DPE supports SAA’s administrators' bid to reduce pilots’ high salaries, perks The business rescue practitioners (BRPs) issued a 48-hour notice on Wednesday to prevent nearly 400 pilots from accessing the company’s premises until they agreed to new employment terms and conditions. FILE: SAA planes. Picture: EWN 101 days ago JOHANNESBURG - The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) on Thursday said one of the critical areas for a restructured South African Airways (SAA) to get off the ground was to reduce the high-cost structure caused by high salaries and perks implemented by the South African Pilots Association’s (Saapa) Regulating Agreement (RA).