Swifter4531... i got a friend who got the same medical date as yours (30 SEPT).. anyway he's now at OBS training (OCT 13).. The reason why you weren't called up and my friend did, i believed is the clearance issue... he was working for SIA when he applied for Cadet pilot thus his clearance to work for SIA is smoother than yours... be patient bro.. you are already so near than most of the people here... you will definitely reach that finishing line...

streetguy, I can't really remember how long I waited, sorry, but I waited much longer than the rest of the malaysians because I had some problems with my employment pass. Basically, Malaysians have to wait a bit longer for the process of Minister of Manpower I believe, and even much longer if you don't have a degree.

swifter, I don't think I know middlekingdom. I can advice you guys to start reading on Gas Turbines, Theory of Flight and Airframe systems while waiting if you are free. I don't know what to do for ATPL as I'm still in tech phase though. I'm kindda struggling now cause I didn't do it back then.

Cheers.

Hey streetguy,

From what i heard, there is no fixed 'waiting period' from the date of your medical to the date you receive the email for notification of the offer.....some have waited for almost 3 months and some waited only 4 days to get notified....for Malaysians...i think it would be the same as our other brothers who are S'poreans.

Hey SQ007,

You mean its good to call Mr. E......??? did he get angry or frustated when u called?.......anyway.....like what u said...just be patient...btw Swift, i think SQ 007 is not in my batch cos I think his a Cadet now.

deepsea, yea, I'm in 114, you know spongerog?

predator, there are married cadets in my course, 2 of them excluding the airforce guys

Cheers..

SQ007 and middlekingdom,

thanx fer the prompt reply.

anyway we were told by Mr. E that the employment pass for M'sians will take an average of 4-6 weeks.....

i definitely know s'poreans clear the employment thingy much sooner than m'sians as most of them got the offer within 2 weeks of their medicals...

just some of my observations....

Thanks SQ007 for your information... That's really an important piece of news for me...

SIA cadet pilot ongoing interviews
 

For some reasons, I noticed that Singapore Airlines
has been conducting interview after intervew for the past few
months and their requirements (invitation to interview and
passing requirement) are not as stringent as before. If i am not
wrong, the number of interview held each year used to be something like 3 interviews per YEAR but now it seems like they are conducting interview almost every month. So am i being ignorant about their interview procedure or is this a sign of desperation for pilots?

if it was really the case of SIA is in need of pilots,
so pilots and pilot wannabes here, in your opinion,
how long will this ongoing interview trend last?

Hey guys,

Just to reconfirm what streetguy mentioned....MoM takes around 6 weeks to clear the employment or s pass for Malaysians....

How I wish I was a Singaporean....hahaha....

anyone out there care to give some of us who are in the 'waiting pool' some advice on what to do while waiting????.....

Hey babygod,
I don't know how many went for medical this week....maybe you can call up ST medical services and ask :D

Hey predator79,

yeah....SIA is really in need of pilots now...look at their future fleet size....with 31 B777-300ER and maybe -200LR...what more the 15 A380....

anyway....i think the interview trend will only stop when they have enough of pilots....(just assuming)

MK

Predator, I am married with a sixteen month old little girl too. Was grilled quite hard on this during the first interview. But the CAPT really brought up many valid points. I am grateful to him for sharing the experience.

My half-cents worth : convince them that your family will not be a burden to you during the three year cost. My feel is that they preferred married guys cos of level of maturity.

Hopefully when your bond is up, we will be course mates.

SQ007,

Hi, please refer to you PM.

Dear all,

I fully understand the agony of the wait. Mine and two of my good friends in 114 was a month... Another waited two.

But we kept to the following slogan :

"No bad news is good news".

I suppose as long as there is nothing official from SIA that you are out, chopped, etc, you are still in their list of possible candidates. Its just a question of when you fit into their complex "big picture".

At this stage after the medical, we have all done what we can, nothing we do (except maybe pray) like calling E***** or J**** will change the results of the two interviews.

I wish everyone the best of luck, not in the wait, but in your course to start one day soon.:ok:

Deepsea... thanks for your enlightenment and encouragement... i do hope to become your coursemate as well but don't think it will materialise for this few years.. sadly, my bond still has another 2 years to run... anyway, will pray hard to become your colleague..lol... by the way, what are you working as now?

yeah, its kinda become a joke hasnt it. every other dude walkin the streets of spore is an SIA pilot now ...
they r just looking for quantity not quality, standards are dropping ... but hell yeah, there is no other way to get underpaid air jockeys ... and to answer ur question, yes the hiring will continue till everyone is a pilot (every other person aint good enuf)
cheers,

FT

yoyo...I am in the same batch with babygod and swifter..

yeah yeah,, i will tender in my resignation letter soon !!! wo ho

Yo bros !!

By this week, I hope I can post this message

"" Hi guys, i just received the gud news from j**** !! yeah baby, i will be going to lumut for my obs , so cool !!..gtg, need to print out resignation letter,,see u all ""

hi bros. yeah. is a long wait.
cant wait to get to seletar. everyday look at handphone but never rings.
hope this week will have some news. nov cos shld be 1 month away. guess they will start putting people in.

:} yo...anyone already in nov obs hot list?? y still no news ???

Hey guys,

Do inform everyone in the thread if you got called for the Nov OBS....so far there are 3ppl from my interview batch waiting and 4ppl from Swift's interview batch...that makes 7 of us...any others?

yoz. i know there are 5 pple going medical on the 7th oct.

middlekingdom, the 3 on your batch will offered oct 13 course before and they reject? or they were not call at all? your batch is 23th sept medical one?


another day passing by with no news...

Hey babygod,

the 3 of us in my batch are waiting for the Nov OBS course...yeah...we went for the 23 Sept medical in ST medical services we all cleared our medical but still waiting for a call or email from SIA...

anyway, one guy in our interview batch who went for the medical on 23 Sept got called for the Oct 13 OBS course...he was a S'porean and did not need to wait for a month for SIA to notify him as he was unemployed at that time...

Hopefully the news from SIA will come as soon as possible....