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Anyone heard of Air Premia ? A South Korean startup.
What’s their story. They’re looking at a complete B787 fleet. That’s all I know.
Would they be looking at expat skippers sometime soon. Or maybe they have a pool of ex KAL guys.
Just wondering. Cause they’re doing the news last few days …
What’s their story. They’re looking at a complete B787 fleet. That’s all I know.
Would they be looking at expat skippers sometime soon. Or maybe they have a pool of ex KAL guys.
Just wondering. Cause they’re doing the news last few days …
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Anyone heard of Air Premia ? A South Korean startup.
What’s their story. They’re looking at a complete B787 fleet. That’s all I know.
Would they be looking at expat skippers sometime soon. Or maybe they have a pool of ex KAL guys.
Just wondering. Cause they’re doing the news last few days …
What’s their story. They’re looking at a complete B787 fleet. That’s all I know.
Would they be looking at expat skippers sometime soon. Or maybe they have a pool of ex KAL guys.
Just wondering. Cause they’re doing the news last few days …
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Another expat superiority mentality here lol
Seriously I really wonder what's in their head.
Just because you have different skin color with better English comprehension makes you a superior pilot with chip on the shoulder attitude looking down on locals? Lol
Seriously I really wonder what's in their head.
Just because you have different skin color with better English comprehension makes you a superior pilot with chip on the shoulder attitude looking down on locals? Lol
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Wishful thinking and optimism maybe.
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True. A lot of very heavy wide body time skippers sitting home. How does that justify expats not being needed in incheon. Not nearly enough local skippers for KAL and Asiana. Factor in a couple of new startups and I foresee an expat requirement before this year end for sure.
Wishful thinking and optimism maybe.
Wishful thinking and optimism maybe.
The union just went crazy over KAL getting a temporary placement of Jin Air 777 pilots at KAL to operate KAL cargo flights and the company scrapped this idea. This is when Jin Air 777 pilots are sitting at home doing nothing because of UAL 777 PW engine blow out.
Pre Covid, there was a lack of skippers because of KAL policy of 2 CA + 1 FO instead of 1 CA + 2 FO or 1 CA + 3 FO like US carriers for longer routes.
The merger solved the lack of skippers to satisfy this weird requirement.
Like you said, it is a wishful thinking and optimism for now, especially when the recruitment for locals is about to start.
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Funny thought right there. Was it because they tried to reduce the chances of having two incompetent F/Os or to increase the chance of having at least one competent captain?
For the record, am pointing the irony at the investigation report, management reaction and the bizzare nature of trying to understand an HF problem (applied in general) . Not at all towards KAL crews or ops.
For the record, am pointing the irony at the investigation report, management reaction and the bizzare nature of trying to understand an HF problem (applied in general) . Not at all towards KAL crews or ops.
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Why do you think there are not enough local skippers at Asiana and KAL? Once the merger is complete, there will be surplus of local pilots ready to be upgraded. Local OZ skippers on 767 and 777 and 350 will be crewing KAL wide body fleet once KAL decides which airplane types to keep within the merged company.
The union just went crazy over KAL getting a temporary placement of Jin Air 777 pilots at KAL to operate KAL cargo flights and the company scrapped this idea. This is when Jin Air 777 pilots are sitting at home doing nothing because of UAL 777 PW engine blow out.
Pre Covid, there was a lack of skippers because of KAL policy of 2 CA + 1 FO instead of 1 CA + 2 FO or 1 CA + 3 FO like US carriers for longer routes.
The merger solved the lack of skippers to satisfy this weird requirement.
Like you said, it is a wishful thinking and optimism for now, especially when the recruitment for locals is about to start.
The union just went crazy over KAL getting a temporary placement of Jin Air 777 pilots at KAL to operate KAL cargo flights and the company scrapped this idea. This is when Jin Air 777 pilots are sitting at home doing nothing because of UAL 777 PW engine blow out.
Pre Covid, there was a lack of skippers because of KAL policy of 2 CA + 1 FO instead of 1 CA + 2 FO or 1 CA + 3 FO like US carriers for longer routes.
The merger solved the lack of skippers to satisfy this weird requirement.
Like you said, it is a wishful thinking and optimism for now, especially when the recruitment for locals is about to start.
Same with the US, 14 passenger and cargo destinations to 1 reciprocal city. The US will never allow it.
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Hold up,
you envisage e.g. TAP and the new KAL unable to operate LIS-INC on a fair-share capacity basis, just because some EU quota is up? AUA from VIE, FIN out of HEL.
Come on.
you envisage e.g. TAP and the new KAL unable to operate LIS-INC on a fair-share capacity basis, just because some EU quota is up? AUA from VIE, FIN out of HEL.
Come on.
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The merger has been pushed down the road until 2022 with the anticipation of full integration until 2024. Why? Because it is dead. There is NO way the EU is going to let the 7th largest carrier in the world fly to 17 different European passenger and cargo destinations while European carriers only have access to 1 city to reciprocate.
Same with the US, 14 passenger and cargo destinations to 1 reciprocal city. The US will never allow it.
Same with the US, 14 passenger and cargo destinations to 1 reciprocal city. The US will never allow it.
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You seem to be very local centric. This could be construed as racism itself. A quick review of Korean air 801 or more recently Xiamen 8667 or Asiana 214 or simply google "did korean airlines hire foreign pilots for safety culture". Safety culture doesn't see skin color and to imply racism is just a cop out. Plenty of good Asian pilots out there
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You seem to be very local centric. This could be construed as racism itself. A quick review of Korean air 801 or more recently Xiamen 8667 or Asiana 214 or simply google "did korean airlines hire foreign pilots for safety culture". Safety culture doesn't see skin color and to imply racism is just a cop out. Plenty of good Asian pilots out there
Have you seen any snarky comments made by Aussies directed towards South Africans flying for Qlinks on PPRuNe? Or, RYR pilots in Italy making similar comments on RYR pilots from different EU countries?
Or am I just speaking of the blunt truth that expat superiority mentality exists among expats in HK, Asia and other parts of the world?
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Maybe they don't have the safety history to justify such. Regardless of skin color there are those who are great pilots but are stymied by a poor safety culture and system and then there are those who perpetuate the culture because they don't know any better.
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No snarky comments at all nor any lol's. No attack on local pilots either. But given some of the accidents I cited are in the last decade, to dismiss them as you have as "history" only adds to my point. The worst pilots I have flown with as their first officer and subsequently as their examiner are always the most defensive and have an excuse for everything whilst the superior pilots ask for any feedback so they can further improve.