Scramjet888 comments are right on in regards to Asian Air Force officers becoming airline pilots. My experience in Taiwan was very similar. The Colonels who were upgraded in a year or less to command spoke the worst English, had the worst CRM, and were the worst sticks. That said, there were a few exceptions, but generally those had trained extensively in the U.S. I found the younger guys, captains and majors when they got out, spoke much better English, had a much better idea of how to work together as a team member, and could actually keep control of the airplane.
This is in regards to Asian Air Force pilots not western Air Force pilots, so those in that category should not take offense. It is a very different culture over there and that culture is not conducive to the safe operation of an airliner. Witness the many accidents that Korean and China Airlines have had.
By the way, heard an all Chinese crew took off from a taxiway in Anchorage the other day.
Cheers