Its about time.
These J1 factory schools have driven up the cost of training.
Driven down the wage for flight instructors.
Flooded the market with low time pilots who will work for less , only to return to their own countrys and good jobs.
Technically the pilots you hear of going to the gulf/ the canyon/ or Alaska are breaking the law. The J1 states you can only work where you trained to gain professional experience. Us operators turn a blind eye.
I wouldnt have a problem with it, but there is no reciprocity in other countrys. US immgration has been a one way street for too long. Lets make it a fair playing field.
KL: I dont know If I would call Mexico " The Place to Work". The work in Mexcio is not low time pilot work by any strech. I have found it both challenging and rewarding flying. You must have a FM-3 visa, work for a US Company, and fly N reg machines, and be paid by the US Company. As a forigner you can not get a Mexican Pilots lic , fly X reg, or work/ be paid by a Mexican operator.
Rotorboy
Last edited by rotorboy; 2nd June 2006 at 02:38.