I've just resigned from SIA and I have to say, I feel so much happier now that I dont have to fly anymore. Too many reasons why i dislike the job so much but I just have to note something. When I posted the news of my resignation on msn shoutout and facebook, all my crew friends said "Congrats!" and "Lucky girl!"... none of them asked, huh... why? There are definitely perks to flying, but everytime I miss something like the half price dim sum in hkg, the mushroom sauce spinach in frankfurt or the factory outlet shopping in USA, I'll think of all the horrible parts of the job and the pang of missing those stuff disappears.

To me, the high pay and the perks definitely wasnt worth all the pain and anguish of meeting horrible crew and unreasonable passengers and most of all, the way the company treats us. Its like, they dont even see crew as human sometimes. So sad.. so I say, if you want to be a crew, try another airline. Emirates or whatever... this is just my opinion, I know there're some crew who love SIA, I just am not like that, thats all.

What spurs crew to quit? Hmm...

1. SIA culture. This is subjective and I'm not gonna comment becuz alot of ppl have talked about this already anyway. Lets just say I dont like the way management talks down to crew in general and the sometimes unrealistic expectations they have.

2. No team flying. Again, some ppl might prefer this. But I dont like working with different set of colleagues every single time I fly. Once in a while you fly with ppl you work with before and like, but seldom la. So imagine, every time you go into briefing room, its like "Surprise!!" You dont know who you flying with. Of course, some are famous, but not for good reasons, so you see their name on the crew list you sian liao.

3. No regular customers. Around the same reason as no team flying. Sure I like meeting new ppl.. but every single time? I like to see some familiar faces lah.

4. "Never say no, always offer alternatives" You try that on a shanghai flt, where every single pax wants their hugeass coat hung up in the closet and you've already double hung 2 coats on one hanger and the closet is completely full. Biz class closet also full, they tell you, dont use ah... So now, you tell passenger what? Sir/Mdm, please put on top the overhead compartment. They tell you, dont want... later squashed. You coax them.. please la.. tolong la.... let me put for you la... dont angry la.... times 20 pax. boarding time - 20min. You try loh. Never say no. *snorts.

5. Its like being in army... dont ask qns, dont explain when they say you do this wrong, you explain means u bad attitude. blah blah.

6. The red nail polish... the blue eyeshadow... the ridiculously hairsprayed into a unbeatable, unshakeable bun/frenchtwist/helmet-like bob.