This is a Singapore Airline (SIA) blog . The stories are written by an ex cabin crew. The stories are about the crew of SIA, especially concerning cabin crew and pilots.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Sunday, September 18, 2022
Saturday, September 17, 2022
A chance to show the readers ..........
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Not to be outdone by Sunny Gale's comment...
Below is the reply to Sunny's comment. Each has his or her opinion but best is to let the readers decide.
That view is correct in SQ golden age before middle eastern airlines and budget carriers took away the SQ flair. Here's the points -
1) layover get short with CC spend most time in hotel room to rest and not able to go out and spend allowance because SG cost of living is expensive. They too are tired to walk around the areas as they get older.
2) CC skills are largely non-transferable in other work other than F&B and perhaps hotel.
3) CC on tenure have no choice but to lan lan till 60 plus years old and stuck in there especially when they have family.
In conclusion, the job is good for short time but doing the same airline CC routine over and over again and expecting different result like better pay and more leave for CC is what Einstein termed as insanity.
It will never happen as long SQ competition with other airlines is visible.
Saturday, September 10, 2022
An excellent/comment article by Sunny Gale
BT: I suggest all cabin crew/flight attendants as well as cc wannabes and critics of cabin crew read the article below:
The job scope of a waiter/ cabin crew may be the same, but the lifestyles (this is where the "power"of this job comes in) is world of a difference.
Also the salary is pretty good.
The fun you get from its lifestyles is priceless which cannot be duplicated in any other job and it's so enticing/enriching a job.
You see, when u decide to join as Cc, u r not into the job really. What u r getting into is a job that opens the world to your doorstep.
Flying to countries that span across 7 continents, not once but over and over again. It's so gratifying/sensational to be able to see the world for free and WowWee, u get to stay in a 5-star hotel.
Where to find, this kind of job?
Compared to the same job scope waiter's job, or even a manager job, the mundane lifestyles of working on the ground make living on this planet a little boring.
I am sure all the Cc of the world knows this fact.
The only factor that can override the lifestyles of Cc is the power of getting a job that can make u a ton of money, hehe, bec money makes the world go round, but u would still miss the fun of flying though.
Another beautiful part of this job is if u r a guy, u get to work with so many great-looking girls u can fall in love with. This is not all, if u r amorously adventurous, there r so many overseas girls u get to make friends with. Again, where to find this kind job (Singlish phrase of the century).
If u work on it, u will also end up with girlfriends all over the world. What a lifestyle.
If u have a ground job, all u r looking at is for the weekend to have fun and chill at Clarke quay and drink yourself drunk and then take Grab home.
For Cc crew, u can drink at most crew room in the hotel and just go back to your room when drunk, it's so so convenient. And a secret here ah, most of the time u get quality alcohol for free. Cc trade secret ya. U know and l know only (Cc who r into drinking will know what l mean).
As for ground job, u pay for every glass u ordered. Moreover not so good quality drink. The good quality one comes at a price.
So u see, waiter and Cc job scope is the same but, lifestyles is a world of a difference.
U ain't know what u r missing if u have not been a Cc.
For those who live to have fun, hey this is the job for u. Don't be a waiter ok.
This job is so good that when u come across a funeral wake and u find the person in the coffin still smiling, even though dead, u will know that this person must have been a cabin crew before, hehe.
Guess he/she has been living a great life when alive with no regret.
So go join Cc and see the world for free. Don't be a fool and play it cool in life.
Think about it and observed people on the ground - u will realise eh.... every day they do the same thing, going to work and looking forward to the weekend to have some relief from work…and then Monday blues over and over again till........
However, don't expect working as a cabin crew to be a breeze. This job is exhausting - u will feel extreme tiredness after the flight and would want to get to the hotel or home soonest possible.
Only 2 activities can keep u awake. The need to eat is one and if gambling is your favourite pass time, this is another, lol.
The work onboard is simply a situation of the same procedures and is not difficult to master though.
Your senior crew member at time is the more difficult situation to handle than work, hehe. Just take it in your stride as this is part and parcel of working life. You see, not all human r born with good emotional intelligence.
Still want to be a cabin crew? Then go get Boh Tong e-guide to give you an edge in the Cc interview, as it will gives u an idea of what the airline is looking for at the interview.
Haha, just a little promotion for your blog and your entertaining us readers with articles.
Cheers.
10/9/22
This is an excellent article by Sunny. It beats all articles or comments so far. Well done Sunny because you have penned so well on the cc job.
Friday, September 9, 2022
Free advice and help over the internet...
Suggest you give creative payment like pay per view or like durian,pao chiak.Or legal cases usa style per succesfull case or nothing.Most young people really dry,but on starting work,can be credit worthy.Or your signed copies of your guide,like nft limited collector items.Years later become iconic,when everyone passes"".
Someone suggested the above. The part about paying for the coaching after passing the interview made my toes laugh. Wah where got such a thing as coach first and pay later only when one has been employed as a cc? Tell you what, some would refuse to pay or lie they didn't get the job. "Most young people really dry"? Nonsense, they prefer to spend on the latest iPhone model etc than to pay me to coach them. One cc wannabe told me she can help herself for free in the internet for help to pass her interview rather than pay for e-guide and coaching etc.
Sunday, September 4, 2022
People who bought my e-guide, attended my coaching...
Saturday, September 3, 2022
Inspector Tony and Maniam are meeting their counterparts at the Thai/Myanmar border .....check what they are up to here
Friday, September 2, 2022
Hi BT
Please focus on airline stories and be upfront with readers on the good and bad being CC.
Just like Kaypoh says, readers are educated enough to know the right and wrong of a post.
Don't run away by putting life in Japan stories to gloss over the ugly reality of CC.
What do you mean by "gloss over the ugly reality of CC"? There isn't any ugly side being a CC. It is a honest job with a reasonable good salary. It's better than doing an office job, where you sit in front of a PC day after day. I won't want to say more about how good is a CC job otherwise I be attacked again.
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Readers prefer airlines stories?
If you compare the suggestion by a reader that I should blog about my life in Japan to the airlines stories you may notice that the number of times read on airlines stories are higher. In this case should I revert to blogging about airlines stories or about my life in Japan?
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
A good suggestion by my reader
G said...
Uncle Boh Tong your earning not bad liao. Do continue to blog. I like to read about your life in Japan shopping and food.
Monday, August 29, 2022
Don't blame me
Don't blame me for not updating this blog regularly. Blame it on the negative and rude posters who post lousy comments here. I've already given up hope on this people and also feeling discouraged to go on updating. Whatever for when the returns is almost zero!
Sunday, August 21, 2022
My blog earnings
The earnings from my blog is pitiful. Today for example as at 7pm I only earned 11 cents. Yesterday was 28 cents and for the month of August 2022 up till today is a mere pittance. So don't come and say I need eyeballs, viewership etc. Frankly, I don't give two hoots what some of you might say about me being "prata" liked. I can afford not to have the trouble makers here. In fact, I can do away with this blog entirely.
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
I accept KayPoh aka busybody's advice and reopen for anonymous comments
Hi, BT, whilst it is good of you to have such a requirement to log in, I am sure you will know that it is not an absolute solution to prevent adverse and wilful comments against you.
This is because any wilful person(s) will post adverse comments against you on other blogs, given the wide network of social media networks. You mentioned "taking them to court", but it is a very tedious process. Firstly, you have to track and identify the true identity of the person who made the wilful comments. As you know, there are many ways to avoid detection. Secondly, you have to serve the legal documents before a court hearing can take place. All these cost money. Thirdly, assuming you are able to accommplish the above 2 conditions and you are even able to get a favourable judgment, there might also be problem.
Our legal system is such that the loser will pay compensation and legal costs. What if, for example, the loser refuse, or cannot affort, to pay? You will end up having to pay your own legal bills and also take further action against him. To put it bluntly, you will be forced to make decision to throw good money after bad. Which is why we don't see many legal actions of this sort.
SunnyGale commented that you are using the LKY tactic. In those cases which the late LKY had sued, the defendants made those comments publicly, and so it was more straightforward for him. In any event, the late LKY has all the resources needed.
Your blog already has a reservation that you have the right to censor and reject wilful posts. That should be enough.
So, my thoughts are these:-
1. Might as well let those wilful posters continue if they still need a false sense of superiority complex. Most of your readers are mature enough to know what is right and what is wrong.
2. By imposing restriction(s), it might give him the misguided interpretation that he had succeeded in annoying you.
SIA cabin crew job opening
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