Originally Posted by
bakerin
Yeah, the main concern is the residency. As mentioned in previous posts my plan is to obtain my CFI license and ideally teach CAA / EASA in the US, working towards an FAA ATPL. The residency is really proving difficult at this current moment, and I do not plan to rely on getting married in my early 20s as my gateway into the country, but who knows, life moves fast.
1. Forget about the people trying to talk you into marriage, that is the dumbest recommendation they can give you.
2. You’re better off as a FAA CFI/CFII/MEI.
Trying to find work as an inexperienced CAA/EASA instructor is asking for drama.
There are only 2 (3?) ATO’s or satellites in the US and last time I checked none of them had a stellar reputation.
Also if I recall correctly an ATO or satellite only needs a properly CAA/EASA Chief flight instructor to supervise a bunch of FAA only instructors. That’s how these places stay in business. You won’t qualify to be Chief FI.
Those positions tend to be salaried and those people stay and protect their little turf.
3. Your options are to do your FAA training all the way through instructor ratings with a school that can get you a J1/F1 visa if that even still exists.
4. You don’t know what hat you don’t know and nobody blames you for not knowing.
5. Start looking at F1/J1 in the US and start looking at Canada. You’ve been told this all before.