SIA, sniffers & busy bees
Well, well, I sniffed you out of your busy foxholes, didn't I..? (A SIA sniffer with 150 postings, you must have too much free time, or maybe retired..?)
Very opinionated. Seems that you are putting your "anglosaxon" noses too high in the air. Try a more humble apporach..!
Facts are found by research, not by listening to a few gripers, they are there in all airlines, especially those with a large contingent of expats, often coming from the heart of the Empire to "provide essential services".
A little quick research of vikings will tell you that their reputation as rapers and pillagers are basically wrong, and that they were merchants and "diplomats", sailing all over Europe and the Middle East as traders. Had some problems with the English, so sailed up Thames to teach them a lesson. Easy job..!
SAS pilots have already been all over the world on expat assignments. They actually built THAI, and had a large pilot contigent there up until mid nienties. SAS pilots assisted in the build up of EVA. And you find them in Oman, Emirates etc.
Scandinavians normally get along with people, through mutual respect and accepting others as being on "the same level". We do not have a "colonial history" to take care of.
SAS pilots will be fine in SIA, and SIA will appreciate their quality, easy going style and humour. And what do they get: Good airline, modern equipment. Good people in the front seats of 744Fs. Airline run by management. (Union running did not prove to effective, did it).
And a cash rich airline, still. Losses were cutt effectively at Vigin and AZ, no big problem.
Singapore nice city, clean, safe. Singaporeans are proud, corruption is actually miniscule compared to other places where SAS pilots have worked through the years.
Gentlemen, you seem to have a very negative bias. What happened to you and your friends..? Messed it up..?
Lastly: Fact is achieved by collecting data from unbiased sources. Broad and many. The opposite of facts are actually specific rumours from subjective induvidual sources.
But, as I have learned here, it is great entertainment..! So keep it up..!
Last edited by Factseeker; 11th Apr 2004 at 13:00.