Gypsy
I am not saying that he would get a job in SIA in fact I know what you mean - you could not have a job other than as a "plain" line Captain in BA when you went to SIA. If you held a position as a Training Capt or anything similiar you were tested to the full. Appros 6 hours of take-offs and landings at Changi on my check out, no mistake on any one of them and if the a/craft hadnt been needed for a flight that night I would still have been doing them 12 hours later I thought.
I dont think that I did have enough contributions to not sign on. In fact I dont think that DSS would have insisted or let me if I had all the contributions needed - would they?