Thanks for your help in advance.

It would be quite a shock, wouldn't it?jencrs wrote:I have never seen a Caucasian cabin crew employed by SIA, much less an European without PR, so I think that's a no.
Unfortunately in Singapore as it seems you may have gathered nationality does come into it. At one time SIA would employ only people with an Asian appearance and might/might not have argued that the western build would not be suited to the kebaya. However, some time back I did read in this forum there are two ang moh girls working for SIA as cabin crew but I have no idea whether this is true or not.Daisydoo wrote:and why would it be a shock?? In any other country the persons nationality doesnt come into it when applying for a crew postion. But this is what I have come to expect living in Singapore.
Thanks to the others for their replies.[/i]
Simple answer as already provided by Strong Eagle; there is plenty of local labour available to work as cabin crew. As for pilots there is or was a shortage of commanders hence the airline has or had no choice but to hire foreigners (much the same in other countries: e.g. Qatar, U.A.E {both cabin crew and technical crew here are anything other than locals - well almost}) You might also have noticed SIA does not have any female pilots (as far as I know although SilkAir had two at one time - don't know about now though).Daisydoo wrote:What I cant understand is why will these airlines employ pilots from anywhere in the world but not cabin crew?![]()
Possibly you missed the words "employment pass". Above and beyond any ethnic qualifications, the Singapore government enforces a policy of Singaporean citizens first in jobs... like virtually every other country in the world.Daisydoo wrote:Thank you for your reply but I wasnt really asking about SIA in particular just any airline but I think I have the answer now. What I cant understand is why will these airlines employ pilots from anywhere in the world but not cabin crew?![]()
Oh well back to the job drawing board for me.
Asian airlines, especially in Singapore want to keep the Asian look in their cabin crew. If not this would be a competition to airlines like Emirates, Etihad, Qatar, etc etc. If they're looking for this competition, they would have done it a long time ago.Daisydoo wrote:Thank you for your reply but I wasnt really asking about SIA in particular just any airline but I think I have the answer now. What I cant understand is why will these airlines employ pilots from anywhere in the world but not cabin crew?![]()
Oh well back to the job drawing board for me.
Strong Eagle means in terms of priority of employment; 'the citizens of a country get preference' not that they are selected purely on the grounds of race.Daisydoo wrote:Not being huffy strong eagle but I beg to differ with your point of "nationality" coming into play in every country I think you will find it is illegal in most of Europe to discriminate on those terms.
Daisydoo,Daisydoo wrote:Not being huffy strong eagle but I beg to differ with your point of "nationality" coming into play in every country I think you will find it is illegal in most of Europe to discriminate on those terms.
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