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It is good that you are helping out a hopeful (SIA) cadet. Your intentions are noble.
However you are not doing him a favour by raising his hopes. You are not (yet) in SIA so you should not speak on their behalf, not being able to actually taste the mood first hand.
Also, the bit from MFA about being able to join SIA with qualifications from MFA, although not written by you, is not helpful to Hopeful Pilot either. Spreading untested advice is not being responsible.
MFA has phrased their reply very carefully. Yes, anyone with an ATPL can get a job with SIA, subject to blahblahblah. It is a conditional reply based on subsequent conditions. In other words, Hopeful Pilot can get a job with SIA after getting an ATPL from MFA, just like he can win the Singapore Sweep, just like he can become prime minister or president. But will he, really?
MFA is in the business of selling courses. Of course they would paint as rosy a picture as they can, stopping short of telling lies which can be proven in court.
The facts remain that Singaporean / Malaysian private candidates make up less than 0.5% of the total number of locals (more than 1500 have passed through SFC since 1989). Almost all of the self-funded CPL/ATPLers who were accepted had to do the whole course at SFC all over again. Most were just flatly rejected outright. It is a very VERY bad idea to do a self-funded ATPL course with the sole intention (ie SIA or bust) of joining SIA. A very stupid and expensive idea indeed.
If however the candidate is willling to accept instructorship at SFC, or entry into Silkair, Sincargo or the LCCs, then his chances are many many times better.
T.I., just to set the record straight..
CAAS recognises CPL/IR ONLY from the following flight training "schools"
- oxford
- MFA
- SFC
- Massey
- perth, scotland (not sure about the name of the training school)
thus, """"IF"""""" and when one has passed SIA's interview, ATPL(only for oxford and MFA) and basic flying phase in perth are not required, straight into learjet phase. i can name at least 10 names from the top of my head that has gone through this route.
Cheers
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