I don't consider SIA to have been a particularly 'safe bet' over the years.
Just off the top of my head, I recall a crew turning off all the hydraulic pumps in an A340 ('to balance fuel'), an RTOW error in Auckland leading to a tail strike, APU fire, and a go round off the attempt to land, and of course the dreadful Taipei accident where they took off on a closed runway/taxiway and hit an earthmover. 80+ dead I recall.
Last edited by Captain Dart; 27th June 2016 at 22:10.