Sandhound....
the accidents were more like 10-20 years ago and all involved locals.
There have been instances in the past where expats have misrepresented their qualifications here, which is why they have made the interview sim and document process more demanding. Perhaps also the line training.
Having double standards in a training department is symptomatic of a poor training system. KAL do not use any published criteria of proficiencies for instruction or checks such as EK use.
Very experienced expats usually breeze thru the sim faze of training using the KAL procedures run by third party sim instructors/checkers, all boeing, airbus and Korean CAA approved.
The very same guys then struggle to get passed in line training.
I think most guys here would agree that by the time their line training is finished (passed or failed) their command style and skills are very much diminished. ie. Most arrive or at least finish the sim training at the top of their game but come out of line training at a lower standard of proficiency than when they arrived. Mind games, differences in culture, procedures, military training (hazing) techniques...... who knows why exactly. It is a very sad system and borders on dangerous with some instructors.