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SIA cuts flying years for captains and FO's
SIA cuts flying years: Captains to stop at 64, first officers at 62 | AsiaOne Business
Another cost cutting measure. Makes one wonder if there is hope for SIA expansion plans in the premium travel market with competition from Gulf and low cost carriers.
Another cost cutting measure. Makes one wonder if there is hope for SIA expansion plans in the premium travel market with competition from Gulf and low cost carriers.
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Noticed on the afap website (www.afap.org.au click jobs) that SIA flying school are advertising for flying instructors , little bit confused really. How do they still have students if no SIA cadetship hiring since a long time (couple of years) . Are they private students or are they just trickle feeding through the last couple of ever SIA cadets , or private sponsor maybe ?
When did SIA last actually hire cadets ?
When did SIA last actually hire cadets ?
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But how many trainees would actually be at the school at Jandakot now ?
Surely it must be a shadow of what it was in the "glory days" when they would have had how many - maybe 100 cadets resident there as they did training for SIA, silk and cargo ?
Brings me to a question really - when the SIA group of airlines were really moving along with their cadetships - how many were they graduating a year ?
Ok I will take a guess and say in the pre GFC boom years - around 120 graduates a year
Some of the Aussie instructors could even join SIA after serving five years at the flying school.
Does anyone actually know ?
Surely it must be a shadow of what it was in the "glory days" when they would have had how many - maybe 100 cadets resident there as they did training for SIA, silk and cargo ?
Brings me to a question really - when the SIA group of airlines were really moving along with their cadetships - how many were they graduating a year ?
Ok I will take a guess and say in the pre GFC boom years - around 120 graduates a year
Some of the Aussie instructors could even join SIA after serving five years at the flying school.
Does anyone actually know ?
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On one hand SIA restarted training for the grounded cadets, on the other there is news where SIA cut down captain and FO years for employment due to surplus in crew. If they still have a surplus why would they restart training?
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I understand the expensive part but what I meant to ask was, they are cutting senior crew so that it brings them within operational crew requirements. Then they are training cadets who will join the crew bringing them back to the same surplus again.
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Planes are never delivered on time, basic rule of thumb formula is ( manufacturer proposed released date + square root of last 2 digits of the year i.e. 2014 would be square root of 14 ) and multiply a safety factor of 1.15 if the economy is not doing well at that point of time.