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Singapore Airlines Reserves A380 Cockpits for Citizen Pilots

Singaporean citizens get preference for jobs in SIA's A380 fleet regardless of seniority.

Jobs flying Singapore Airlines' 19 Airbus A380s are effectively reserved for Singaporean citizens. [Photo: SIA/Sim Kok Chwee]

By William Dennis

May 19, 2014

Singapore Airlines (SIA) confirmed to AIN last week that it has a so-called “pass over” policy through which it reserves pilot jobs on its Airbus A380 fleet almost exclusively for Singaporean citizens. The policy means that a Singaporean pilot, irrespective of his seniority number, will be preferred for A380 vacancies over expatriate colleagues.

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