Why is including OT " unfair" , OT is scheduled & more available
The minimum of 53.5 hours per 28 days or month (can't remember) is likely the lowest in the world
Nobody saying the large OS carriers wouldn't be fun & an experience
But they have all changed a lot the ME3 don't count bunk time as "stick time" so you fly 50% more than BA, AF , Luftansa etc
SIA well you might get "best practise" rosters the expat allowances have gone
I would be telling your SAAB friend to join the QF group(or Virgin,Alliance) get some jet time , unlikely to be competitive for Sing/ME
43 could you detail specifically where the conditions at ML have been eroded ( Yes understand there is now a B Scale for Airbus SOs - but that was voted in by the QF pilots ) . Aside from that I doubt you could detail anything