airpressure, your posting is the most lucid explanation of the state of play that I have read and you have done a great service by posting such minus the invective of some others on this forum.
Mr Mccracken, good luck on SQ, Garuda and Malaysian....I will not fly with 2 of the 3...EVER...personal and informed opinion to which I am entitled, as sir are you, however it does show that you are at best ill informed.
Understand that of 30 odd applications for KL position that few were deemed acceptable.