Just a little more info on DEC positions. I've been with Cargo for a little while now. My monthly pay averages about 21-22,000/mo, excluding the education allowance. Average days off are about 12-13/mo.

Our profit sharing last year was 4 months pay and should be the same this year. And a 13th month pay check. Adding in the education allowance I was on the north side of S$300,000 on an annual basis. Taxes are very reasonable, less than 10%.

Typhoon pilot was slightly off on his assessment of vacation and medical. If you take a whole month off, which is very unlikely, then you get your monthly salary and your MVC (monthly variable component 10%). However, as I implied, the odds of getting an entire calendar month off are somewhere between slim and none. I will take 23 days vacation into next year.

All in all, it's very nice here. SIN is a great city, very clean, lots to do. The Cargo flying is very low keyed, nice locations, for the most part. You will not work hard at all. Most likely between 50-60 hours/mo.

As far as the interview goes, it's very relaxed. The biggest hurdle is getting past Jokila and her "personality". The sim is very straight forward, no surprises at all.

The process starts out with interview, if you're successful, it's off to the sim. If you pass that, it's a physical the next day. The physical is just like a FAA medical. Not an astronaut medical.