jet2easybaby
Sounds like you’re well organised and if you have an A320 rating and don’t have kids, then you can give notice to quit right away if and when Tiger start screwing around with the package or contract. If you don’t have a rating, then they will have you by the short and curlies and you’ll be something of a hostage (like the rest of us). If you’re coming from UK, also remember the current £/S$ exchange rate of 1/3.08
I think you’ll work pretty hard (85-90 hrs a month, on short sectors) but if you want to rack up the hours, it should be alright for two or three years before you move into something other than burn-out.
You should know that you would not be working for a straightforward commercial company but an arm of Singapore Government policy and as such, the management of the airline is always subject to direct intervention from the very top – just like in stable mate SIA!
Finally, contrary to what you might have heard, the SIA pay “deal” has not yet been ratified and we still await cash owed to us from the SARS imbroglio of two tears ago. I use parenthesis for the word which in normal circumstances would strongly imply a “win-win” situation for both parties. However, nothing to do with SIA is ever “normal” and once again us pilots will eventually have a detrimental Collective Agreement shoved down our necks, made even more unsavoury to the ang mohs by the further erosion of the ex-pat package. Plus ça change.