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Old Nov 27, 2009 | 8:08 pm
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Originally Posted by hiflyer66
Whomever said that expats at KE are paid more than their Korean counterparts is dead wrong. Korean national pilots (almost 100% of whom are ex-ROKAF) at OZ and KE are in the top fifth percentile (according to a recent Korea Times) for all salaried professionals in the country--in the same class as US-educated attorneys and physicians in Korea.


Guess this is the reason why they hire non-Korean pilots, to save $.
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