Will the agreement be enforced?

 SIA and the Pilot's union has agreed in principle to the following last September:

• No job loss until March 2022
• If company becomes profitable and flying hours still below 72, all paycut will cease after March 2022
• Fleet movement to restart next month (Oct) with pilots from A-330 and A-380 to move to either B-777 or A-350
• Projected recovery of flying hours is 60 to 70 hours by next July/August
• Flights to Nowhere program will not happen because they won't generate profit

The first 2 points may not be achieved as the industry is still struggling with fewer passengers flying due to border closure in many countries. The epidemic is getting worse due to a few new type of variant strain spreading which are more infectious.

 

With positive Covid vaccination, SIA & Changi Airport....

 With all the good news about the crew and staff of Changi Airport being vaccinated   and the mounting of more flights, 2021 may be worst than 2020. Singapore is also willing to open its border to other low Covid risk countries but it is not being reciprocated. 

The government support scheme (50% subsidy of crew salary ends March this year) will end come March. We do not know whether the support scheme will continue after March. If not, it will be a huge burden for SIA to continue paying full salaries to its crew. In my opinion, there may be another round of retrenchment of crew. This time would probably affect all the foreign crew. In the first round of retrenchment, only foreign crew below 2 year service were retrenched.

The other alternative to retrenchment is to force the crew to go on long "no pay leave".

What are your thoughts?

SilkAir is now SIA (Singapore Airlines)

 

I am going for my vaccination soon

SIA CEO, SVPcc and crew receiving vaccination

 

Lawrence on CNY gathering during Covid

 

SIA stewardess Covid positive

 

Vaccination against Covid for cabin crew

 

Not motivated to go on blogging anymore

 

The above is the amount I earned from this blog. 5 cents for yesterday and today. I am discouraged from blogging as it is not worth my time. Therefore, I am thinking of closing this blog. I like to hear from you all. 

SIA to be first fully vaccinated airlines

 SIA is looking forward to be the first airline in the world to have fully vaccinated crew and staff. Hopefully, it will instill confidence in its passengers.

Although vaccination against Covid-19 is not compulsory, crew who are vaccinated will not be swab tested on the seventh day after returning from overseas.

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A story posted 14 years ago

 

Saturday, December 2, 2006

Hotel Ghost Story.

Karen was woken up by a loud knock at her door. She switched on the bedside lights and looked at her small alarm clock.It read 11.59pm. "who the hell could it be, knocking at this time of the night?" she mumbled to herself. It can't be her crew because all of them would be in bed by this time.They had a morning flight the next day.

Again came the knock and Karen became furious. "Who the **** is that?" Karen asked angrily. "Its housekeeping" came a soft woman's voice.
Karen opened the door and there stood an old female housekeeper. " What is it that you want at this ungodly hour?" Karen shot at her. "Sorry madam,I thought you wanted me to do up your room" replied the fragile old lady. " The hell with you lady,are you crazy,do you know what time it is now?" Karen shouted at her. "Ooh oh, I..am..m soorry.... madam, I must have made a mistake" the little old housekeeper stammered.Karen noticed that the "do not disturb" sign was not at her door knob. Someone must have removed it,Karen thought to herself.


The housekeeper excused herself with another apology. As she turned and walked away, something unusual caught Karen's eyes. The old lady's feet wasn't touching the ground as she walked away form Karen's room.


An eerie feeling came over Karen.She could feel the hair on her arms and all over her body stood on end.The next moment,the little old lady floated away,this time,her legs were stationary. Karen let out a loud scream.The old lady turned around and with two fang liked teeth and a crooked nose, pointed her long wrinkled index finger at Karen and let out a loud cry!Karen fainted,fell forward and hit her face on the hotel corridor floor.


When Karen came to,she found herself in a hospital room alone,with a dull pain hanging over her heavily bandaged head.

At this moment,in came a nurse with a tray of medication and a big injection needle.As she lifted her face,Karen got a terrible shock! That nurse had the face of the little old hotel housekeeper.

Karen let out a piercing scream, fell into a coma and never regain consciousness.

 

Should it be made compulsory for crew to be vaccinated?

 SIA may make it compulsory for all its crew to be vaccinated against Covid19 when  it becomes available. It is a good move and will give passengers great confidence. However, according to some crew whom I spoke to it should be offered on a voluntary basis. Let's wait for further news from the cabin crew svp. I was also told that he may set the example by becoming the first one in cabin crew to get the first shot of the vaccine.

RIP Ex- IFM Vincent

 

A blessing in disguise

 I spoke to a girl who was coached by me 1 1/2 years ago. She passed her interview but failed to be employed because she was  not granted a working visa by MOM. On hindsight it was a blessing in disguise as she would have  been retrenched in the last exercise (under 2 years service). Instead she went on to do a degree course at one of the universities.

It is my feel that the next retrenchment exercise, if there will be one, the senior foreign crew will be the target. In fact, some of them have resigned from the airlines because they can't afford to continually pay their housing rents. They had been drawing only the basic pay which amount to slightly over a thousand dollars per month.

The pandemic has done and still doing a great harm to many. Let's hope with the vaccines, the pandemic will disappear soon.

Why some cabin crew may quit

 A pilot who returned from a working trip to London recently tested positive for the   new variant coronavirus. This UK variant is said to be 70% more infectious than the original coronavirus.

From the above experience, all crew operating the London flights will have to be swab tested on arrival into Singapore. On top of that, the said crew will undergo another swab test on the third and seventh day after his or her London trip. Meanwhile, the crew will have to self-isolate for seven days. Only after testing negative on the seventh day then the crew would be allowed to leave his home.

The nasal swab test is uncomfortable and to some it may be painful. I was thinking how many of us would not mind to be tested 3 times within a period of seven days.

The way I look at the whole thing, some crew particularly the cabin crew may quit the job instead of having to go through the ordeal of having his or nasal "explored" now and then. Besides, the risk of getting infected when coming into contact with passengers or night stopping in some high risk countries is higher as a crew.

Therefore, I would not be surprise to see some crew leaving the airline in the coming weeks and months.

Retired IFM had massive stroke

 

Kenneth is now fighting for his life in the hospital after a massive stroke. Hope he can pull through. Please pray for him.