John Barnes
You are so right. I am amazed that anyone from the First World is remotely considering joining SQ Cargo.They will be third class pilots positioning around the world in cattle class surrounded by screaming kids and as you say with their knees around their chins which is OK for an occasional flight for fee paying pax but when you are already cooped up in a flight deck for 900 hours pa ++ then having to spend a heck of a long time positioning which SQ Cargo do a lot of that is going to be really painful.
And to think you are paying a bank guarantee and a huge Bond to get a B744 on your licence which is no longer a meal ticket for such a low salary. I am amazed totally!!