Well then, why not go the extra mile and pay USAF and US Navy Topgun Pilots USD500,000 then to migrate to Singapore and fly our aircraft.
They speak English better than any one of us on either side of the Causeway. They definitely fly better. They are much fitter and younger with much more flight time in challenging conditions. And they all have degrees from top notch Military Academies.
Do you see my point? There are always "better" pilots in whatever sense of the term. This just leads to a slippery slope of finding the best and leaving the ones you already have at home to rot. This is what is happening to Singapore in the bigger picture.
The point is to grow and nurture Singaporean talent. Not to put them through some interview and kick them out because they failed the standard but to train them up to be at the level SIA wants them to be.