Interesting comment about somebody from SIN at EK being perfect for the job being binned.
Even the ' Greatest ' ( their ads ) airlines often screw up big time by not employing perfectly suitable candidates by being arrogant and ridiculous in their attitude to the candidate before them . How often have I seen perfect choices being humiliated by idiot amateur recruiters ? Even experienced crew can be dismissed / ignored by the clueless at a tap of the delete button. The slightest mis-quote / mistake etc and some idiot will be on to it in a flash to prove how useless you are. Combine that with professional jealousy and any interviewee who does not achieve the perfectly acceptable expectation of being interviewed by one of his peers / fellow aviators can feel like he just bought a lottery ticket.
A lot of these airlines have had it coming for a long time. Result.