Originally Posted by cruisercruiser
Hi Majulah,
Sincere apologies if I had sounded offensive. In no way was I trying to imply that you married your wife because of any other agenda.
You might have read that I have been exploring as many options as I could to help myself and others who are unfortunate, or deemed not good enough to join SIA, to work ourselves up from scratch. It so happened that I recalled your post and the possibility came to my mind.
Allow me to ask you to share your path to success in this thread? I am aware that you hold a JAA ATPL with 1500 hours. Which flying school in europe did you train in? How did you manage to clock your hours?
I learnt from a brit friend currently training in Spain that his fees will amount to about 60,000 pounds excluding living expenses. He had to take a loan from HSBC by mortgaging his family's house. I have spoken to several flying instructors in Derby and all told me flying training in the UK is one of the most expensive in the world!
Any comments welcome!
By the way thanks Thermal Image!
Cheers,
cruiser
cruisercruiser,
no problem sir, i wasnt offended. i just wanted to make that point clear straight away. with the amount of ang moh expats with strange attitudes in sin it's not always easy, maybe i am to sensible to that. but you know what i mean i suppose.
well, my "path to success"...
did my training at a flag carrier's FTO/TRTO. airline went bust. now, i'm clocking hours with a regional carrier... arranging for my SPR this summer. as soon as i hit the 1500 hrs (under european licensing, JAR, with 1500hrs you are a full ATPL-holder) i will apply for the SQ cadet scheme, hoping to being allowed to skip most training phases to save time. if i dont fail the interviews that is.
i have no ideas about training costs in the UK, sorry i really cant help there...
yes, i also sometimes envy those young fellows who get their training fully paid by a legacy carrier and are assured a RH seat in minimum 320 or 737 size plane. i almost was one of them, but the airline disappeared. maybe now i am doing a bit of the "hard way". I hope i'll be luckier next time, if i make it to SQ i hope they dont go kapputz....
Greetings!