Trade union Solidarity confirmed this to SABC News.

Initially, they had planned to strike for one day on Monday but the employer returned fire by announcing that it would lock-out its pilots for seven days for having not shown for work.

Solidarity says the pilots then resolved to strike for 14 days.

FlySafair has a significant market share across the country’s skies and also has regional destinations.

If there’s no meeting between the employer and employees to resolve the wage deadlock, this could be a very costly strike, not just for the workers and the airline, but the economy as well.

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