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Ode · Member Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 37

SIA should have a control damage mechanism- sack those cabin crews who are nt doing their job & do not have the correct work attitude be it permanent, under training or whatever.

starrynitezz · Regular Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 111 Location: spore

but will sacking those crews help? surely there must be rotten apples in a basket...

renn · Regular Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 106

Karyne, im the 9th gals to talk,
im the onli gals who talk abt safety when he ask us tat question.
remember me.
how abt u? our group all 5malays got in.

SQEKwannabe · Member Joined: 10 Jun 2008 Posts: 40

what are your first round questions ? My question was why do you want to be a cabin crew for SIA.

llentimes · Regular Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 142 Location: dreamer

[quote="jiakel"]I can't for any reason imagine why people would even quit during training. I mean, if you can't even enjoy/endure the training, why bother applying and robbing others' chance in the first place??

That explains why SIA still needs to hold frequent recruitments. Dancing

People still believe that being a CC is a glamorous job. But as they go through training, start on solo flight or having to face passengers that complains on the slightest mistakes, its not any close to being glamour. They starts to countdown their bond, hate their flying career and everythings just feel like Sh*T to them. Somehow, this kind of candidates are most likely those who made it all 4 rounds? And those who really having passion in serving...im sorry, you just simply need to pray for more luck and countless attempts before can win the interviewers' heart Confused

How irony? Brick wall

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llentimes · Regular Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 142 Location: dreamer

I quoted this from the user singaporegrrl under the "Cabin Crew Application Advices" thread. Hope all who really thinks they like the life of being a CC to read through first

So you want to be a flight attendant?

Go to a resale store and find an old, navy suit that an army sergeant might have worn. Add a white shirt and a tie. Wear that same outfit for three consecutive days.

Go to an airport and watch airplanes take off for several hours. Pretend you are standing by for them and they are all full. Go home. Return to the airport the very next day and do the same thing again.

Fill several large boxes with rocks. Lift them over your head and place them on the top shelf of a closet. Slam the door shut until the boxes fit. Do this until you feel a disc slip in your back.

Turn on a radio. Be sure to set it between stations so there is plenty of static. Turn on the vacuum cleaner and garbage disposal. Run them all night.

Remove the covers from several T.V entrees. Place them in a hot oven. Leave the food in the oven until it's completely dried out. Remove the hot trays with your bare hands. Serve to your family. Don't include anything for yourself. Serve your family a beverage one hour after they've received their meal. Make them remain in their seats during this time.

Ask them to scream at you and complain about the service. Scrounge uneaten rolls off the plates for you to eat 6 hours later when you're really hungry. Place a straight-backed chair in a closet facing a blank wall. Use a belt to strap yourself into it. Eat the rolls you saved from your family's meal.

Ask your family to use the bathroom as frequently as possible. Tell them to remove their shoes and socks before entering, and see who can make the most disgusting mess. Clean the bathroom every hour throughout the night.

Make a narrow aisle between several dining room chairs and randomly scatter your husband's runners and loafers along the way. Turn off the lights and spend the night walking up and down the aisle while banging your shins against the chair legs and tripping over the shoes. Drink several cups of cold coffee to keep yourself awake.

Gently wake your family in the morning and serve them a muffin in a package. Don't forget to smile and wish them a nice day when they leave for work and school.

After the family leaves, take a suitcase and go out into the yard. If it's not raining, turn on the sprinkler system and stand in the cold for 30 minutes pretending like your waiting for the crew bus to pick you up. Then go inside and wait by your bedroom door for another 30 minutes for an imaginary maid to make up your room.

Change into street clothes and shop for 5 hours. Pick up carry-outfood from a local deli. Go back home. Sit on your bed and eat your meal. Set your alarm clock for 03:00 am so you'll be ready incase you don't get your wake up call. Repeat the above schedule for three days in a row and you'll be ready to work your first international flight.

REASONS NOT TO BE A FLIGHT ATTENDANT!

1. Spend half the year at home bored because all your friends are at work, it's a weekday!

2. Experience the dread of being stuck in the airport waiting to get on a flight with a standby ticket. Your family/friends/random people you met in the street will harass you to book them cheap tickets for their holidays.

3.Get a lucrative benefits package including healthcare and life insurance (for the severe damage that pressure chang/atmospheric radiation does to your body), employee stock options (your companys way of saying "we go down ur coming with us").

4. Enjoy the unmatched variety of being on standby and not knowing where your going to be going tomorrow at 6am.

5.Get use to maximum flexibility - You're never going to get another weekend off with the rest of the world.

6. Meet some real stuk up assholes, including many celebrities.

7. See the world then get terribly blaze about it i.e. "God not a nighstop new york again".

8. Feel more independant, so you aren't scared to shout at crewing when they call you in the middle of the night.

9. Feel more responsible so you dread the thought that if the idiot who's currently waiting for the toilet while we're in turbulence kills him, you need to revive him.

10. Feel a sense of shame and embarrassment when you get to your destination and the groundstaff totally lets you down (especially when theyre not ready for an unacompanied minor or disabled passenger).

11. Your freinds will hate you for making them jealous of all the places you've been and will eventually stop taking your calls. You will end up not having anymore friends.
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llentimes · Regular Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 142 Location: dreamer

Quoted from singaporegrrl "Cabin Crew Application Advices"

Mushroom wrote:
But what's happening? Why airlines like Silkair and SIA are having such high turn over suddenly? Anything bad? Becos i jus saw a big bus ads on career recruitment for SIA, the first time i saw them advertising to recruit cabin crew.

For the following reasons:

1) Misunderstanding. People think this job is oh so glamorous and got all excited to join the airline industry. When they found out the real jobscobe, they began to lose interest and in time, they resign. That's why I've been telling everyone to do their research well before embarking on a job like this. NO JOB IS FOR EVERYONE!

2) Politics. It's everywhere. As glamorous as it may seem, it's not so fun up there. You'll find it easier to deal with passengers than with fellow colleagues. Bitching and gossiping everywhere. You might just get adapted and addicted and it may cause you some trouble.

3) Time. There is no such thing as public holidays in this industry. You may find it hard to meet your friends coz on a Sunday when all your friends are out together, you might be halfway around the world and missing all the fun. It's worse if your loved ones are celebrating some festivities and you're outstation. Christmas in Paris! Sounds exciting but lame if you're all alone.

4) Feeling lonely. In addition to the above point, crew can sometimes get the same destinations very often. They get bored and end up staying in the hotel room on layovers. If they get zapped, they get miserable with no shoulders to cry on all alone in the hotel room. Some crew can't stand being lonely so they resign.

5) Money. Some crew feel the urge to shop all their allowance money on shopping during layovers. In the end, they are only left with basic salary and hourly pay and think it's not worth it. So they left in search of a better deal. Take note, there is not such thing as OT. You are paid hourly from when the plane pushes back from the gate before take off, until the plane comes to a stop at the next gate after landing. If your aircraft is delayed for 5 hours on ground, too bad, no pay!

I hope I've brought forward some important points to hopefuls here. Any crew who would like to add on to or amend the list?
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Plavt · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject:

llentimes · Regular Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 142 Location: dreamer

[quote="Plavt"]
Well, unfortunately some people only see the world they want to, the shock of reality is what they can't take

Hmm...if they cant even survive being a CC, i wonder how they going to survive in any other job? Confused

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Tres Bien Merci · Member Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 28

For SIA walk-in interview, I would say it depends on your luck. Those people that got the job are solely based on luck. I would say it is more than 50%.
My friend went for the interview for the first time and she got in but at the end she felt that this is not the job she is looking for. As soon as the contract is up, she will left the company and do something else.

For my opinion, the interviewers have lack experience in choosing the right candidate. The company needs to do something about this. Probably they can send their staff for training.

I agree that they should choose candidate based on suitability. It would be better for the company to choose those people who have passion in customer service and know the job very well such as what is expecting from them compare to those people that only know how to convince the interviewer and they got the job. The interviewer needs to see beyond that. They need to be impartial.

I believe everyone can go through and pass all the training as cabin crew as long as they are willing to learn. The important factor we need to see is passion. With passion and good training, it can help to reduce the resignation. This is what the trainer needs to see from the candidate.

For those that cant make it for 19 July interview, please don’t give up. Try again!!! Smile

Plavt · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:36 pm Post subject:

Tres Bien Merci · Member Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 28

I agree with you Plavt.

It is my mistake. In fact i wanted to write, some people get selected based on luck and some match the criteria. Embarassed

I am writting too fast. Sad

For those people that still keen to be cabin crew, please dont give up but please keep in mind the disadvantages of this job too. Very Happy

smurfieee · Regular Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 66

stripes · Member Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 41

Will there be write in for AUG?

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salvana · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:58 am Post subject:

hm... seems like not many ppl made it during the last walk-in, heh? Neutral

well... dunno how long more is this recruitment drive gonna last... Confused

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Sokeai · Chatter Joined: 23 Dec 2007 Posts: 267

Zomg, been such a long time since i last posted.

Don't worry, there shd be walk-ins for almost every mth Smile

Like what jiakel had mentioned, training is very fun but can get very tiring at times but nonetheless i'm very fortunate to have extremely nice batchies.

Those who are waiting for medical results, always stay positive and we will see you soon in stc!
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salvana · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:42 pm Post subject:

hm... does anybody know what's the next batch no. reporting to STC? and when?

seems like lately not many batches formed,heh?
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cc05 · Newbie Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 5

Karyne · Newbie Joined: 15 Apr 2008 Posts: 9 Location: SG

salvana · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject:

hey cc05,

CONGRATS to you !!! Very Happy

u got in thru 19th July's walk-in?
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cc05 · Newbie Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 5

jiakel · Regular Joined: 29 Feb 2008 Posts: 64

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salvana · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:39 am Post subject:

hm... ic ic....

I'm somehow in dilemma, I passed through all the rounds of interview during Feb'08 walk-in... and was told to email SIA once I finished my course of study....

I emailed them a week ago.. and there's no news at all from SIA till now.... Neutral

Waiting is really a mental torture.
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melissa2403 · Newbie Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 12

usually it'll take how long to notify you of your training after you've passed all the rounds of interviews?

is there cases where girls go for training w/o producing the original certs of education?

melissa2403 · Newbie Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 12

usually it'll take how long to notify you of your training after you've passed all the rounds of interviews?

is there cases where girls go for training w/o producing the original certs of education?

Abercrombie · Reporter Joined: 06 Dec 2007 Posts: 514

Batch 999 and 1000 will be 2 very special batches, the last of the 3 digit and the start of the 4 digit Razz

shumito · Newbie Joined: 16 Jul 2008 Posts: 11

I also went for the walk-in on 19 July. But I didn't even make it pass the first round...

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