Cabin Crew

Hello everyone,
I am Elango.I have always wanted to be a cabin crew with a Singapore Airlines.The reasons why i am so adamant on joining SIA is firstly, the pay. Yes most people are too afraid to let this reason out,being afraid of being judged. But that's the practical reasoning why most people want to be cabin crew.I mean the pay is good for the kind of work you do.An newbie male steward will bring back at least S$3500 on the average.With more experience,that figure can rise up to 6 or even 7k. THATS A GOOD AMOUNT KEEPING IN MIND THE KIND OF WORK YOU DO! You get paid that much for serving passengers in the sky.Well i guess the reason why the pay is so much has got to do with a few factors.The main one is that being a cabin crew is a HIGH-RISK profession.There are many cases of airline crashes recorded to date.You get paid that much because in one way or another you are jeopardizing your life for the job.The chances are very slim of an air crash but that doesn't mean it does't happen!

The next reason i want to be a steward is that i get to travel the world for free!People say the world is small,well i don't really agree with that as the world is actually BIG!Its just that most of us don't have the chance or are financially sound to travel the corners of the Earth.Being cabin crew, you travel to places you always dreamed of,meet people who you never thought of meeting,do things you never dreamed before!

Thirdly on why i want to be cabin crew,is to make new friends from different countries.
I am sick and tired of seeing the same people day in day out.Talk about the same things repeatedly.I need an adventure for free.Maybe i feel that i have been in exile all my life staying and doing things in my country.I need an escape.A passport to relish my imagination,and flying is one of the ways i think which does that.

I have actually went for SIA Cabin Crew interview last year July.I went for the first time and i went all the way through to the last round which is the Management Round(the hardest round).Let me just break down the stages on how the interview process works.Firstly,Singapore Airlines will post an Open Day Interview call on it's website.They will specify the date,time and venue of this event.They will also post the things you ought to bring on that day.Things like your passport size photos,your ID and educational certificates.
So here is the process.First you go to the venue(usually in some glorious hotel).Then you queue up to submit your application form.Then you will be divided in groups of ten.

The First Round.

The first round you will be ushered into a room with two interviewers.We will be asked to introduce ourselves and answer a simple question given by the interviewers.Sample questions are ; "which is your favorite movie".
After we all have finished that we will be asked to wait outside for the results.
Out of ten only a handful will go through.

The Second Round.

In the second round,you will be asked to produce all your relevant documents such as birth cert,education certs and your ID.After that will be Skin Check.In groups of ten,we will be ushered into a room to see if we have visible tattoos and scars.
Only a handful will make it.

The Third Round.

This round will consist of a 1 to 1 interview.The interviewer will just talk to you and know more about you.They will also prompt you with questions related to airlines.You will also be asked to read a passage to test your pronunciations.

After this if you are selected you will be asked to come down the next day for Management Round!

Management Round.

THIS IS THE KILLER.
The make or break round.
Divided in groups of six you will face to interviewers from the HR side of the airlines.
They ask you to introduce you partner!They will also ask you a random question.

After this we will wait for the results.
The most painful part.

So this is what happened for me.

The first time i went for SIA interview,i went all the way till management round.Only to get booted there.
So i went for the interview the following month and i went through the management round!
I was so happy and i thought all my worries are over and my dreams are finally coming true.
I was wrong.After we make it through the management round,we will have to go for medical checkup.

The thing is you see i had an old injury which i got when i was serving the army.So all my records stated that i wasn't in the best condition.When i went for my checkup,the doctor asked me,whether i have any injuries before. I said yes and told her that im fit now.She challenged me by asking me to get an official report from a doctor. I said ok i will do it.
So on the very same day,i went to Mount Elizabeth(the hospital i was born in) to get a medical review my back injury.I spent S$1000 for an MRI and to see a specialist.
I took all the documents and went back to the SIA doctor and gave her everything.She said.,'OK we will contact you soon".

I waited a few weeks for their golden call.None came.
After almost 1 and a half months,i got a letter saying i was rejected.
I was so broken.Not because of the money i spent,but that my dream has faded due to an unforseen injury.

The worse part of this situation is that,i tried for SIA again the following months.Guess what,i got rejected in the first round!Candidates who couldn't speak proper English got through but i didn't. It was so heartbreaking. I admit,i cried many nights for my demise.But i have been trying almost for a year now and everytime i rejected in the first round.I then realized that they keep records and those who have been rejected before due to medical reasons will be booted immediately.

I mean i am fit now,yet they wouldn't spare me a chance.

Being very depressed about this whole issue,i have lost my mind.I don't think i am surplus to their requirements as if i was, i wouldn't have made it before.
I just don't know what else to do now.
I am waiting to try for Emirates when they have an opening in Singapore.But their open days are very rare.

Till another interview comes i will be hoping and praying that my records will be cleared of their system and that i will be accepted to become a steward.

Feel free to comment on my post to make me feel better.Thanks.

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Yours truly,
A depressed Cabin Crew hopeful,
Elango Kumar.