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After I retired from UAL as a Standards Captain on the –400, I got
a job as a simulator instructor working for Alteon (a Boeing subsidiary) at
Asiana. When I first got there, I was shocked and surprised by the lack of basic
piloting skills shown by most of the pilots. It is not a normal situation with
normal progression from new hire, right seat, left seat taking a decade or two.

One big difference is that ex-Military pilots are given super-seniority and
progress to the left seat much faster. Compared to the US, they also upgrade
fairly rapidly because of the phenomenal growth by all Asian air carriers. By
the way, after about six months at Asiana, I was moved over to KAL and found
them to be identical. The only difference was the color of the uniforms and
airplanes.

I worked in Korea for 5 long years and although I found most of the people to be
very pleasant, it’s a minefield of a work environment for them and for us
expats.