@Piratepete, I am sorry, did not mean to imply thai pilots are any less proficient. They would have to have passed a sim check at mega to get in so they must be good enough. Poor choice of saying (peanuts/monkeys), because I was trying to say that these poor guys seem to have been chosen because they were willing to accept new lower standards in Ts and Cs. No offence meant.
@Leeapromise. From what I have learnt, For fresh thai CPL holders the only way for them unless they get cadetship with TG. If they don't get cadetship, it's a process of going to one of the small charters and paying for TR. Then after they finish line training which is paid (if the airline has money to pay staff) they move to bigger carriers.