emu, what are you smoking?
"some of the worst weather you can get anywhere in the world" Really!!??
The weather round that part of the world is actually very predictable, a conclusion I came to after spending 15 years operating there. Certainly not as bad as North America can get.
"some of the smartest and most successful organisations in the aviation world" That's really funny. SQ didn't display much business acumen with their investment in Air New Zealand and even Virgin Atlantic for a long time looked to be a bad investment, the jury's still out on that one. CAAS in Singapore are much more beholden to the interests of SQ than CASA is to the Australian operators so it's going to be to no one's surprise that SQ will be expected to be more detailed in their submissions to the Australian regulator.
SQ operate in a totally supportive environment in their home country which can't be likened to the environment the Australian airlines face at home. It's easy to be smart in such circumstances.
I was wondering also.....! Do Tiger still provide somewhere for you keep your lunch when you bring it from home (coz they won't provide it), as per their original ad for crew? And do they still allow you to bid for half of your holidays (2 weeks), as the other half will be used for Flight Time Limitation purposes...also as per the original ad?