline's working capital. A normal business that runs short of cash tightens its belt. An airline that runs short of cash usually stops flying. In this short solo episode I explain why that is. Almost everything an airline spends is paid before the passenger boards, to companies that do not extend credit for long: fuel suppliers, the airport company, air traffic control, aircraft lessors, maintenance providers, insurers and the simulator training every pilot must do on a fixed cycle. When word gets out that an airline is short of cash, those suppliers start asking for the money up front, so the airline needs more cash at exactly the moment it has less. Then I go through the record. Skywise, Mango, Velvet Sky, 1time, Comair and Nationwide all stopped flying when the money ran out, and not one of them was grounded by the Civil Aviation Authority for being broke. It was the airport company, the fuel supplier or the airline's own board. That is what a working capital guarantee is for: it keeps an airline on the right side of the people it pays every day. IN THIS EPISODE Why this week matters if you hold an SAA ticket October salaries staggered for a second month, and what SAA says about it The R1 billion Treasury guarantee, and why a guarantee is not cash What happens when suppliers start asking for payment up front The crews waiting for the bank SMS Why an airline cannot tighten its belt the way an ordinary business can Fuel, airport fees, air traffic charges, leases, maintenance, insurance and training Who actually grounded six South African airlines, and why it was never the regulator for being broke Stress at home as a safety matter FlySafair, Airlink, the Heathrow slot money and the missing annual report Friday's deadline for the minister, and the SAA hearing after the 4 November election A word to the SAA crews I'm Bryan Roseveare. I was an airline captain. I still go to work on the flight deck. It's just a full flight simulator now, and the pilots I train are the ones who fly you around. PILOT MENTAL HEALTH VIDEO The video I mention on air → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siJbLyZXZlM SOURCES R1 billion guarantee confirmed by SAA (ch-aviation, 23 Oct 2026) → https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/173175-saa-confirms-605mn-state-guarantee-amid-fuel-pressures EU Regulation 1008/2008 → https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32008R1008 Air Services Licensing Act 115 of 1990 → https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201503/act-115-1990.pdf SAA salaries delayed again (TimesLIVE, 22 Oct 2026) → https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-10-22-saa-salaries-delayed-again-as-cash-flow-crunch-threatens-national-carrier/ SAA's finances under fire (Sunday Times, 25 Oct 2026) → https://sundaytimes.timeslive.co.za/news/2026-10-24-saas-finances-under-fire-as-cash-squeeze-tightens Parliament summons SAA (Daily Maverick, 26 Oct 2026) → https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-10-26-parliament-summons-saa-demanding-answers-to-deepening-financial-turmoil-and-turbulent-governance/ SUPPORT THE SHOW Patreon is what keeps this channel producing. It helps massively, and it is the best way to support what I do. Support on Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/bryanair Every episode, the full back catalogue and everything we talk about on the show lives in one place. Bryan Air → https://bryanairpodcast.com/ THANK YOU TO OUR PATREON SUPPORTERS A warm welcome to our newest supporter, Gabedi Mosupukwa. And thank you to the people who have been carrying the show, some of them for years: Dale Williams Duncan Gillespie Franziska Jaco Mike Mason Iain Findlay Caroline Koll ACE Catharine Alan Macaulay Craig Wood Imre Kurucz Kelvin Charman
Tuesday · 11 min· Video
Bryan Air
#293 A Pilot Explains: SAA's Salaries Are Late Again
South African Airways has told its staff that October salaries will be late for the second month in a row, Parliament wants an answer from the Transport Minister by Friday 30 October, and Treasury has disclosed a R1 billion guarantee for the airline's working capital. A normal business that runs short of cash tightens its belt. An airline that runs short of cash usually stops flying. In this short solo episode I explain why that is. Almost everything an airline spends is paid before the passenger boards, to companies that do not extend credit for long: fuel suppliers, the airport company, air traffic control, aircraft lessors, maintenance providers, insurers and the simulator training every pilot must do on a fixed cycle. When word gets out that an airline is short of cash, those suppliers start asking for the money up front, so the airline needs more cash at exactly the moment it has less. Then I go through the record. Skywise, Mango, Velvet Sky, 1time, Comair and Nationwide all stopped flying when the money ran out, and not one of them was grounded by the Civil Aviation Authority for being broke. It was the airport company, the fuel supplier or the airline's own board. That is what a working capital guarantee is for: it keeps an airline on the right side of the people it pays every day. IN THIS EPISODE Why this week matters if you hold an SAA ticket October salaries staggered for a second month, and what SAA says about it The R1 billion Treasury guarantee, and why a guarantee is not cash What happens when suppliers start asking for payment up front The crews waiting for the bank SMS Why an airline cannot tighten its belt the way an ordinary business can Fuel, airport fees, air traffic charges, leases, maintenance, insurance and training Who actually grounded six South African airlines, and why it was never the regulator for being broke Stress at home as a safety matter FlySafair, Airlink, the Heathrow slot money and the missing annual report Friday's deadline for the minister, and the SAA hearing after the 4 November election A word to the SAA crews I'm Bryan Roseveare. I was an airline captain. I still go to work on the flight deck. It's just a full flight simulator now, and the pilots I train are the ones who fly you around. PILOT MENTAL HEALTH VIDEO The video I mention on air → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siJbLyZXZlM SOURCES R1 billion guarantee confirmed by SAA (ch-aviation, 23 Oct 2026) → https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/173175-saa-confirms-605mn-state-guarantee-amid-fuel-pressures EU Regulation 1008/2008 → https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32008R1008 Air Services Licensing Act 115 of 1990 → https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201503/act-115-1990.pdf SAA salaries delayed again (TimesLIVE, 22 Oct 2026) → https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-10-22-saa-salaries-delayed-again-as-cash-flow-crunch-threatens-national-carrier/ SAA's finances under fire (Sunday Times, 25 Oct 2026) → https://sundaytimes.timeslive.co.za/news/2026-10-24-saas-finances-under-fire-as-cash-squeeze-tightens Parliament summons SAA (Daily Maverick, 26 Oct 2026) → https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-10-26-parliament-summons-saa-demanding-answers-to-deepening-financial-turmoil-and-turbulent-governance/ SUPPORT THE SHOW Patreon is what keeps this channel producing. It helps massively, and it is the best way to support what I do. Support on Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/bryanair Every episode, the full back catalogue and everything we talk about on the show lives in one place. Bryan Air → https://bryanairpodcast.com/ THANK YOU TO OUR PATREON SUPPORTERS A warm welcome to our newest supporter, Gabedi Mosupukwa. And thank you to the people who have been carrying the show, some of them for years: Dale Williams Duncan Gillespie Franziska Jaco Mike Mason Iain Findlay Caroline Koll ACE Catharine Alan Macaulay Craig Wood Imre Kurucz Kelvin Charman
Tuesday · 11 min· Video