SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean airline pilots being hired is rising as the airline industry returns to normal after contracting during the pandemic. Eastar Jet Co., a South Korean low-cost carrier, is currently training 53 pilots who lost their jobs during the pandemic but were reemployed in March. The [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of Air Force pilots who applied for discharge this year turned out to be zero since their career shift to private airlines became almost impossible due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the data that Rep. Kim Min-ki of the ruling Democratic Party received from the South [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co. is set to put all of its non-Korean pilots on three months of unpaid leave starting next month in a self-rescue effort amid worsening business conditions caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Under the measure, 387 pilots are expected to go on mandatory unpaid leave from [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of South Korean airline pilots have joined Chinese airlines in the past five years, a ruling party lawmaker said Wednesday, amid a recent boom in the aviation industry. An Ho-young of the ruling Democratic Party said 460 pilots from eight local carriers joined foreign airlines, which usually offer [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Recent data from the Korea Employment Information Service revealed that judges had the highest satisfaction level among 621 occupations and 19,127 employees surveyed last year. The study examined jobs using six different parameters – development potential, salary satisfaction, job sustainability, work environment, work satisfaction, and social reputation – to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Unionized pilots at South Korea’s largest flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. continued their 10-day strike on Friday aimed at demanding better pay and improved working conditions. Some 190 pilots out of the total 2,300 at Korean Air took part in the second day of the strike scheduled to [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The labor union for pilots at Korean Air Lines Co. said Wednesday that it has filed a suit against its chairman claiming defamation by his recent SNS comment allegedly ridiculing pilots’ daily work. The suit was filed against Cho Yang-ho, chairman of Korean Air, with the Seoul Central District [...]
SEJONG, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) – During a cabinet meeting today, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation (MOLIT) unveiled a plan to train at least 2000 qualified pilots domestically by 2020. According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the global aviation market is expected to grow by five percent annually, which in turn create job [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — More South Korean pilots are leaving local airlines, data showed Friday, apparently for better salaries and working conditions abroad. According to the data by the transportation ministry, the number of pilots who left top flag carrier Korean Air Lines during the January-July period stood at 42. This is compared with [...]