Originally Posted by
FlyTCI
I am sure American pilots who have fought very hard for the last several years (couple of decades really) to get their compensation back to appropriate levels will be thrilled by “invading” European pilots willing to work for peanuts and subpar conditions diluting the US pilot workforce. One can blame the European airlines (or even the EU) for the steady race to the bottom, but in the end it is the pilots themselves who allowed it to happen.
I say this as a European with a Green Card since more than a decade back and who has refused to participate in the lousy European aviation market (Green Card or not I have never actually worked in Europe) due to the above. Too many pilots in euroland willing to sell their mother to stay flying all while just thinking about “me, me, me now” instead of “us and long term” which is the main difference in the mentality between (the majority of) European and US pilots. Any European pilot making the move across the pond better be ready to ditch that attitude real fast or you won’t make any friends in the US pilot group.
Ducking for cover…
You are lucky not to have worked for any European operator!
I don't blame European pilots too much but I recognize they share part of the blame. The biggest goes to the industry...they started everything....it is a mafia racing to the bottom regarding pilot's T&C's, EASA accepts their power and goes along.
All over he world the travel industry have increased their margins and their profits since COVID live never seen before, nevertheless with the exception of the US and in part the ME crew T&C's have remained the same.
The biggest problem for the aviation industry in Europe would be if the US would qualify in congress the pilot job as "Exceptional Abilities' opening the door to pilots being able to apply to jobs in the US and the employers knowing that an European Pilots would be able to start next week. This will not happen for several reasons but from the European point of view this would disrupt completely the rigged aviation market in Europe for pilots.