South African Airways is appealing to the public to take note of a false recruitment drive that demands personal information and an application fee, and to report any misconduct to the authorities.
The scam entices unsuspecting members of the publice to apply for training and possible placement as cabin crew members.
“We issued a statement last month warning the public of this scam which appears to be most prevalent on social media. We have received volumes of enquiries about this scam and remain concerned that a considerable number of them are those who have applied already. We cannot emphasise enough the need to ascertain information placed in the public domain by unknown sources,” said SAA Spokesperson, Tlali Tlali. “The recruitment cannot possibly be true given the employment freeze and headcount rationalisation taking place at SAA at the moment” added Tlali.
South African Airways would like to urge members of the public to be vigilant, cautious and to take the necessary steps to protect their personal information by verifying the existence of any recruitment drive before acting on it. “The communication in question bears all the hallmarks of a scam and seems to be preying on unsuspecting youth. Our human resources division is at our head office, Airways Park, which is situated at OR Tambo International and not in Centurion as suggested in the false advert,” explained Tlali.
SAA advertises all recruitment vacancies, as well as recruitment campaigns for Youth Development Programmes, on the airline’s website: flysaa.pnet.co.za. When candidates apply for any vacancy via the correct portal, they have to upload a copy of their CV, ID and necessary qualifications. No registration or application fee is applicable nor requested when applying for any vacancies at South African Airways. It is also free to register on the flysaa.pnet portal.
The airline is collaborating with the external law enforcement agencies to trace the origins of the recruitment scam and those who are behind it. To those who have already submitted their personal information, South African Airways recommends that they report the matter to the local police immediately.
