You appear exiguous Ms (first post) xrisi.

The ten year aviation cycle and the worldwide crisis is not a bloody myth. :bored:

Tiger - Singapore Sling
 

Not all beer and skittles for the last 4 Tiger recruits I hear.
After paying the 30 odd k for their endo, and being told Adelaide base was theirs, 3 days before endo completion they are called in an told "sorry due to economic downturn, no position available in Aus for you."
"Its Singapore or nothing chaps", is what I am led to believe they were told.

Yes, at least they have a job, but would be hard if any of them had a family and were only given 3 days notice of such a big move.

Aviation can be a s..t of an industry sometimes, and I think the early years of relocations, humble (to understate it a lot I know) wages and conditions, in a way help sort out the people who really want it, from those who read of the "life style" of airline pilots, and think they want it.

That being said, I think by the time you have made it to acceptance into a wide-body job the big surprises should be over.

I know some will say "at least they have a job" etc. and yes thats true, but I can't think of too many proffesional industries where once you have done your "apprenticeship", you can still be treated like this.

Fly for fun- semantics perhaps but Tiger is not a widebody job. The Jet*/ Dj/ Tiger job is really just the equivalant of a regional airline job 10 years ago & to think that one has made it to the big league because their license has A320 stamped in it is nieve to say the least.

The very fact that people have paid for an endorsement probably opens them up to this sort of treatment. An employer who invests in training is far less likely to treat their employees this poorly.

This article states so the pilots are already in Adelaide.

You have a job and the opportunity to gain some international flying experience. Singapore is a great place to live and a safe place to raise children.

If you can afford an A320 rating, I'm sure you'll have enough to relocate to Singapore for a couple of years.:E

Jeez mate are you for real?
Most pilots I know, if they'd just shelled out 30k for an endorsement probably needed to mortgage the house (maybe a second or third one) and will be paying it off for a few years to come yet.

Tiger want another 24 aircraft based here by 2014.

Tiger Airways MD roars with confidence

:(:(:(:( UNOME' :(:(:(:(:(myth
neither is your depression, keep taking those happy pills every day.
you arrogant tosser.

Anyone know or claim to have an idea of what the loads are like for the early days of the ADL hub operation?

Hobart on Sunday went out with about 75%, bit less on the return.

Problem is they are losing money even with that load. Probably nearly every time they fly out of ADL they will lose money.

I am sure there is a limit to how much SIA etc will sustain the loses.

On the otherhand is this a technique to hurt VB and hence secure VB at a very low price for the Singaporeans? I see on another thread that the Singaporean owners of REX have been investing in VB.

Any other thoughts or conspiracies?

EXEK1996. Yes, a reverse takeover of DJ by Tiger and their allies when the time is opportune; possibly in 2011.

Meowwww...
 

xrisi

Bit touchy for your second post! :ouch:

Hey B772 are you sure it wont be 2009.....

VB at 18cents the Singaporeans may sense value....

My son is flying down on Tiger from Alice next Saturday. He reckons according to their web site you cannot buy a drink or snack onboard any of their aircraft except Singapore based ones.(I checked and this is what it says) Anyone know if this is true?
Because if it is this gives a new meaning to LCC and what exactly do the cabin crew do for 2 hours? I would hate to go from Melb to Perth.

No:rolleyes:

Well Tiger need get their act together if they want to be taken seriously and attract passengers. Following the link to "in flight services" on the booking confirmation email you are directed to "Tiger Bites" all in singapore dollars and states only available on singapore based aircraft. Further on it states passengers are not to take onboard their own refreshments. So what are the punters to believe? It is a flying Greyhound Bus?
I mean it doesn't matter much for a 1hr flight but for the longer routes it must deter passengers from booking with them.

Anyone know or heard if TT have controlled their losses as of late?

Tiger lost my business the other day. Got right thru to the end of a internet booking and it would hang on the payment page. Tried several times to no avail, so I called their customer service number which is not a local call and after selecting an option nothing happened! Tried this number 6 times at considerable STD call cost and the same thing happened over and over.

So I gave up and took my business elsewhere. Pretty poor form if you cant even book a flight no matter how hard you try!:ugh:

MEL-SYD flights start 3rd July ... 3 - 4 times daily

Also tonight ... Today Tonight or ACA ran a report on Tiger ... Missed it though

and parking where? Virgin or JQ side?