Singapore Airlines Pilot Requirements and Benefits
Singapore Airlines Pilot Requirements and Benefits
MEANING:
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is the flag carrier airline of Singapore with its hub at Singapore Changi Airport. ... Singapore Airlines Cargo operates SIA's freighter fleet and manages the cargo-hold capacity in SIA's passenger aircraft. Hubs: Singapore Changi Airport
Subsidiary: Singapore Airlines Cargo Aircraft model: Airbus A380
REQUIREMENTS:
• Valid CPL/MEIR with frozen ATPL or ATPL (recognized or can be validated by CAAS)
• Minimum 1500 total multi-crew flying hours on commercial jet aircraft. Preference given to applicants with previous flight experience on a commercial aircraft equipped with glass cockpit technology, including FMS. (A minimum of 100 PIC hours will be required for candidates holding foreign pilot licenses).
• Must possess a valid certificate for the following:
• Class 1 Medical (recognized or can be validated by CAAS)
• ICAO English Level 5 or above
• Certificate of Test - Multi-Engine Instrument Rating
• Myopia of below 600 degrees and astigmatism of below 200 degrees per eye (Applies to both pre- and post-operative eyesight)
BENEFITS:
A First Officer's basic salary starts from S$6,175 while a Captain's starts from $$11,550. In addition to the basic salary, a pilot will receive the PPA (Pilots' Productivity Allowance). The PPA is an hourly rate paid for every hour flown. Under the prevailing CA, the PPA comprises up to 30% of a pilot's total income.
QUESTION & ANSWER
1. What can you tell me about yourself?
This is one of the first questions most interviewers ask. Keep your answer professional and talk about what you've done in your recent work. If you just graduated, talk about what you studied and why, and what you're looking for now that you graduated.
2. Why do you want to be a flight attendant?
You should have researched the job and company as a part of your interview preparation. Then, make sure you're ready to name specific reasons this job is exciting to you and fits with your career goals. If you don't seem like you know what the job involves and/or can't explain why this position is attractive to you, then you're very unlikely to get hired for a job as competitive as a flight attendant.
3. What do you know about our Airline?
They may ask a question like this to see if you've done your research. Go to the airline website and read about their history. How big are they? Where are they headquartered? Where are their main hubs?
Make sure you know how many employees they have, when they were founded, and their company history (if they've gone through mergers, etc.) Learn this basic info so you can recite this back to the interviewer if they ask this question.
4. Why do you want to work for our Airline?
Along with asking, "Why do you want to be a flight attendant?" (mentioned earlier), they'll also want to hear a specific reason why you applied to their company.
So make sure you know some facts about their individual airline, and mention what you admire or like about their company.
5. What do you think makes our airline different from its competitors?
Along with knowing some basics about their company and its history, try to know one or two things that set it apart from competitors.
This can be its reputation, the places it flies to and serves, the excellent customer service or reviews, etc. Just make sure you're saying something that's true!
6. What type of work environment do you prefer?
You should answer this by mentioning that you enjoy a fast-paced, collaborative work environment. If you tell the interviewer that you like to work alone, or that you typically like a very slow environment, it could cost you the job.
You can read a full article on how to answer "What type of work environments do you prefer?"
7. What are your greatest strengths?
Ideally, pick strengths that are related to the job, or will help you in this job. You should be thinking, "What will convince the interviewer that I'm likely to succeed in this position?"
8. What languages do you speak?
This is a straight-forward question, and you should reply by stating all of the languages you speak at an intermediate level or above. Explain which languages you're fluent or native in, and which you're still learning.
9. Singapore airlines pilot have many simultaneous responsibilities during flight. What can you tell me
about this?
Singapore Airlines Pilots take responsibility to navigate the flight, view and guide the activities of the team, check instruments, and keep track of the weather, control the height and air traffic. Performing all these and more, often at once, requests salient multi-tasking abilities and strong concentration.
10. How would you handle an emergency as the pilot of a Singapore Airlines flight?
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Express your feelings first. It is best to prove through examples, that you can keep your calmness during such problems, and you can self-control the emergency situation and assign tasks for team members if necessary.
11. Have you ever had to change the flight course?
Depending on the internal or external conditions; Singapore airlines Pilots can reform the course in flight. It is a very important responsibility and requires close contact with control towers and caution attention to
detail.
12. What are your professional aspirations as a Singapore Airlines Pilot?
a. The reasons of this question:
This question will test your ability and ambition to develop yourself as well as the ability to plan for the future.
b. Levels of career goals:
You are not sure about your goals, then answer: I'm rather busy with my duties and goals of the Company; as a result, I haven't focused much on my long-term personal goals.
You have goals not or very little relating to the current job: For example, you are applying for a sales manager position, but your career goal is to become the head of the marketing department in the next 5 years.
Current job oriented career goals: For example, you are working as a sales manager, your goal is to become the area sales manager in the next 2 years and in the next 5 years, you will be the regional sales manager.
Useful source: list of 50 career goals
13. What do you know about this organization?
This question is one reason to do some research on the organization before the interview. Find out where they have been and where they are going. What are the current issues and who are the major players?
Sample answers:
1. A good organization with perfect management. I heard that in this organization I can gain knowledge and a good atmosphere.
2. If its for a good renowned company then its better to go through the company website and know what's the company profile and what's their achievements/successes and branches & other details.
3. According to me this is one of the best companies. It has a good Environment, We feel good working in companies, which has good growth in the IT Industries. This Organization has all the qualities like good growth, good Environment, maintaining a best level in the IT Industries, etc.
Jesvita Melisha Mendonca
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