Good news for SIA cabin crew wannabes

It's an exciting time for those young women and men who want to join SIA as cabin crew. SIA has invited people after a break of two years to apply online for both Singaporeans and Malaysians.

SIA requires between 700 and 800 new crew for its Northern European summer schedule. Besides, it will aggressively promote many of its current junior crew to the rank of leading and chief.

Judging by the attendances at the last few weekends of the face to face interviews at STC (SIA Training Center), I can safely say that many wannabes are not being deterred by the pandemic or the negative comments posted by some "sour grapes" in this blog.

If I am young again, I would have joined in the fray to be a steward with the world's best airlines.

Seldom an "O" level in the outside world can be paid as much as $4,500 a month in salary. A senior crew can even earn as much as $10,000 a month if he or she is on the ULR (Ultra Long Range) fleet.

There were crew who complained publicly that flying has lost its glamour because they are disallowed to leave their hotel rooms during their nightstop at overseas stations. This measure is only temporary due to the pandemic.

To cut a long story short, nothing can and will discourage people from wanting to be a cabin crew with Singapore Airlines.

Steward earning $100k?

 Someone posted the following in a forum: "They told me their annual salary was more than $100k. One could buy a small condo and owned a HDB..."  Continue reading here

2 girls & 1 guy to be new SQ cabin crew

Two young ladies and one guy were successful at the last weekend cabin crew interview after purchasing and studying my e-guide.

Congrats and hope you will have a great career with the world's best airlines, Singapore Airlines!!!... read here

My response to the negative comments

 Below are some of the negative comments regarding the cabin crew job. My response to the comments are in red. There are countless such comments. Don't really know who these people are but my guess is ex cabin crew who for some reasons retrenched or sacked by SIA and some members of the public.

1) It's true CC can visit many places in few years than most people in lifetime - the job shouldn't be a lifetime career. Just ask the senior crew who still 'stuck in the air' after 30+ years because once grounded, it's taxi driving time. (Some PMET replaced by foreigners are also driving taxis and Grab)

2) Hi Boh Tong, you can share this article on your blog for CC to know that age 40 is hard to get a job unless wanna be taxi driver, etc..(Cc can work beyond 40. Even then what's wrong with driving taxis?)

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/singapore-mature-pme-unemployed-job-search-wsg-2293696

3) So, CC have to be sure that it's the job they want to do next 30 years (Cc can quit anytime and they will be paid gratuities by SIA. Which companies pay their staff when they resigned?)

4) Those 5 O levels or nitec people lor. Beats doing grab anytime (Nothing wrong with driving Grabs or taxis. It pays relatively well. Besides one can use the cars and taxis for their family and leisure)

5) there is no status and glamour as a crew in the first place (Which job has glamour and status...politicians, pmets?)

Why discourage the wannabes to be cabin crew?

SIA requires between 700 and 800 cabin crew for the Northern European summer flight schedule. It is frantically interviewing crew last weekend and for the next couple of weekends. In my other blog I have encouraged people to go for the interview and judging from last weekend's turnout at STC, indeed hundreds had gone to STC.

The is no walk-in interview anymore. So those who attended the face to face interview are candidates who had been shortlisted after submission of videos of themselves to SIA.

My concern is that some people (ex crew, current crew as well as some members of the public)are discouraging the wannabes not to fly for SIA. They cited reasons like flying has no  future, exposure to Covid-19 etc. My request to those people is that give these young men and women a chance to get their dream job. This is the best time to get into the airline. The reason is because SIA is very short of crew and it's much easier to be recruited during this period.

Wannabes go for it and don't let the pessimists and others discourage you.

Happy dinning again cabin crew

 

Our cabin crew reminisces on some of the best meals they’ve had overseas and the food they can’t wait to try again after Covid-19.

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Jailed for molesting female colleague

A senior male cabin crew was jailed for 5 weeks for molesting his female colleagues ...read here

As far as I know, this is the first time a case of such nature has been reported and action taken in a Singapore court.