Originally Posted by
Ash Ketchum
Yes, after speaking to other pilots at my Canadian airline it seems that there have been other recent denials and RFEs and many have used the same "pilot shortage" argument.
From my RFE letter, it seems that a stronger argument would be a plan to help train American pilots at the airline level to advance the national interest instead of just doing airline flying as a line pilot.
I am thinking an airline pilot who is also a TRI/TRE or maybe a pilot starting an aviation business in the US and planning to hire American pilots would be a stronger argument and more likely to make it through.
Unfortunately, I don't have training experience at the airline level so I can't use that as a valid argument in my case.
This is a successful line of argument for the NIW. Even without TRE/TRI experience, you could advance that Command experience places one in a good position to Mentor, and hence benefit flight safety.