Originally Posted by
halfmoon
it’s a pretty big deal. We are not talking ACMI, spirit or frontier or regionals. AAL, UAL, DAL, FEDEX, UPS a whole different ball game. We don’t know the circumstances of this one pilot. He may have married into the US.
No they did not marry an American, they are an E3 pilot.
End of the day the bulk of the retirements have not really started to kick in. This could be AA trying to get ahead of the curve. There are a number of E3 pilots at the AA wholly owned regionals who are only months away from their flow dates.
They have also been assured that their flow will be honored, but no greencards have been filed for yet. Which means the only way that could happen is via an E3 visa.