Singapore Airlines - Cabin Crew/Flight Stewardess Salary & Benefits ( Updated - 2017 )

Basic Salary : - 
Flight steward/stewardess : $1,380 - $2,215

Leading LS/FSS                : $1,750 - $2,870
Chief CS/CSS                    : $2,300 - $3,675

IFS                                     : $2,650 - $4,260
IFA – Inflight Flight Allowance / Per Hour
FS/SS : $12.8 ( Batches before MAR 2016 )
             $ 9.5 ( After MAR 2016 )
( After 27months from 1^st day of employment, crew will enjoy $12.8 as well )

LS/SS : $15
CS/SS : $17.5

IFS :      $22 

IFA X 2.5 for Long Haul Flight
 ( When FDP, Scheduled Flight Duty Period hits 14:01 and above )
 ( You will still get IFA X2.5 If the actia flight time is shorter which makes FDP lower than 14:01 )
 ( However, for flight which the scheduled FDP is lower than 14:01 but eventually hits 14:01
after a flight delay, you will enjoy the 2.5X of your IFA )
Turnaround Allowance - $ 90 per turn

Uniform Allowance - $ 125* Fixed Rate

Transport Allowance $ 277*Usually Fixed Unless ( you have annual leave more than 4 days consecutively, 9 dollars will deducted for each day )
( Derived from 277/30days = 9 Dollars plus ) 

COP/Crew Operating Pattern/Nightstop Allowance * Varies ( Our Layover allowance changes every term, that’s why you can never find a fixed rate on the internet )

Example of a Low Pay Roster –
Worst Scenario is Combo of Annual Leave + No 2.5X IFA flights

1 ~ 5 Annual Leave
6 - Saigon TURN ( IFA X 5 )
7 OFF
8~10 Fukuoka  ( IFA X 12 )
11 OFF
12~13 Bombay ( IFA X 10 )
14 OFF
15 Colombo TURN ( IFA X 8 )
16 OFF
17 Bangkok TURN ( IFA X 5 )
18 OFF
19~20 Tokyo  ( IFA X 13 )
21 OFF
22 OFF
23~25 Sydney ( IFA X 16 )
26 OFF
27~29 Nagoya ( IFA X 13 )
30 OFF

Your pay would be
Basic 1380
Uniform 125
Transport 277 - ( 5 Days Annual Leave x 9 ) = 232
Turnaround 3x90 ( Saigon+Colombo+Bangkok ) = 270
IFA – 82 X 9.5 = 779
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Fukuoka - 200
Bombay - 177
Tokyo - 200
Sydney - 235
Nagoya – 200
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Total COP – 1012

Total Pay 3792

  

Example of a Good  Roster –
One 2.5X Flight or One LONG trip 7/8 Days
1 ~ 3 Maldives ( IFA X 9 )
4 OFF
5 Jakarta TURN ( IFA X 4 )
6 OFF
7~10 Christchurch ( IFA X 21 )
11~12 OFF
13~15 Brisbane ( IFA X 16 )
16 OFF
17~19 Shanghai ( IFA X 11 )
20 OFF
21~22 Seoul ( IFA X 12 )
23 OFF
24~29 Copenhagen
( SIN~CPH IFA X 13 X 2.5 ) As FDP exceeds 14:01
( CPH~SIN IFA X 12 ) as FDP is lower than 14:01
30 OFF
Your pay would be
Basic 1380
Uniform 125
Transport 277
Turnaround 1x90, Jakarta = 90
IFA – 98 Hours x 9.5 = 931 ( Including SIN~CPH )
SIN~CPH 13X 1.5 X 9.5 = 185.25 ( Another way to count 2.5 )
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Maldives - 177
Christchurch 470
Brisbane 341
Shanghai 280
Seoul 280
Copenhagen 733
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Total COP – 2281

Total Pay 5272.25

Paydates
We have 5 paydates in a month, BASIC + IFA + TURN + Uniform + Transport will be paid on the 21^st of the month, and COP allowances will be paid on 4 other dates.

Favourite Flights
In general, most crew like doing London, LHR or Paris, CDG flights as
we get paid 2.5x for every sector. eg. SIN~LHR and LHR~SIN as the FDP exceeds 14:01 on the roster itself. Guarantee of 2.5X for the whole COP.
If you plan to stay long,
We do get increment of basic salary each year in July,
we called it the “ Service Increment “
about $70 was increased to our basic pay last year.
It’s the only motivation and also

If you are promoted to another rank, you will get
“ Promotion Increment “ Similar to SI
LS/SS - $140
CS/SS - $180
IFS/SS - $190

Leading Crew will get commission from selling DFS,
Duty Free Sales Items onboard as well, if you hit certain
sales amount in the month.

CS/IFS/ as CIC will get CIC Allowance each month which, I will never know the amount.

All in expect an average of between $3500~5000 per month.

In addition you get the following benefits,

-          Free and Discounted travel

-          Annual wage supplement of one month’s salary ( paid on 7^th DEC )

-          Profit Sharing Bonus ( July )

Attractive Medical and Dental benefits