ZKSUJ - a large part of the 'HUGE entitlement', as you put it, is down to the fact that the competition for a cadet place in SIA is very, very stiff and only a few of the hundreds that apply make it. Gaining a place on the national carriers cadet scheme is no different in Singapore to QANTAS, BA, LH, CX, KLM and many others, a highly desirable and coveted position, the ones that don't make it to a cadet place have virtually no chance of instructing, mustering etc. etc. and then coming back to the national airline.
When SIA was in a phase of rapid expansion movement was fairly fast for SO/FO, bearing in mind a Singaporean has to be twenty six years of age to start training, now that expansion has slowed and many expats have gone, promotion will be much slower.
rotatejunkie -
Some humility and appreciation would go a long way.
Get real please! Why should SIA pilots, (who are not the best paid in the world, by a long way), give a tuppeny stuff about what other airlines pay? SIA is a highly profitable airline with a pot full of money and the crews are as entitled as anyone, in any airline, to negotiate their terms and conditions. Do you think QANTAS, ANZ, BA pilots, to name a few, even consider what other airlines pay unless the other airline is paying more!