Lots of links to important websites

Just thought that I'd throw this in for some reading on the MPL courses offered by STAA and Oxford Aviation Academy (OAA) for Tiger (TR) and Jetstar Asia (JSA) respectively. The third link's on SQ's course in Singapore Flying College (SFC).

PPRuNe Forum; Tiger Airways Cadet Pilot

PPRuNe Forum; Jetstar (Asia) Cadet Pilot

PPRuNe Forum: Singapore Airlines Cadet Pilot

More boring essential information on the courses you will be applying to:

Tiger Airways Ab-Initio Programme

Jetstar (Asia) Ab-Initio Programme

Singapore Airlines Ab-Initio Programme (but of course, you aren't going to see the requirements stated on their page now because they aren't hiring)

I'm going to throw in this extra link for more reading. Capt Lim used to fly for Malaysian Airlines (MAS) and his website is pretty well known among pilot hopefuls. I've also listed his Twitter account for good measure, so that if you're tech-savvy and a Twitter user, you can consider following him. I will blog about all the benefits of using Twitter as a resource for aviation news soon.

Ask Captain Lim; and his Twitter account here.

Forums are good for catching wind on the latest happenings and developments in the industry or even better, news related directly to the courses or airlines that you hope to apply to. But alarmingly enough, I still meet pilot hopefuls who have not heard of of PPRuNe. (pronounced as pee-prune as far as I've come across with most people)

There are a good number of contributions in the aforementioned SQ forum page that I'd recommend any aspiring pilot to read it, regardless of your interest in SQ. There's even an article on the complete computer testing process. I won't reveal which page it's on for now, but that's the point. Do your homework!

Always have the CAAS (Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore) website at your fingertips to find out more about the Class 1 and 2 licences that you'll need as a pilot operating out of Singapore, and to find out more about the mandated 26YO rule (the bane of my life). I'll explain more about the 26YO rule soon enough.

While the ALPA-S (Airline Pilots Association of Singapore) and SFC website have long been under-maintained, the SFC one just recently went through a revamp. SFC's website used to have online issues of The Thinking Pilot, which was a publication by the cadets at SFC. I'm not so sure the cadets there still write articles and publish that, but I'll upload them somewhere just for fun reading sometime.

Ok I meant to stop typing two paragraphs ago. I have overstayed my time here.