Originally Posted by
bafanguy
This from AA Mainline's pilot quals website. Doesn't an E3 meet them ?:
"Must have the
right to work in the United States
· Additionally, we require all of our pilots to have a
valid passport and documentation
allowing for entry into
the United States after an international flight."
https://aa.pilotcredentials.com/qualifications
Well yes and no.. That’s been the standard requirement for employment at every US airline in the US for the last 20 years, other than Fedex, which had the 5 year requirement to keep the USPS happy and a couple of ACMI carriers that had Uncle Sam contracts. There has never been any sort of Visa that allowed foreign pilots to live and work in the US, either permanently or for a defined period of time. Certainly not one that was transferable.
So, it’s either been US citizen or PRC holder. Now we have another option and it has unforeseen consequences. As far as I know the E3 is only valid for a specific amount of time. We’re simply not at the point yet, where we’re so desperate for pilots, they need to interview, train and pay someone who can’t stay permanently. And that’s not taking the politics of it into account.
I don’t agree with it but the reality is that no one at the legacy level really cares what’s going on at the Regionals, or if they have a few Australian pilots working for them. That changes when those E3’s can start taking slots from either US citizens or PRC holders. Added to which the landscape of the regional world, at least as far as UAL is concerned will be very different. UAL is getting 100 73’s a year for the next 4 years to replace RJ’s and nothing else.