Farside, only an idiot would boast about how much tax they pay. Its your pay, so what you give to LKY to squander propping up lost causes in indonesia, is solely your concern.
Lets get back to the facts. SIA salary. Basic B777 S$9000 1st yr Captain. S$ 600 market ajustment allowance (paid as SIA consider that they have to boost their salary to the international acceptable level). S$ 3500 based on about 75 hours. This is abt S$13000/month. Overnight allowances about 1500-1800 S$ . So all in S$15000/month.
Ah, but you dont actually earn this when you are on leave.Then only basic salary. You also need to maintain a good roster, to earn hours and overnights. Once one of the more" meritorious "local captains requires to go to Vegas or AMS, then you will be doing KL 4 sectors instead. And KL dont earn the flight hours as you aint paid for all that turn around time. The real expat salary is around S$13000/month. Tax is around 22% (its banded, low for low earners, but quickly increases, as your housing allowance counts as earnings, hence bumps you into the high earner class).
So we have abt S$10500/month after tax. This is about Sterling 3800 or US 5900. What price to sell your sole to SIA, and those little hitlers in the 4th floor. And im not talking about management.
Lets compare SIA salary with that on offer with their asian competitors, say Cathay B scale. As Farside is a 13 yr veteran, then we can compare like for like. Cathay 1st year basic captain, 98000hk. This is about S$22500, and is the current rate. Do I need to add overnights, housing purchase, greater leave etc in? I dont think so.
So SIA gets pilots for cheap.They recruit experienced expats, for little more than what a comparable outfit would dare to pay back home.Of course this is the crux of the matter.SIA receives those who have been laid off, ex contractors, wannabies. When was the last time that say anyone actually resigned from their job with a national carrier, to join SIA in Singapore?
And farside, as a Singaporean, lets check your career history. You joined as a cadet, probably from Uni at around 28. It takes about 2 yrs to get on a type, where your basic was $3600+. As a 747 f/o it takes you 12 years to gain the required 300 pf (1000 tot)sectors to gain a place in the command pool. So, how can you as a 13 yr pilot possibly earn much more than a 1 yrs captain's pay?(thats presuming that you are a captain) It aint from flying SIA , thats for sure. And everything in Singapore makes money? Ha Ha, I think you guys have a bit of egg on your face now, eh??