Editing South African Airways (section)

===Racism controversy===
SAA has been accused of racism for rejecting white cadet pilots on the grounds of race, who met the educational and physical criteria. By filling out several dummy applications, journalists from the newspaper ''[[Beeld]]'' established that the online form had been programmed to reject any white applicants.<ref name="fin1">{{cite web |title=No more white cadet pilots for SAA |url=http://www.fin24.com/Companies/TravelAndLeisure/No-more-white-cadet-pilots-for-SAA-20120817 |access-date=2012-08-20 |publisher=Fin24 |archive-date=18 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818230431/http://www.fin24.com/Companies/TravelAndLeisure/No-more-white-cadet-pilots-for-SAA-20120817 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SAA training policy evokes anger |url=http://www.fin24.com/Companies/TravelAndLeisure/SAA-training-policy-evokes-anger-20120817 |access-date=2012-08-20 |publisher=Fin24 |archive-date=18 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818230436/http://www.fin24.com/Companies/TravelAndLeisure/SAA-training-policy-evokes-anger-20120817 |url-status=live }}</ref> The South African [[trade union]] [[Solidarity (South African trade union)|Solidarity]] instituted legal action against SAA, resulting in the policy being revoked.<ref>{{cite web |title=SAA backtracks on white cadet ban - Solidarity - PARTY |url=http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71654?oid=320113&sn=Detail&pid=71616 |access-date=2012-08-20 |publisher=Politicsweb |archive-date=27 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927074418/http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71654?oid=320113&sn=Detail&pid=71616 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2012-08-19 |title=SAA lifts ban on white cadets |url=http://www.fin24.com/Companies/TravelAndLeisure/SAA-lifts-ban-on-white-cadets-20120819-2 |access-date=2013-06-10 |publisher=Fin24 |archive-date=21 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821012233/http://www.fin24.com/Companies/TravelAndLeisure/SAA-lifts-ban-on-white-cadets-20120819-2 |url-status=live }}</ref>

"SAA's normal recruitment process allows for the employment of white male pilots as and when vacancies exist; particularly when no candidate is available from a previously-disadvantaged background. Like all other South African companies, the airline is also required to meet statutory transformation targets. This means that, in recruiting, the airline has to ensure that the demographics of its employees match closely those of the country as a whole. This is in line with the employment equity definition which includes white females."<ref>{{cite web |title=News articles |url=https://www.flysaa.com/sg/en/flyingSAA/News/SAAs-Cadet-Pilot-Development-Programme-The-facts.html |access-date=2015-08-25 |website=www.flysaa.com |archive-date=4 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904102024/https://www.flysaa.com/sg/en/flyingSAA/News/SAAs-Cadet-Pilot-Development-Programme-The-facts.html |url-status=live }}</ref>