John Barnes
You pose the question if it is so bad etc etc re your friends on the A345.
You have also answered the question namely cos they are all over 12 years in the company and got regular 6% annual Service increments and also the extra for long duty hours.
We were not talking about how many days they work cos they are a very small minority but about SQ changing the contract.
Why do you think Armchair General B LG has changed the top scales to the new CA? He knows that expats are not going to leave in any large numbers as other Airlines like EK are tightening the screws so there is nowhere else to go in reality. He knows that, as he also knows that SQ is still an attractive job for some still. Look at RBA, if people are joining SQ from RBA it just shows how bad it is there, not how good SQ is.