Singapore Government – An Apology
In recent months, we may have given the mistaken impression that SIA pilots are amongst the lowest form of vertebrate life on the planet, are a “dime a dozen”, have “huge egos” and “believe themselves special” in comparison with their fellow Singaporean and, indeed, world citizens (Lee Kuan Yew, Straits Times, 2 Dec 2003).
We now realize, in light of the upcoming shortage of pilots caused by the rebounding global air transport industry that nothing could be further from the truth and that this group constitutes, in fact, a “scarce national pilot resource pool” to be optimized at all cost (SIA Outlook Magazine, May 2004).
We apologise for any confusion caused and any confusion in the near future, when the pilots’ association appears before the Industrial Arbitration Court to argue against an unreasonable and imposed Collective Agreement settlement, when they will again become “ten a penny” and instantly replaceable at the drop of a hat.