Originally Posted by Better Job
I'm wondering about working conditions at various internatinal Arilines that hire American Expats. The airlines I'm interested in are Singapore, Korean, and Emirates. I'm wondering about number of days worked per month, pay, and general working conditions... generally a pleasant place to work or not.
Thanks
For SIA Cargo
http://www.siacargo.com/First%20Offi...0positions.pdf
For SIA
http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/en_U...ew.jsp#Header3
As far as SQ is concerned, be it Cargo or Pax, it really depends on what you consider important.
Since I'm with Cargo, I can really only address those issues. For me, the Cargo side is great. First of all, living in Singapore is very nice, great place, no crime, extremely clean, excellent public transportation...
The 744F flies to varied locations and the trips can be fairly long. I would say on average, I have 12-14 days off/month. For the most the longest legs are around 7 hours, although there are a few AMS-SIN, ORD-NGO, LAX-HKG that are over that, but there are only a few of those each month. The layovers generally are atleast 24 hours, I'm on a trip right now that has 3 days in DUB!
Again, it depends on what you consider good.
For me the 345 is a very limited aircraft. It really only goes to EWR and LAX, lots of time off though. The 777 is too much work, for me. Lots of turns and way too many trips to the airport in a month.
Hope that helps.