Md. Rudy

Not really, I was 30 when I joined as cadet. One of my coursemate was 34 when he joined. Not sure about MAS though.

hehe Sandeep, Good luck in your training. I heard JDK has turned into another typical singapore's prison where prisoner can escape! I have no complain about room since my boarding school asrama was much worst lah. For me just the useless OBS (I have been to BTN - Biro Tata Negara which was tougher) & cheap labor at the office. These 2 don't make u a better pilot!

LeeCH is referring to SIA cadet life/treatment, which I've served as well & I personally think unecessary & unwarranted in many aspects. But that's the way of life in Singapore you should expect (as a pilot or other profession), they like to make things very difficults unecessarily.So, there is a good chance you'll have better conditions than SIA cadet program.

yes, you meet the requirement if it below 500. Anyway 500 is an approximate figure. No harm in trying for those above.

I heard Al-Ain/Abu Dhabi are facing shortage of 'proper' housing due Etihad expansion. Newly recruited Captain & FO for Etihad are currently complaining about the condition of their temporary housing. However, the details of the program is not clear. Its possible training will be conducted elsewhere.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/...det-scheme.html Etihad launches global pilot cadet scheme By Murdo Morrison Abu Dhabi's Etihad is launching a worldwide cadet scheme for aspiring first officers as fast-growing airlines in the Middle East and Asia battle to recruit enough pilots. It will complement Etihad's existing cadet programme for UAE nationals, which started last year as part of a campaign to convince more locals to train as pilots with the flag carrier. Although global demand means the pool of experienced first officers is rapidly draining, this is believed to be one of the first times a major carrier has promoted a scheme to train and offer jobs to foreign youngsters with no flying experience. Etihad plans to launch its first course around June, with a group of 12 would-be pilots. Two further intakes of 12 will follow later in the year. The trainees - school-leavers or college graduates - will move to Abu Dhabi where they will do around 18 months of ab initio training at Horizon Flight Academy, followed by several months of instruction and line-flying under supervision as second officers. They will pay back their fees over eight years as bonded pilots. The airline, which is expecting a "massive response" to its first advertisements, is looking for "people with a passion who are committed to being a pilot as a long-term career", says Etihad's executive vice-president operations Richard Hill. "We will be selecting from the top percentile of applicants - the cream of the crop," he adds. A total of 48 students will join the separate scheme for UAE nationals in the first year. The airline is keeping the two groups apart initially because of different skills sets and competence in English, but they will be integrated as soon as they begin their flying careers. "We want to make sure there is no divisiveness," says Hill. Etihad has a fleet of 37 aircraft and will take delivery of 16 more by 2011, including seven Airbus A330s and four A320s Dubai-based rival Emirates says it has no plans to launch a similar scheme, although, like Etihad, it runs a cadet programme for nationals.* Flight International will be covering Etihad's plans in detail in our Careers in the Middle East supplement with our 8 April issue. Another opportunity beside MAS & SIA cadet program for malaysian....

checkout Capt Lim website http://askcaptainlim.com/component/option,...tpage/Itemid,1/ it should answer all your questions.

it means if you are wearing glasses, the power should be below 500. And with glasses, you can see perfectly (6/6). Long time ago, it used to read good eyesight (6/6) only. So if you are wearing glasses, can forget about getting into the program.

errrr how do u explain my case then?? Melayu also kena reject.. Truth is too many people apply for very limited slots. We are lucky not enough Singaporean available for its cadet programs that SIA was forced to recruit people from malaysia, hong kong & India for its cadet program.

This is ridiculous! From what I gathered, these cases now involved 1 MAS FO, 1 SQ FO & 1 SQ Capt. Only MAS FO had child porn (below 18 yrs according to Australian Law). The rest are adult porn movies. If u go to Australia, there are plenty of Porn Video Shops all over the place. So I really fail to understand why it is an offense to have porn on your laptop but its okay to sell/rent in porn shops? Is it because Aussie govt cannot tax your porn movie in your laptop unlike the porn video shop??? At least in Malaysia/Singapore you cannot find shop selling porn DVD/stuffs in open market! Also, why only Malaysia & Singapore pilots being checked & news splased out of proportions? Are Aussie morally so superior ? For all we know the custom officers/judges have porn movies/ watch porn themselves, but not in laptop since they don't travel a lot. Somehow I think the Aussie must think its okay for them to watch porn movies but not others!!

Cpt Nik, Thanks for sharing your 'flying career history'. I could only imagine the experience you have gone thru from F-27 to 777. Automation in modern jet not only 'mask' our deficiency but also make it difficult for 'younger generation' of pilots to achieve 'old timer' handling skills. It's even more difficult for us who start our flying career with certain airliners that do not even have narrow-body aircraft, let alone propeller. I guess someone would say I'm lucky to fly wide body as my first commercial plane and others would say I miss certain level of 'experience' that come with less advanced aircraft. Given a chance, personally I would prefer to have typical MAS career advancement from narrow body to wide body. Only if MAS accept me back in 1991....

Because autoland doesn't help us keep our 'handling skill' to the required standard. Most of the time we use autoland for low visibility approach only (CAT 2 or CAT 3 landing). Note that autoland can do 25 knots crosswind while we can still do 30 knots crosswind with manual landing. Beside, we have to go for simulator ride for basecheck/recency every 3 months & these are conducted with manual flying.

Not really, in fact Autoland does its job perfectly. When we fly the real aircraft for the first time after full flight simulator training, we watched & learned how autoland does it job before landing manually. B747-400 autoland can land safely with one engine fail & up to 25kt crosswind.

I played MS simulator for many years before flying the real aircraft. MS simulator buttons, controls, conditions are simplified than real aircraft. Its definately feel different flying real aircraft on approach with constant movement & airspeed fluctuations than simulator in the room. Not to mention MS simulator gives you false 'safe feeling' (you would survive even when you land the plane upside down) I guess its possible for 'advanced simmers' to do an autoland provided no malfuction occur, but not a manual landing.

I sure hope this politician is not i charge of our defense ministry! Obviously he never study military tactics & doctrines. Unlike USA, our armed forces numbers & equipments are meant for self-defense, not for offensive mission to attack other country. In time of conflict, there are good chances our helicopter will crash within our own border since most missions will be carried out within our own border.