Did someone called?

That link ringrong posted is a pretty good place to start. Otherwise I only have one thing to add: It's a pretty bad time to start a career in this. you see mergers, cutbacks, fuel price rising and airlines cutting cost. Take a gamble if you like.

Now if you excuse me, i have a stupid rally to attend to today at 9:30am. I'd rather be home playing MGO, but what can i do?

a97117, I'm just a bus driver here. By the way, we dont call Singapore Airlines SAL, we either address them as SQ, as how MAS is callsigned MH.

As for the profit margins, they are shrinking, thanks to the escalating fuel price. Some forward-thinking airlines like Southwest Airlines do think ahead and does fuel hedging, basically buying fuel at fixed price, even as the price per barrel kept on climbing. MAS has its fuel hedges too, but im not at the liberty of discussing that here, company secret. It is because of this that why Southwest still manages to stay afloat and track profit margins while the other US-based airlines scramble to merge to recoup their losses.

Not anymore. If you're been to the most recent CVP Rally, MAS is no longer hiring cadet pilot. The last CP selection is their last, until we ride out this storm. What this means is that promotions , or movements of pilots from fleets or ranks will be frozen, until the need to do when we buy new aircrafts. The next aircraft intake would be the 737-800 replacing the current aging 737-400s(finally!) March next year, the ATR-72-500s to replace the Fokkers for MasWings and Fireflyz, as well as the A380 scheduled for 2011. Until next March, there will be no more intakes, or fleet movements.