Originally Posted by garykung

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It has something to do with Taiwan's aviation safety history, especially CI. The troubled history of CI was partially due to the fact that CI hired retired pilot from the ROC armed force. I believe that has created a practice for EVA not to rely on local pilots/training. In fact, EVA Air's own flight school is located in California (Sacramento area), not Taiwan.

Even the CPL license of Starlux founder, and former BR CEO and Captain, Kuo-Wei Chang, is issued in the U.S.