In the first place, KAL should have never taken in non qualified, non type rated pilots. In industrial practice, it is not justified as if the company is short of pilots, they must only recruited type rated pilots with at least a few years of experience. No right minded Korean should stand for this wanton practice of hiring non rated guys on the cheap and give them " free " endorsesment and OE training at the expense of national pilots.
This practice of non rated pilots buying a cheap type rating at some pilot mills and then hopping onto the big league is abhorrent...it is a kind of paying/ buying to fly in a different guise. I won't be surprised that KAL will start the practice now prevalent in Indonesis (Lion Air, Malindo, etc ) where you pay to fly...the good days in the land of morning calm may soon be over.