Protection? Ha!
G.Khan:
>>I think you will find that many of the 'Old Farts', as you choose to call them, went to school with today's senior Generals and Cabinet Ministers and will enjoy considerable 'protection', not to mention the Singapore Labour Laws, re Locals and Expats.
Let just imagine for these old farts sake that their claim makes sense. Just perhaps one of them went to school with PM Goh, who was born in 1941. Even if PM Goh mixed with schoolmates 2 years his junior, such an old fart should be retiring from SIA this year. What 'protection' does he have?
SM Lee Kuan Yew was born 1923. Can anyone in SIA claim to be his contemporary?
Lee Hsien Loong was born 1952. If indeed any of his contemporaries are tech crew, BSK would be savvy enough not to hassle them.
Tony Tan (the minister, not the pilot) was born 1940, not likely that any of his contemporaries are still in SIA tech crew.
Same for S Jayakumar, born 1939.
Lee Yock Suan, Wong Kan Seng, born 1946. Yeo Cheow Tong, Lee Boon Yang, Lim Boon Heng, 1947. Mah Bow Tan, 1948.
George Yeo, Lim Hng Kiang, Teo Chee Hean, 1954. David Lim, Yaacob Ibrahim, 1955. Lim Swee Say, 1956.
If the SIA old farts think that the establishment will protect them, they are dreaming. Why does BSK barely conceal his contempt for them then?