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Let this send a message to all of you who are considering contract pilot jobs at SIA (or any other carrier).
You are a hired gun and it doesn't matter how long you have been there, or how good a pilot you are, when the downturn comes, you are the first to go. If your contract comes up for renewal, it will not be renewed.
Other than that, enjoy the ride!
Sorry for the thread creep.
While I'm sure his work will continue, airlines abroad don't mix apples and oranges. Pilots, be them direct employed, or contract, are pilots, and that's it.
Off the property they are whom ever they be... as long as it does not bring bad publicity to the company... and that's it too.
As they say... it's not personal... it's only business.
Take a look at what JAL has done to it's long time expat crews.