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SIA stewards & stewardesses work with SMRT staff as new Transport Ambassadors
Several of them have been flying with SIA for 10 years or more.
Ashley Tan
Pretty soon, you might notice more MRT station staff on the ground during your daily commute (if you happen to be an essential worker).

And some of these staff might actually be Singapore airlines cabin crew.

Redeployed as Transport Ambassadors
A number of stewards and stewardesses have joined the ranks of SMRT station staff as new Transport Ambassadors.

In a behind-the-scenes snippet shared by SMRT on their Facebook, cabin crew can be seen undergoing a training course teaching them about passenger safety and the inner workings of SMRT.



Cabin crew were also taken to familiarise themselves with the various stations and meet existing Transport Ambassadors.

Photo from SMRT / FB

Photo from SMRT / FB
As Transport Ambassadors, the SIA crew will help ensure commuters abide by safe distancing measures on the station platforms and concourse.

Giving back to society
Several of these stewards and stewardesses have been with SIA for 10 years or more.

Stewardess Jeanette Yeo, who has been flying with SIA for 14 years, believes that her experience as a cabin crew will help augment her new role as Transport Ambassador by "handling all situations that arise professionally and calmly".

The transition to this new role, also in part, helps them give back to society in their own way.

"Being on the frontline with the SMRT staff actually shows a united front," said Gulshan Singh.

"I feel honoured because it gives me a chance to give back to society.
Everybody is working together and now more than ever, we need to actually support them."

Photo from SMRT / FB
Yeo added that she was proud to be a SMRT frontline staff and a representative of SIA, to "give back in whatever way [she] can".

Singh urged everyone to "do their part to let society recover".

SIA cabin crew have also been working at local hospitals like Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, as Care Ambassadors.

Care Ambassadors are assigned to low-risk wards to support hospital care teams to carry out basic caregiving procedures for patients suffering from chronic diseases, heart diseases, an acute surgical conditions.

Grounded SIA staff have also been helping out at the National Call Centre to address public queries on the collection of masks.

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[glockman]

SIA stewards & stewardesses work with SMRT staff as new Transport Ambassadors
Several of them have been flying with SIA for 10 years or more.
Ashley Tan
Pretty soon, you might notice more MRT station staff on the ground during your daily commute (if you happen to be an essential worker).

And some of these staff might actually be Singapore airlines cabin crew.

Redeployed as Transport Ambassadors
A number of stewards and stewardesses have joined the ranks of SMRT station staff as new Transport Ambassadors.

In a behind-the-scenes snippet shared by SMRT on their Facebook, cabin crew can be seen undergoing a training course teaching them about passenger safety and the inner workings of SMRT.



Cabin crew were also taken to familiarise themselves with the various stations and meet existing Transport Ambassadors.

Photo from SMRT / FB

Photo from SMRT / FB
As Transport Ambassadors, the SIA crew will help ensure commuters abide by safe distancing measures on the station platforms and concourse.

Giving back to society
Several of these stewards and stewardesses have been with SIA for 10 years or more.

Stewardess Jeanette Yeo, who has been flying with SIA for 14 years, believes that her experience as a cabin crew will help augment her new role as Transport Ambassador by "handling all situations that arise professionally and calmly".

The transition to this new role, also in part, helps them give back to society in their own way.

"Being on the frontline with the SMRT staff actually shows a united front," said Gulshan Singh.

Photo from SMRT / FB
Yeo added that she was proud to be a SMRT frontline staff and a representative of SIA, to "give back in whatever way [she] can".

Singh urged everyone to "do their part to let society recover".

SIA cabin crew have also been working at local hospitals like Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, as Care Ambassadors.

Care Ambassadors are assigned to low-risk wards to support hospital care teams to carry out basic caregiving procedures for patients suffering from chronic diseases, heart diseases, an acute surgical conditions.

Grounded SIA staff have also been helping out at the National Call Centre to address public queries on the collection of masks.

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wow, now is a good time to take MRT. I might get lucky with a few of them chio bu stewardesses.

 

[Chase]

We are planning to use $15billion + $4billion to save SIA and this amount is not enough if oil prices tank below US$20 because SIA got killed mainly by their oil futures contract.

We are simply covering up for reckless bet by the management. We need to recognize that if we let SIA go bust, we can rehire the whole workforce + get 3x fleet size.

 

[laksaboy]

Having a job is better than having no job, but of course the pro-establishment propaganda will lionize them as 'heroes'.

 

[syed putra]

wow, now is a good time to take MRT. I might get lucky with a few of them chio bu stewardesses.

In your dreams. They will ignore you Even If you paid for the tickets on a flight.

 

[Chase]

I don't think all stewardess are willing to work in train stations or hospitals. Certainly not the vain ones.

I salute those helping out.

 

[Confuseous]

It is not clear whether they are being paid or not - salary or allowance?
Similarly, for the girls working in the hospitals.
otherwise all this talk about giving back to society is bovine explusion

 

[po2wq]

dey r many peasants who oso lost their jobs due 2 tis pandemic ... y r dey discriminated n not redeployed 2 smrt? ...

 

[syed putra]

I don't think all stewardess are willing to work in train stations or hospitals. Certainly not the vain ones.

I salute those helping out.

Better than being bored to death sitting at home.

 

[laksaboy]

I don't think all stewardess are willing to work in train stations or hospitals. Certainly not the vain ones.

I salute those helping out.

They got 'volunteered'. Not like they have a choice.

 

[po2wq]

I don't think all stewardess are willing to work in train stations or hospitals. Certainly not the vain ones.

I salute those helping out.

ya, lor! ...

no angmo, haf 2 serf low stok peasants ... dam sian ...

 

[Confuseous]

This is an idiotic idea. Now the Ah Peks will ride the trains just to check out
these SQ girls.

 

[A Singaporean]

High sounding title just a traffic jaga.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

How much are they paid? Cabin crew are still paid basic salary by SIA though they’re not flying.....
Can’t be that hardup since most have been flying for 10+ years.
Giving back to society rhetoric is bullshit

 

[laksaboy]

Can mock them at the MRT station "Aiyoh, you look like that also can become SIA girl?"

 

[glockman]

In your dreams. They will ignore you Even If you paid for the tickets on a flight.

That's an extremely unkind thing to say! Why so triggered? You no luck with them izzit? Let uncle here show you lah.

 

[maxxi]

One so katek

 

[Hypocrite-The]

How are SIA Cabin Crew turned "Health Ambassadors" paid? - The Online Citizen
According to newspaper reports, Singapore Airlines cabin crew members have been roped in to care for non-COVID-19 patients at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. In the time of a global pandemic where there is virtually no international travel, redeploying flight attendants to work as health ambassadors is an innovative way to ensure that flight attendants are able to remain employed while taking the pressure of medical staff who are inundated by COVID-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic will not last forever and there will come a time when air travel will begin again. It is therefore a win-win solution for airlines not to lose their staff (who they have invested in training for) and for flight attendants who need to make a living. However, a valid question to ask is how these new health ambassadors are being remunerated.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight attendants are paid a very low base wage. The bulk of their salaries come from flight allowances. Now that there are no actual flights, are these health ambassadors getting enough money to pay their bills? Working hours at a hospital could be longer or as long as their flight schedules. With that in mind, if they are not being paid their flight allowances, it would not seem fair?

It is also important to note that while health ambassadors are not tending to COVID-19 patients, they are still in a hospital environment which is arguably a more high risk environment than an air craft or a desk job with the airline.

SIA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Goh Choon Phong, has also publicly stated that he will take a 30 percent pay cut as opposed to the initial 15 after SIA secured a financial package of up to S$19 billion of funding (with the majority coming from Temasek Holdings) to help see it through the coronavirus crisis. While it is a nice gesture, I do wonder how he arrived at 15% and then 30%? For example, if someone was earning $1 million a year and spends 30% of that on yearly holidays, is this really a sacrifice given that no one is able to take holidays at this point? Compared to someone whose base salary is $1300 and has to pay for food and bills etc. out of that.

Pre the COVID-19 crisis, SIA was a very viable company by any yardstick, is there really a need to request for voluntary no pay leave? It would also be interesting to find out if it is the higher or lower earners who are taking the no pay leave. It would also be a travesty if shareholders are paid dividends at the end of the year if there are staff being requested to take no pay leave at this time.

What are other similar large airlines doing?

British Airways (BA) for instance will introduce a modified version of the British government’s job retention scheme, with workers furloughed on 80% of pay. However, unlike the government scheme, there will be no cap on earnings. BA has also confirmed that there will be no unpaid temporary layoffs or redundancies during this period. A redundancy process that had already begun before the crisis has also been halted. In other words, workers will have job security and money coming in during the corona virus crisis.

For those unaware, the British government has introduced a “furlough” scheme which basically sets out that if a company is unable to operate or they have no work for staff to do during the pandemic, workers can be put “on furlough”, which means they are kept on the payroll and not made redundant. Employers facing difficulties are able to access support through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to continue paying 80 per cent of staff wages (capped at £2,500 (S$,400) per month), to avoid redundancies and keep paying staff.

So, is SIA handling the crisis as well as it is made out in the headlines? The devil is in the detail some of which is not knowledge we possess at this point. We do however need to ask the questions. SIA represents our country in many ways and in a time of crisis, there is also something called corporate responsibility.

For the avoidance of doubt, asking questions does not make us against SIA.

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[mojito]

They got 'volunteered'. Not like they have a choice.

Salaried oso call volunteer?