Originally Posted by
Ge4rFai1ure
Just got a job with a US regional.
E-3 Approved
Licence Verification requested (still waiting)
LCC completed
FAA medical booked
Talk me through the process of things that you have to do prior to entering the US and then prior to starting ATP conversion, Training in Sim and Aircraft.
Anyone who has also recently done all this what was the training process like? Moving process? Living situations? Work/Life balance? Culture? Ease of changing jobs in the future to other airlines offering E3?
Anyone who has also recently done all this what was the training process like?
Achievable unless your sim partner constantly quotes Top Gun.
Moving process?
Pretty much the same as moving anywhere else but you can only bring suitcases. If you wear all your clothes on the plane you have more space for appliances..
Living situations?
You can usually afford a big ski in ski out house with at least 5 full time staff. Or at least you'll probably be able to in a few more months.
Work/Life balance?
Easy. You can get eye drops that fix the redness after a huge bender so the pax won't realize you're in the hurt locker.
Culture?
Can you dodge a bullet, eat crappy bacon and plunge yourself into huge amounts of useless debt while paying an inflated lease on a Chevy Equinox? You'll fit right in. Oh and don't forget to pick a political side and not think for yourself ever again.
Ease of changing jobs in the future to other airlines offering E3?
Yeah not hard but the chick at the visa counter usually needs a couple of buddy passes to smooth things through.