Pay hike
First ministers, now pilots
SIA pilots' failed claim evokes online comparison with what the cabinet ministers got.
Apr 30, 2007

Pilots denounced for demanding pay hikes!
By Lucky Tan
This is so absurd!

They are already among the best paid pilots in the world....oh this is totally shameless. They are suppose to have a passion and love for flying but all we see is greed for more money.

Nobody in Singapore has the right to demand higher pay....can the poorly paid cleaner ask for higher pay? Can bus drivers award themselves pay hikes? Who do these pilots think they are!

Their overdeveloped sense of entitlement is so so outrageous and unjustifiable, just because they belong to the most profitable airlines in the world doesn't mean they deserve more because it is the collective effort of countless other employees (stewardess, ticketing staff, baggage handlers etc) that brought about this success.

The pilots are asking to be paid more for A380 because they are responsible for more people. Are they trying to hold us hostage in their negotiation for higher pay? We all know that the plane will crash and sink into the ocean if it is piloted by incompetent people.

However to use this to justify their pay hike is so underhanded because we have no alternative source for pilots other than the Alpa-S union.

While the pilots claim to be underpaid and making a painful sacrifice to be in SIA, the turnover rate of 1% shows that this is not the case....contrary to their claims, they can't do better else where.

If they continue to make unreasonable demands, you can be sure that our esteeemed MM Lee will step in and crush them just like he did their former colleague Ryan Goh. People who ask for unreasonable pay hikes deserve to be fired, humiliated and banished.

Singaporeans are so lucky to have a dedicated MM who will see that justice is done.

http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2007/04/pilots-denounced-for-demanding-pay.html

Other comments (excerpts)

Is This A Sign of Things To Come?
By TracyTan866
The PAP thinks that its members have done such a tremendous job but are underpaid. The PAP Ministers have demanded a pay increase and, despite valid and vehement protests, have bulldozed its way through.
Now the SIA Pilots Association thinks that its pilots have done such a tremendous job but are underpaid. The pilots have demanded a pay increase and will most likely bulldoze into getting what it wants as LKY and the PAP have lost their moral high ground and cant go around breaking bones because the pilots are using the same arguments as the pap to demand a pay increase.
Will others follow suit? Is this a sign of things to come for Singapore?
It's sad because, despite its self-proclaimed intellect, the PAP leaders are very myopic and self- serving. By demanding a pay increase which they neither deserve nor need, the PAP has started a bad trend which will only lead to greed and more greed in Singapore

Einfield
Singapore is unique.
Only LKY and his (people) can use this argument.
If the Pilots use the same argument, he will come with his knuckle duster to break their bones.

TracyTan866
I suspect LKY wants to use his knuckles to knock the pilots and get them into line. But his hands are tied now because of his unwise move to increase teh ministers pay beyond reason.
That's why I said the PAP has lost its moral high ground to govern singapore. From now on, the demand for more pay will come back to haunt them in their conduct

Einfield
To a despot anything is possible, inside this little red dot, he is GOD himself. I'm sure he is watching and if things get out of hands, some heads will get busted.
Remember the last clash? Ryan Goh I think from Alpha S got kick out of SIA.

honour6
He got kicked out of Singapore altogether.

TracyTan866
yes, Ryan was banished from Singapore.
But with his unwise move to legitimise the PAP ministers pay increase, LKY risks more damage should he step in to stop the pilot's demand.
Apr 30, 2007