What is published about Scoot pilot pay?

We found no publicly readable pay scale for Scoot pilots. The closest government benchmark is Singapore's Ministry of Manpower, which reports a median monthly basic wage of SGD 17,054 in June 2025 for full-time resident employees working as commercial airline pilots, with SGD 12,322 at the 25th percentile and SGD 20,000 at the 75th. These figures cover all employers, include only residents and exclude bonuses, so they are not specific to Scoot.1

Do Scoot staff receive a bonus?

In May 2023, after record profits at its parent Singapore Airlines, Scoot said eligible employees would receive a performance bonus of 4.76 months, plus 0.5 month for each of the previous three financial years, up to 1.5 months, The Straits Times reported. In the same week Singapore Airlines announced a profit-sharing bonus of 6.65 months for its own employees.2

How do pilots get to Scoot and progress?

A Scoot captain told The Straits Times in March 2025 that she obtained her commercial pilot licence at Singapore Flying College in 2009, funding most of the six-figure cost herself, and joined Tigerair, which later merged into Scoot, in 2010. She now flies the A320 and A321 and trains new pilots as a flight instructor. After Jetstar Asia announced its closure in June 2025, the Singapore Airlines group said it would create 100 jobs for its pilots across the group's airlines. At 31 March 2026, Singapore Airlines and Scoot together employed 3,676 pilots.345

Is there a union?

Scoot has its own staff union, the Scoot Staff Union, whose president, Ong Pe Hon, urged former Jetstar Asia employees joining the group in 2025 to become members.6