"Any downturn,(as an expat) you're the first to go. Right?'
Wrong..... SIA sacked ~23 pilots in the SARS crisis last year, all but one expats, cant remember Emirates or Dragonair doing much more than slowing recruitment. EK and KA both offer structured carear paths, and job stability, not just contracts to alien workers.
SIA have been abusing their pilots for the last 10 years, and it looks like finally the guys are going to bite back. Hopefully the old sod will wreck the airline before he gives himself a heart attack... watch this space.