Hellofrance and asia757
The explanation is quite simple. SIA is presently overstaffed by over 100 744 Capts due to the delay of Airbus's A380. Had the A380 arrived last Oct these pilots would have been moved onto the new plane. If the A380 arrives in Oct 2007, (not yet confirmed) the over staffing problem will begin to be relieved and once it is, no doubt recruiting will slowly begin again into SIA Cargo. Right now there are pilots in both mainline and cargo moaning their heads off because they all want to fly more since their salaries are heavily dependant on how many flights they get to do. Myself included. There is no point in worseneing the situation so anyone in the pipeline waiting to get a job in SIA Cargo will be held back until Airbus sorts out its problems.
There are many other problems as well of course regarding SIA Cargo that have been well covered above.
Well done to gengis, bananas, 4pw, phil and others for putting less emotion and some common sense back into this thread.
Any prospective SIA cargo pilot should read their posts carefully as they contain far less than the supposed 50% of BS.