Well, I have always wanted to fly.
Frankly, I think the regulations set by the airline are a bit too strict and rigid. Resign within 24 hours after informing the company that one is pregnant?
Who dares to get pregnant then? Baby on the way means bye bye to the job.
How many can still actually fly after giving birth? Not many.
SO 's sister was a former air stewardess with United Airlines. She wasn't that highly educated and had only "O" levels.
And being a flight attendant gave her more money than she could get being a sales girl or whatever.
And then she got married and pregnant. She was grounded and she never returned to flying. Her pay was halved after she stopped flying and worked elsewhere.
Now she is working in a bank. Not flying ever.
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Today
25 Aug 2008
Baby Bonus has not taken flight?
Why are female crew not entitled to benefits? Pregnant crew can apply for ground jobs, but ...
I REFER to the Enhanced Baby Bonus Scheme, and on behalf of some of my colleagues, would like to ask why the female crew of Singapore Airlines (SIA) are not included in this scheme?
We were also not entitled to the one implemented in 2004.
Female crew who are pregnant have to resign in 24 hours without a guaranteed ground job or leaving perks.
We can only return to work for SIA after two years of giving birth, subject to an impeccable previous work record and if we had maintained our figure well.
After we resign, finding a job on the ground when pregnant is tough. No company wants to employ us as they do not want to pay us the maternity leave packages (I tried when I was pregnant in 2005).
Most of us here see flying as a career. Three-quarters of the flying crew are female. Most of us dare not start a family because of this ruling. I hope something can be done about this.
Ms Vernis Ho
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I REFER to Ms Vernis Ho’s letter regarding the conditions for cabin crew who become pregnant while serving their contracts of employment.
I do need to clarify some points. Firstly, crew who become pregnant must cease flying duties when declared medically unfit to fly by the company’s doctors. Her employment as crew will cease from that time. However, she may apply for an alternative ground job.
The difficulty is that around 300 crew members become pregnant each year, and there are not 300 alternative ground jobs available for them to transfer to. So while this is an option we do our best to provide, we are constrained by the lack of available jobs for such crew.
We welcome cabin crew who have had children back into the flying ranks, and encourage those interested to return as soon as they can after having children so that they can maintain those elements of their training which must be put into practice regularly to maintain their skills.
It is not correct to say that they are only eligible for reappointment after two years. In fact, we have some crew who return to flying in as little as three or four months after giving birth.
Applications for returning crew are, of course, dependent on the crew member’s performance before leaving to have her child.
The conditions of service applied to our cabin crew are made known to them before they join, and form part of their employment agreement with Singapore Airlines. We are certainly conscious of the desire on the part of some, but not all, crew to return to flying after they have given birth, and want to encourage those who had left to give birth to speak to us about the possibility of returning to flying duties.
For those who have good records as crew and maintain an interest in the job, we would be keen to make sure their training can be put into practice again.
Thank you for the opportunity to clarify these issues.
Divisional Vice-President
Cabin Crew Operations
Singapore Airlines Limited
Frankly, I think the regulations set by the airline are a bit too strict and rigid. Resign within 24 hours after informing the company that one is pregnant?
Who dares to get pregnant then? Baby on the way means bye bye to the job.
How many can still actually fly after giving birth? Not many.
SO 's sister was a former air stewardess with United Airlines. She wasn't that highly educated and had only "O" levels.
And being a flight attendant gave her more money than she could get being a sales girl or whatever.
And then she got married and pregnant. She was grounded and she never returned to flying. Her pay was halved after she stopped flying and worked elsewhere.
Now she is working in a bank. Not flying ever.
--------------------------
Today
25 Aug 2008
Baby Bonus has not taken flight?
Why are female crew not entitled to benefits? Pregnant crew can apply for ground jobs, but ...
I REFER to the Enhanced Baby Bonus Scheme, and on behalf of some of my colleagues, would like to ask why the female crew of Singapore Airlines (SIA) are not included in this scheme?
We were also not entitled to the one implemented in 2004.
Female crew who are pregnant have to resign in 24 hours without a guaranteed ground job or leaving perks.
We can only return to work for SIA after two years of giving birth, subject to an impeccable previous work record and if we had maintained our figure well.
After we resign, finding a job on the ground when pregnant is tough. No company wants to employ us as they do not want to pay us the maternity leave packages (I tried when I was pregnant in 2005).
Most of us here see flying as a career. Three-quarters of the flying crew are female. Most of us dare not start a family because of this ruling. I hope something can be done about this.
Ms Vernis Ho
-----------------------------
I REFER to Ms Vernis Ho’s letter regarding the conditions for cabin crew who become pregnant while serving their contracts of employment.
I do need to clarify some points. Firstly, crew who become pregnant must cease flying duties when declared medically unfit to fly by the company’s doctors. Her employment as crew will cease from that time. However, she may apply for an alternative ground job.
The difficulty is that around 300 crew members become pregnant each year, and there are not 300 alternative ground jobs available for them to transfer to. So while this is an option we do our best to provide, we are constrained by the lack of available jobs for such crew.
We welcome cabin crew who have had children back into the flying ranks, and encourage those interested to return as soon as they can after having children so that they can maintain those elements of their training which must be put into practice regularly to maintain their skills.
It is not correct to say that they are only eligible for reappointment after two years. In fact, we have some crew who return to flying in as little as three or four months after giving birth.
Applications for returning crew are, of course, dependent on the crew member’s performance before leaving to have her child.
The conditions of service applied to our cabin crew are made known to them before they join, and form part of their employment agreement with Singapore Airlines. We are certainly conscious of the desire on the part of some, but not all, crew to return to flying after they have given birth, and want to encourage those who had left to give birth to speak to us about the possibility of returning to flying duties.
For those who have good records as crew and maintain an interest in the job, we would be keen to make sure their training can be put into practice again.
Thank you for the opportunity to clarify these issues.
Divisional Vice-President
Cabin Crew Operations
Singapore Airlines Limited
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