Travelling to SA on SAA

[Dama]

Passing on an email that I recieved this morning. May be a heads up to someone on this forum:

Hunters/Shooters May Not Transport Firearms To/From London On South African Airways

SCI has received information from the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa (PHASA) that effective immediately, hunters and sport shooters travelling to or from Heathrow Airport in the UK may not check their firearms on South African Airways (SAA) flights. This prohibition is due to an administrative problem the airline is having with the renewal of their license to transport firearms into or out of Heathrow. SAA insists that it is a temporary problem and that they are working urgently to resolve the issue with the UK Police.

Until the matter is resolved, hunters and shooters with plans to travel on SAA flights through Heathrow Airport with firearms should make arrangements to fly with other airlines that do allow firearm carriage.

 

[Waterbuck]

Wow that's going to catch a load of people out from all over the world. What a nightmare

 

[aris]

I wouldn't fly with them regardless.

 

[artschool]

that does not sound good.

 

[tusker]

I wouldn't fly with them regardless.

Why not? I have flown with them many times and never a problem.
Tusker

 

[aris]

Why not? I have flown with them many times and never a problem.
Tusker

I have flown them on-and-off for 40 years.

Currently, the company is run by muppets. Their safety rating isn't top-notch, and quite frankly I don't trust them to do the right thing. This lapse with regard to carriage of firearms is a symptom of the problem - which is a symptom of what South Africa is today. While affirmative action might be OK for some jobs, being a pilot is not one which i'm to keen to see it.

 

[foggy]

All sorted out now...

firearms can can be carried immediately.