Numsa leaders held a meeting with the company’s management and business rescue practitioners on Tuesday and told workers that the company was yet to secure an investor and could face liquidation in a matter of weeks.
JOHANNESBURG - A group of Comair employees affiliated to metalworkers' union Numsa said that the uncertainty over the airline operator's fate had them fearing for their jobs in an already tough economic environment, with many South African households battling to keep up with the rising cost of living.
This is the second stakeholder meeting with Comair following the airline’s announcement of the immediate suspension of all its flights until it managed to secure funds to resume operations amid serious liquidity issues.• Comair is weeks away from liquidation, Numsa tells workers• Comair suspends all Kulula, British Airways flights over funding issues
Cabin controller Kholofelo Boshielo said that after enduring salary cuts and uncertainty through the COVID-19 hard lockdown, he feared that if Comair shut down, he’d have nowhere else to seek employment.
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