Yeah I thought about that too, Jinglied. But then again, KAL gets prospective pilots from agencies but you still have to pass their assessments. So why not pre-empt things and discard the pilots they consider unsuitable instead of getting recommendations from an agency about a massive resource of pilots from one airline and THEN making their choices.
Anyhow, hope its true. It would be a good thing for EK pilots interested in KAL plus it might actually benefit pilots choosing to remain at EK. A couple hundred pilots expressing interest in Al Ain would surely encourage a response from EK management.
Sometimes, well in fact almost always, it takes a dramatic event or series of events for our managers to actually reconsider their position. Unfortunately, due to the recent worldwide aviation decline, they have been able to push things beyond comprehension. But eventually things will bite them in the ass.