Originally Posted by
dotell
Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere but is there any kind of story regarding why E3 visas, or something similar, is not being offered to kiwi pilots? I’d imagine Air Nz would lose a slew of drivers to fat salaried Atlas and the like and the Kiwi government, as substantial stake holders in the Koru wouldn’t be happy with that?
So I wonder if a visa scheme for Kiwis has been suggested by the Americans and declined by the Kiwis or was it never offered in the first place due to Nz’s slight outlier, anti-nuclear, ANZUS wrecking status and Australia’s slightly firmer suck on Uncles Sam’s teat. Theories? Suppositions? Facts from insiders even better.
It's an Oz only scheme due to it being closely related to the 2004/5 Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-3_visa