Yes I'm one of the final interview cadets, didn't take much effort to get here. Despite so, it is a very risky option; look at the European Qatar cadets. If they do that to the ang mos, they won't think twice when it comes to Asians.
Too much of Top Gun and RSAF commercials is bad for your mental health, most common expression is "this is not what I expected". You should have seen the amount of people waiting to get out or trying to jump over to SQ.
There is no mention of any trial ground school, even if they offered me; I will respectfully decline. No point in that on both parties.
Those guys in Tiger and Jetstar Asia would be the real winner in this age of self sponsorship.