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2008-12-09 Africa Subsaharan

South African Air Force losing top technicians.

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Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 the hiring of inexperienced political-correct-and connected senior personnel

There, fixed it.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-12-09 02:44|| 2008-12-09 02:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Pay and benefits are always better in the civilian world, yes? You need to give your people a reason to stay. Or become North Korea. That kinda sorta works, at least for the retention problem.

Posted by SteveS 2008-12-09 10:28|| 2008-12-09 10:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Could it possibly be the....
L E A D E R S H I P ?

Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-09 10:42|| 2008-12-09 10:42|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm curious if most of these people were white or black or if they were a mixed lot. If they were mostly white, they may have been looking for a chance to get out of SA for a while, so it may not even have been the pay that did it.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-12-09 12:05|| 2008-12-09 12:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Methinks the same thing happenned to the Rhodesian airforce in the ewarly 80's... :))

p.s. And for similar reasons...

Posted by borgboy 2008-12-09 15:20|| 2008-12-09 15:20|| Front Page Top

#6 South Africa has an Air Farce?

Who knew?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-09 17:29|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-12-09 17:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Pre ANC control, I imagine they had an effective deterrent force

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-12-09 17:39|| 2008-12-09 17:39|| Front Page Top

#8 When an organization starts hiring and promoting based solely on skin color, the competent always get the shaft. So, they leave--and expose the affirmative action hires for the toadies and incompetents they are. The organization, of course, completely disintegrates as a functioning entity.

Sorry, South Africa. I was in your country when it was a beautiful and relatively peaceful place, the jewel of Africa. Now it's on the fast toboggan run to being Zimbabwe. May God help any white person who can't get out of there because it's very certain no one else will.

Posted by Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-12-09 21:27|| 2008-12-09 21:27|| Front Page Top

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