Originally Posted by
bafanguy
Trollhunter,
It seems most regionals that used to post E-3 jobs now don't but empirically it's going on behind the curtain in spots. The world is too small for an airline to completely hide what it's doing with employment.
Frontier openly posts for E-3s but according to the posting requires the applicant to hold an ATP. This is a different situation from the days when the regionals took 1500-hour Aussies with no FAA tickets:
"Currently hold an ATP Certificate"
https://www.airlineapps.com/jobs/det...ficer-E-3-Visa
I know of a few E3 pilots that have recently joined F9 without already being in the USA who don't yet have an ATP.
However, this is less than can be counted on one hand and they already had significant jet and/or turboprop experience and much more than the minimum 1500hrs.
Not sure if more will follow or if they just got lucky. But on average the last few months there have been 1 or 2 E3 pilots per class of 50-60. And probably less than 10-15 in total.