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The bond at SQ Cargo (same in SQ): 156000 SGD (113000 USD).
You have to provide a bank guarantee of 56000 SGD (41000 USD) in a Singapore bank. No exceptions.
For FO:s: no upgrade unless you go on local terms for two years first which means no housing allowance (rents in Singapore makes Dubai look cheap...), no school allowance so after your upgrade you're more or less back to where you were as an expat FO.
Despite this many of our FO:s are now paying 30000+ USD to get out of the contract and move to:
Emirates
DEC:s or not, EK is still the fastest way to a wide body command and the salary considering no tax, no rent, no utilities looks reasonably attractive.
AC, like many have said here, stop looking at the details of your pay slip. Scroll down to the bottom line. Is it good enough then why bother? I meet guys here in Singapore making the equivalent of 800000 Dirhams a year complaining about not getting transport allowance.
