Ab Initio Cadet Pilot (Singapore)
Various · SIN · permanent · apply on singaporeair.com
Training at Singapore Flying College; bond covers training plus 7 years after appointment as First Officer. Monthly training allowance, amount not published.
Pay & conditions · Asia-Pacific
Singapore Airlines: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
Singapore · Legacy · SQ / SIA
Hiring selectively
Cadet and rated direct-entry programmes; experienced A350/A380-rated pilots sought per aggregator (Aug 2026).
Pay
Unofficial figures. Not from an agreement or the airline: collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Treat them as indicative.
Second officer
Not published
First officer
SGD 110,000–170,000 a year
about $86–133k a year
Captain
SGD 260,000–400,000 a year
about $203–313k a year
Base-pay market estimates 2026 (not an official scale); excludes flying allowances and profit-sharing bonus (~5.7 months FY2026).
Open vacancies (1)
Conditions
- Allowances
- Flying/block-hour allowance, layover allowance, profit-sharing bonus (FY2026 ~5.7 months).
- Roster
- Line roster SIN-based; no commuting contract.
- Bases
- SIN
- Fleet
- A350, A380, B777, B787
- Benefits
- Singapore tax low (progressive, max 24%); CPF for locals; staff travel.
- Union
- ALPA-S
- Careers site
- singaporeair.com ↗
Requirements
- First officer
- 1,500 hours minimum
- Type rating
- bonded
- Licence
- ATPL; CAAS Class 1
- Other
- ICAO English L5+; rated DE needs 1,500h on A350/A380 per aggregator
Sources
Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2026 · checked 30 Oct 2026
- RotatePilot - Singapore Airlines salary
- The Money Bees - Pilot salary Singapore 2026
- Singapore Airlines: second officer rank (official)
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