SIA casts net wide to hire more cadet pilots

SIA is actively reaching out to more nationalities, as it ramps up its cadet pilot recruitment to meet future needs. Industry players and pilots noted that the airline usually hires pilots who are either Singapore citizens or permanent residents. Recent recruitment advertisements for cadet pilots which appeared in online pilot forums state that all nationalities are welcome to apply. This is believed to be the first time that SIA has publicly cast its net wide for cockpit crew. The airline said the majority of its current pool of about 2,000 cockpit crew are either Singaporeans or permanent residents. SIA, which has ordered 67 Airbus 350s that started arriving last year, did not say how many more pilots it needs to hire in the coming years to operate a growing fleet. It takes about 3 years to train a cadet pilot. <br/>