Doing your flight training in the USA, then and now
It does seem like a lot of Europeans who want to get their tickets and experience do so through flight training in the USA. It's also the general "rule" to work in the USA as a flight instructor to get that first job, and to get those first 600-1000 hours.
It does seem however, that the CFI route is going to start becoming less of an option with the removal of the J-1 type visa. As of 2010, it no longer exists.
According to AOPA, the DHS and the parties involved are trying to reach a solution for a Visa that mimics the J-1 Visa, does anyone have any more info on that?
It also seems like some schools are trying to issue F-1 visas instead of the J-1 visas to try and circumnavigate this problem, any thoughts or ideas about that?
I wonder how the "training and experience across the pond" option is going to change the coming year